Springfield FBI Office warns of scam targeting Chinese residents
The FBI Springfield Field Office has issued a warning about a scam targeting Chinese communities in the U.S. and students attending U.S. universities. In this scheme, criminals pose as law enforcement officials from China to defraud victims,
AP: China Evergrande has been ordered to liquidate. The real estate giant owes over $300 billion
By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a failed effort to restructure $300
Illinois to be involved in EV industry for years to come with dual battery facilities coming to the state
Illinois is expected to be the site of at least two new Electric Vehicle battery plants. Stellantis announced plans to build a battery plant and reopen a vehicle assembly facility in Belvidere that are expected to employ
AP: Russian foreign minister offers security talks with North Korea, China as he visits Pyongyang
By The Associated Press undefined Russia’s foreign minister has proposed regular security talks with North Korea and China to deal with what he described as increasing U.S.-led regional military threats. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the
AP: How China’s Belt and Road Initiative is changing after a decade of big projects and big debts
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and raised environmental concerns. The
AP: Everyone’s talking about the Global South. But what is it?
By DAVID RISING Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is “becoming the voice of the Global South.” The United Nations uses the term “Global South” and so does the
AP: Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending its bid to reach the lunar south pole
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Roscosmos space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, bringing a premature end to the country’s first lunar mission since 1976. The pilotless
AP: Floods around Chinese capital kill at least 20, leave 27 missing as thousands evacuated
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say days of unusually heavy rains around China’s capital, Beijing, have flooded houses, torn apart roads and left at least 20 people dead and 27 missing. The flooding prompted authorities to
AP: Russian and Chinese delegates join North Korean leader Kim at a parade showing his newest missiles
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shared center stage with senior delegates from Russia and China as he rolled out his most powerful nuclear-capable missiles in a
AP: Study finds climate change fingerprints on July heat waves in Europe, China and America
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Climate change’s sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe. A new study finds these intense and deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and