By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Three Russian canoeists including a gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics have been banned or being part of the state-backed doping program eight years ago. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges upheld appeals filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s shuddering realization that inflation got worse last month, not better as hoped, sent markets reeling on Friday. The S&P 500 sank 2.9% to lock in its ninth losing week in the last 10, and tumbling bond prices sent Treasury
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s shuddering realization that inflation got worse last month, not better as hoped, sent markets reeling on Friday. The S&P 500 sank 2.9% to lock in its ninth losing week in the last 10, and tumbling bond prices sent Treasury
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN Malaysia will abolish the mandatory death penalty, the government said Friday, in a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups as a rare progressive step on the issue for the region. In a statement, Malaysian law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said mandatory death sentences for serious crimes would be replaced by
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Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN A team of international scientists tasked with understanding how the coronavirus pandemic began released their first report on Thursday, saying that all hypothesis remain on the table, including a possible laboratory incident. The 27-member scientific advisory group convened by the World Health Organization said available data suggests the virus jumped from
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La Comisión selecta de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga el ataque al Capitolio de EE.UU. del 6 de enero de 2021 celebró su primer encuentro en horario de máxima audiencia el jueves por la noche. Ahí se detallaron los hallazgos de la investigación del panel y se mostraron nuevos videos de
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian rescue crews have resumed searching for a private helicopter carrying seven people that went missing in a forested, mountainous area of northcentral Italy. Italian firefighters and the Alpine rescue service said the searches began Thursday after the private chopper disappeared from radar screen over the province of Modena, in the Tuscan–Emilian Apennines.
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote this week, at least one other world leader shared his relief. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was “great news” that “we have not lost a very important ally.” It was a welcome boost for a British
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN A woman who was turned over to officials at an Arizona church as a baby more than four decades ago has been identified through DNA as the daughter of a Florida couple whose murdered bodies were found in Texas in 1981, officials said Thursday. Investigators are still working
Continue ReadingKPRC, IDENTIFINDERS INTERNATIONAL, CNN By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN A woman who was turned over to officials at an Arizona church as a baby more than four decades ago has been identified through DNA as the daughter of a Florida couple whose murdered bodies were found in Texas in 1981, officials said Thursday.
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Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Steven Jiang, CNN Shanghai will carry out Covid-19 testing on more than half of its 25 million residents this weekend, fueling fears of a return to more stringent restrictions just days after the financial hub emerged from two months of painful lockdown. The mass testing announcements sparked fears of a return
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian artillery pummeled the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in April, one family decided to flee, walking for miles with three young children in tow to a nearby village. But it was thanks to a volunteer driver who crossed the front line that they managed
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon get a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. If Israel’s parliament does not act, a special legal status accorded to the settlers will expire at the end of the month,
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds into its fourth month, officials in Kyiv have expressed fears that the specter of “war fatigue” could erode the West’s resolve to help the country push back Moscow’s aggression. The U.S. and its allies have given billions
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CNN By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen and Alex Rogers, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack held its first prime-time hearing Thursday evening, detailing the findings of the panel’s investigation and playing new video from closed-door depositions of members of former President Donald Trump’s team and depicting
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, observó el jueves cómo algunos líderes latinoamericanos criticaron su decisión de excluir a líderes autocráticos de la Cumbre de las Américas en Los Ángeles, momentos después de que el presidente pronunciara declaraciones subrayando su creencia de que el futuro del Hemisferio Occidental debería ser democrático.
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Bend city councilors interviewed eight finalist applicants to fill two council vacancies Thursday evening, then only needed one ranked-choice ballot each to fill each seat, appointing victim advocate Stephen Sehgal and psychotherapist Mo Mitchell to serve for the remaining six months until the fall election.
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russia’s war in Ukraine could push up to 49 million people into famine or famine-like conditions because of its devastating impact on global food supply and prices, the United Nations has said, in the latest dire warning over food insecurity. With its fertile soil and sprawling agricultural lands, Ukraine has
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