BEIJING (AP) — China replaced the head of its market watchdog Wednesday in an apparent attempt to restore confidence in financial markets following a prolonged downturn. Official media said Wu Qing, a former chairman of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, would replace Yi Huiman as chairman and Communist Party chief of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Chinese stocks have been trading …

PARÍS (AP) — El presidente francés Emmanuel Macron rindió homenaje el miércoles a las víctimas del ataque de Hamás a Israel del 7 de octubre durante una ceremonia nacional y denunció la “mayor masacre antisemita de nuestro siglo”. En el ataque murieron 42 ciudadanos franceses y se cree que Hamás y otras milicias retienen a otros tres como rehenes en …

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge who presided over the jury trial that resulted in an $83 million award to writer E. Jean Carroll for her defamation claims against former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his rejection of his lawyer’s unusual midtrial mistrial request was not a close call. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued a written opinion to …