By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A spate of Chinese military flights off southwestern Taiwan in recent days has prompted alarm from the island, which Beijing claims as its own, and is increasing tensions in a region already on edge. The flights are just one piece of a complex puzzle in Asia, where
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s centrist party has narrowly lost the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, a surprise development that could mean the end of the populist billionaire’s reign in power. With all the votes counted, the Czech Statistics Office said Together, a liberal-conservative three-party coalition, captured 27.8% of
Continue ReadingBy AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy, has died. He was 88. His family and Iranian state television made the
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Kristina Sgueglia and Melissa Alonso, CNN The search for Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found dead in Wyoming after the pair embarked on a cross-country road trip over the summer, continues in an inhospitable Florida nature reserve that may soon prove easier to navigate for teams trying to find him,
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CNN By Travis Caldwell and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN As the search for Brian Laundrie continues in a Florida nature reserve, police said Friday that they have yet to find any physical evidence of Laundrie within the sprawling wilderness area. Laundrie, whose fiancé Gabby Petito was found dead in Wyoming nearly three weeks ago, has been
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN As the search for Brian Laundrie continues in a Florida nature reserve, police said Friday that they have yet to find any physical evidence of Laundrie within the sprawling wilderness area. Laundrie, whose fiancé Gabby Petito was found dead in Wyoming nearly three weeks ago, has been the
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN Najla Bassim Abdulelah grew up in a war. The regular sight of dead bodies and the memory of her friend being shot next to her as they walked to school stained her childhood. Children’s laughter was replaced with an incessant soundtrack of exploding bombs, and she lived with a crippling fear
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang, Yong Xiong and Ben Westcott, CNN Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to pursue “reunification” with Taiwan by peaceful means in a speech in Beijing on Saturday. Speaking in the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the revolution that ended the country’s last imperial dynasty, Xi said the
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The Mountain View Cougars bounce back after suffering two losses in a row and what a win it was.
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN This was a pretty good week for the world’s wannabe jetsetters. The UK and Israel both cleared out their travel “red lists,” while India, Bali and Vietnam all announced reopening plans. Here are 10 things we learned in pandemic travel this week. 1. The UK cut its ‘red list’ to just
Continue ReadingCNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This was a pretty good week for the world’s wannabe jetsetters. The UK and Israel both cleared out their travel “red lists,” while India, Bali and Vietnam all announced reopening plans. Here are 10 things we learned in pandemic travel this week. 1. The UK cut its ‘red list’ to
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ABOARD GEO BARENTS (AP) — U.N. officials say guards at a Libyan detention center for migrants have shot and killed at least six people amid chaos in the overcrowded facility. The development comes a week after authorities rounded up more than 5,000 migrants in a massive crackdown and after U.N.-commissioned
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, CNN Jaz Kaner has never experienced an oil spill that closed beaches and waterways in Southern California. The lifelong surfer and owner of Banzai Surf Company in Huntington Beach told CNN he voluntarily closed his business after thousands of gallons of crude oil spewed into the Pacific Ocean late last week. The
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Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of Oct. 10-16.
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The Oregon Cultural Trust marked its 20th anniversary Friday by announcing a record-setting $3,254,441 in grant awards to 140 cultural organizations across the state, including four in Central Oregon
Continue ReadingBy MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s ambassador to Australia says Australian officials lied to his face and raised the risk of confrontation in Asia by crafting a secret submarine deal with the United States and Britain. Ambassador Jean-Pierre Thebault said in an interview with The Associated Press that the deal undermined trust
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer For its current Crucial Catch initiative to bring awareness to the fight against breast cancer, the NFL has perfect spokesmen in Quinnen and Quincy Williams of the New York Jets. The brothers — Quinnen on the defensive line, Quincy at linebacker — are all too knowledgeable about the
Continue ReadingBy ZEINA KARAM and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s elections on Sunday come with enormous challenges: Iraq’s economy has been battered by years of conflict, endemic corruption and more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. State institutions are failing, the country’s infrastructure is crumbling. Powerful paramilitary groups increasingly threaten the authority of the state,
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