Alibaba smashed its record for the online retail blitz known as Singles Day. China’s biggest e-commerce company said sales topped $30 billion over a 24-hour period Sunday, soaring past last year’s record of about $24 billion. The shopping extravanganza regularly…
China’s stealth fighters show off missile payload (CNN)
The Chinese air force saved the big guns for last at its biennial Zhuhai air show, flying its new stealth fighters with full missile loads Sunday for the first time in a public display. The twin-engine J-20, seen as China’s…
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade welcome daughter (CNN)
Gabrielle Union is a new mom. The actress took to Instagram on Thursday to announce that she and husband Dwyane Wade are parents to a baby girl. The child, whose name was not disclosed, was born November 7 via surrogate,…
White House pulls CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s pass after contentious news conference (CNN)
CNN said in a statement that Acosta has the network’s full support. The revocation of his pass “was done in retaliation for his challenging questions at today’s press conference,” the statement said. “In an explanation, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders lied.…
Defiant Trump declares victory, battles press in wake of midterms (CNN)
President Donald Trump offered outward optimism Wednesday at his party’s electoral successes, a cheeriness that was later belied by surly, combative exchanges with reporters over the dark tone he adopted in the midterms’ closing days. In a post-election news conference, a…
Women and LGBT candidates make history in 2018 midterms (CNN)
From a pair of Native American women to a Somali refugee to the first openly gay man elected governor, the 2018 midterm elections brought a series of history-making votes that marked major accomplishments for women and LGBT candidates. Here’s a…
Exclusive: Khashoggi sons issue emotional appeal for the return of their father’s body (CNN)
The sons of murdered journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, issued an emotional appeal for the return of their father’s body, in their first interview since he was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a month ago. Salah and Abdullah Khashoggi, who…
Trump Jr. griped that CNN didn’t run his dad’s commercial. ‘This ad is racist,’ the network replied (WashingtonPost)
Donald Trump Jr. had a grievance to air Saturday morning. CNN had refused to run an election ad released by his father, President Trump, earlier this week, a video that featured Luis Bracamontes — an undocumented immigrant who was convicted…
Bayern Munich accused of racism over Halloween party photo (CNN)
Germany’s most successful football club Bayern Munich is facing a barrage of criticism after it posted a photo on its Twitter account of a player’s Halloween party. In the photo, one player appears to be wearing traditional Arab attire and…
As America retreats from the world, the politics of fear takes over (CNN)
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — If the Democrats make gains in the midterm elections next week, their lawmakers could assert themselves more aggressively on the foreign policy issues that have defined much of Donald Trump’s presidency — trade, climate change and the Iran deal, to…