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LONDON — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has rocked the coast of southern Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the earthquake is just a dozen miles off the coast of the city of Miyazaki on the island of Kyushu in Japan but the Japan Meteorological Agency has Continue reading

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday after protests forced out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week. The key tasks for Yunus now are restoring peace in Bangladesh and preparing for new elections following the ouster of Hasina, who fled to Continue reading

Rapper Nelly was arrested Wednesday for a previously issued citation, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. On Wednesday, Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., was arrested at 4:45 a.m. CT in St. Louis, according to arrest records. In a statement from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, officials confirmed Nelly’s arrest at the Continue reading

The Missouri Republican and self-described Christian nationalist took to X, formerly Twitter, to share an unsubstantiated claim about why the Democratic presidential nominee picked Walz: Advertisement So I hear Kamala had chosen SHAPIRO last week – but the lefty Dems had a meltdown. Great decision making skills there, Kamala — Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 7, Continue reading

Previously, China has seen the banning of celebrity rankings, the restructuring of fan clubs, and the regular scrubbing of “harmful” content from fan pages. In the last few days, the state-run Global Times newspaper published several articles denouncing “fan culture” in sports. One of its reports said “numerous Chinese people” were now worried about “the Continue reading

Previously, China has seen the banning of celebrity rankings, the restructuring of fan clubs, and the regular scrubbing of “harmful” content from fan pages. In the last few days, the state-run Global Times newspaper published several articles denouncing “fan culture” in sports. One of its reports said “numerous Chinese people” were now worried about “the Continue reading

Rapper Nelly was arrested Wednesday for a previously issued citation, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. On Wednesday, Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., was arrested at 4:45 a.m. CT in St. Louis, according to arrest records. In a statement from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, officials confirmed Nelly’s arrest at the Continue reading

LOADING ERROR LOADING For the last four years, conservative and right-wing activists and pundits have been engaged in a culture war that demonizes racial justice, the LGBTQ community and progressive ideals. Tim Walz (D) as her running mate on Tuesday, the culture warriors immediately dusted off their old playbook to attack Walz. Walz, a veteran Continue reading

PARIS (AP) — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics. One day after welterweight Imane Khelif of Algeria reached the women’s welterweight final with a third straight Continue reading