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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday.Melissa was centered about 130 miles (205 kilometers) south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 315 miles (505 kilometers) south-southwest of Guantánamo, Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 kph) and was moving west at 3 mph (6 kph), the center said.Category 5…

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of revelers wearing colorful costumes and skeletal face paint filled the streets of Mexico City for the annual Catrina parade, held in the lead-up to the Day of the Dead festivities.Among the participants was the LGBTQ+ collective Exoticas, made up of nearly 200 LGBTQ+ artists, stylists and designers.Exoticas joined more than 40 other groups marching in this year’s event.The Catrina, a skeletal figure traditionally dressed in elegant attire, has become an enduring emblem of Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations. Drag artist Angel Arum fits his wig for the Day of the Dead Catrina…

Employees work on the assembly line of new energy vehicles at a factory of Chinese EV startup Leapmotor on April 1, 2024 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China.Shi Kuanbing | VCG | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChina’s industrial profits soared 21.6% in September from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, as Beijing’s campaign to curb price wars helped ease pressure on manufacturers despite persistent trade tensions with the U.S.That sharp jump, extending a strong rebound that began in August when the industrial profits jumped 20.4% year-on-year, marked the biggest gain since November 2023.For the first…

People shop for food at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California on September 9, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images A tamer-than-expected U.S. inflation report for September injected optimism into markets. Traders are now betting that the Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut rates at its October meeting — scheduled for later this week — as well as at its December gathering.Major U.S. indexes climbed Friday and had their second consecutive week in the green, with the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite and the Dow Jones Industrial Average all up about 2% for the week.The inflation report offers…

SAN DIEGO — Mexico international Hirving “Chucky” Lozano has been left out of the gameday roster for San Diego FC ‘s first-ever MLS playoff match following a report of a locker room altercation.The home playoff game against the Portland Timbers on Sunday marks the second match in a row in which Lozano has been left out by head coach Mikey Varas.Following last week’s 4-0 away win against the Timbers on the final day of the regular season, Varas told media that the expansion club “had a situation we’re dealing with internally” regarding Lozano’s absence.- Chucky Lozano apologizes after San Diego…

Jeff KassoufOct 26, 2025, 08:53 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — There are no do-overs in sports, let alone life, but Sunday was about as close as the United States women’s national team could get to taking a mulligan.Three days after a 2-1 loss to Portugal in their most pedestrian performance in their 18 months under head coach Emma Hayes, the Americans won the rematch at…

Japan’s Nikkei 225 breached the 50,000 mark for the first time Monday as investors cheered progress in U.S.-China trade talks and strong momentum from Wall Street. The benchmark index rose over 2%, while the Topix added 1.61%.Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump this week during his visit to Japan.”It is expected that the message she would convey is to significantly expand domestic demand through a high-pressure economy,” Crédit Agricole CIB said in a note on Monday.A strong expansion of the country’s domestic demand would “completely lift Japan out of its deflationary structural stagnation”…

A view of the logo of HSBC bank on a wall outside a branch in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 14, 2024.Henry Romero | ReutersHSBC said on Monday that it will recognize a provision of $1.1 billion in its third quarter results following a court ruling in Luxembourg related to the Bernard Madoff investment fraud case.Herald Fund SPC sued HSBC’s Luxembourg unit in 2009, claiming restitution of securities and cash it said were lost in the fraud.The court denied HSBC unit’s appeal in respect of Herald’s securities restitution claim, but accepted the unit’s appeal in respect of the cash restitution…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — – Daniel Ríos found the net in the first half, Thomas Müller and Kenji Cabrera scored in the second and the Vancouver Whitecaps blanked FC Dallas 3-0 on Sunday in a best-of-three first-round opener of the MLS Cup playoffs.Yohei Takaoka did not have to make a save in earning his third clean sheet in seven postseason starts for the Whitecaps, the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.Neither team scored until Ríos found the net in the 43rd minute to give Vancouver a 1-0 lead at halftime. Ali Ahmed collected his first playoff assist in his…

Oct 26, 2025, 07:06 PM ETLENS, France — United States winger Timothy Weah left the field with what appeared to be a thigh injury during Marseille’s 2-1 loss to Lens after providing his first assist for the Ligue 1 club during the first half.Marseille did not immediately answer a request from The Associated Press on Sunday regarding the nature of the injury.Weah set up Mason Greenwood’s opening goal in the 17th minute Saturday and was replaced by Leonardo Balerdi in the 52nd minute appearing to hurt his left thigh.Speaking after the game, Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi said through a…