By Eric Cheung, CNN The Taiwanese government is investigating a local TV news station after it aired alarming false reports of a Chinese invasion against the self-ruled island. During a Wednesday morning newscast on the government-affiliated Chinese Television System (CTS), part of the public Taiwan Broadcasting System, the network ran several fictional news tickers about
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud preliminar 6,7 sacudió la costa de Nicaragua este jueves, según un reporte del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus sigas en inglés). El movimiento se registró a 58 kilómetros al oeste suroeste de Masachapa, Nicaragua, de acuerdo con el reporte. Hasta el momento no hay
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Do I want to work out today? Should I go to the gym? Should I take a class? Do I have time to work out? More than a year ago, what sounded like one simple decision for Renée Fishman ballooned into an overwhelming series of questions. “All these questions came up.
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN Switzerland is set to become home to the world’s tallest timber residential building. The project, named Rocket&Tigerli, will consist of four buildings including one that boasts a 100-meter-tall (328-foot) tower. The development will be built in the Swiss city of Winterthur, which is located near Zurich. The design will offer modern, high-quality
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI turned 95 this past weekend. And to mark the occasion, a new book sets out to examine the current state of the Catholic Church not so much through the lens of Pope Francis’ nine-year papacy, but via Benedict’s nine-year retirement. And it
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A 30-foot hole is what’s left after burrowing rodents — rockchucks, to be specific — caused a breach in an irrigation canal south of Redmond Wednesday night that sent floodwaters across fields, closed Young Avenue, and prompted emergency alerts and sandbagging efforts to protect some properties, officials said.
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A leading human rights group is demanding that Sri Lankan authorities conduct a prompt and impartial probe into a police shooting. One person died and 13 others were injured in the shooting during protests over fuel price hike amid the country’s worst economic crisis in
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s air force and Palestinian militants have traded fire across the Gaza frontier as clashes erupted again between Israeli police and Palestinians at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. The developments early Thursday worsened an escalation that has been eerily similar to the lead-up to last
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan. They’re flying across the tiny Goto Islands, off the western coast of Kyushu, in southwestern Japan, delivering to pharmacies and hospitals. Zipline, founded six years ago,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan. They’re flying across the tiny Goto Islands, off the western coast of Kyushu, in southwestern Japan, delivering to pharmacies and hospitals. Zipline, founded six years ago,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week. That means there’s been a decline in reported infections since the end of March. The Geneva-based U.N. health agency said in a weekly report that nearly 5.59 million cases were reported
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week. That means there’s been a decline in reported infections since the end of March. The Geneva-based U.N. health agency said in a weekly report that nearly 5.59 million cases were reported
Continue ReadingCNN By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Florida bride and her wedding caterer have been arrested and accused of lacing wedding food, including lasagna, with marijuana and causing several guests to become sick, according to their arrest warrant affidavits. Bride Danya Shea Svoboda, 42, and caterer Joycelyn Montrinice Bryant, 31, have been charged
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Olivia Harrison, widow of Beatle George Harrison and a philanthropist and film producer, has a few words of her own to share. She has compiled 20 original poems about her husband for the book “Came the Lightening,” which comes out June 21. “Came the Lightening” also will include photographs and images
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COVID-19 case numbers in Oregon are on a steady rise as a new variant spreads and residents toss their masks, but hospitalization rates are still averaging fewer than 100 patients per day statewide — a far cry from previous peak virus surges of up to 1,100 patients, state health officials said Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Russian news outlet says China’s credit card processor has refused to work with banks in Russia for fear of being targeted by sanctions over its attack on Ukraine. That cuts off a possible alternative after Visa and Mastercard stopped serving them. RBC reported UnionPay’s decision affects Sberbank, Russia’s biggest commercial bank,
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Russian news outlet says China’s credit card processor has refused to work with banks in Russia for fear of being targeted by sanctions over its attack on Ukraine. That cuts off a possible alternative after Visa and Mastercard stopped serving them. RBC reported UnionPay’s decision affects Sberbank, Russia’s biggest commercial bank,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have retreated, tracking losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated increases in interest rates must be faster to fight inflation. Major regional indexes cascaded downward in Asia, with the drop pronounced at nearly 2% in Tokyo. Japan’s consumer price index
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have retreated, tracking losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated increases in interest rates must be faster to fight inflation. Major regional indexes cascaded downward in Asia, with the drop pronounced at nearly 2% in Tokyo. Japan’s consumer price index
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people taken captive by the Islamic State group remain missing years after the extremists’ territorial defeat. Accountability for their captors remains elusive. Families of the missing feel abandoned by a world that has largely moved on, while they struggle to uncover the fate of their
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