By JOE McDONALD and LISA MASCARO Associated Press BEIJNG (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has confirmed she will visit four Asian countries this week but made no mention of a possible stop in Taiwan that has riled Beijing, which claims the island as its own territory. Pelosi said in a statement she is
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah is airing drone footage of Israeli gas production barges in a disputed gas field in the Mediterranean Sea. The Iranian-backed militant group on Sunday aired the drone footage of the Karish gas field as senior U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein was to arrive in Beirut.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Pantelia, for CNN Photographs by Anna Pantelia for CNN Dimitris Mitsaris opens his garage door and the smell of fermenting grapes emerges, as the first morning light bounces off dozens of steel tanks. Mitsaris and his family live here, in Agios Panteleimonas, a mountainous village of just 800 residents in northern Greece, and
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA, FARAI MUTSAKA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Apollo John Rwamparo speaks forlornly of the eight-legged stool, a symbol of authority for his ancient kingdom in Uganda, now glimpsed through a glass barrier at a museum thousands of miles away in Britain. The wooden stool is permanently exhibited at
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s space agency says debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station into orbit has fallen into the sea in the Philippines. The agency said most of the final stage of the Long March-5B rocket burned up after entering the atmosphere. The location of the “landing area” cited
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A small explosive device carried by a makeshift drone blew up Sunday at the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean Peninsula, wounding six people and prompting the cancellation of ceremonies there honoring Russia’s navy, authorities said. Meanwhile, one of Ukraine’s richest men, a
Continue ReadingBy Sarita Harilela and Alex Stambaugh, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is heading to Asia for a tour of the region after landing in Hawaii, where she visited the Pearl Harbor Memorial and the USS Arizona. Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific and plans to visit places including Singapore, Malaysia, South
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the ODOT Region 4 construction update for the week of July 29-August 5. Here at ODOT, we are committed to providing a safe and efficient transportation system for everyone. We invest in Oregon’s future through roadway improvement projects. The following projects are located within Region 4; Central Oregon from
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WIEJKOWO, Poland (AP) — More than 1,000 years after his death in what is now Poland, a European king whose nickname lives on through wireless technology is at the center of an archaeological dispute. Chronicles from the Middle Ages say King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson of Denmark acquired his nickname courtesy
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Neurologist Rudy Tanzi was still a graduate student at Harvard Medical School when he helped identify the first gene associated with hereditary Alzheimer’s — amyloid beta-protein precursor, or APP. “It was the summer of ’86. I was 27 years old,” Tanzi recalls. “I remember thinking that for the first time since
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON and NICO GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Mona Lisa may maintain her famously enigmatic smile because she benefits from one of Paris’ best-kept secrets: An underground cooling system that’s helped the Louvre cope with the sweltering heat that has broken temperature records across Europe. The little-known “urban cold” network snakes
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The playoff-hopeful Seattle Mariners are holding their collective breath that All-Star rookie Julio Rodríguez isn’t seriously injured. Rodríguez was hit on the back of his right hand near the wrist as he swung awkwardly at a pitch in the eighth inning Saturday night at Houston. He struck out, but played defense
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal is holding a legislative election. Opposition parties in the West African nation are trying to minimize the ruling party’s influence before the 2024 presidential election. They are worried that President Macky Sall may seek a third term. In Sunday’s vote, 165 deputies
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. The late former prime minister dominated Britain in the 1980s, and has left a large and contested legacy. Critics see her as an intransigent ideologue whose free-market
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of July 31-August 6. Paving of Alfalfa Market Rd: MP 4 to Johnson Ranch Rd (Bend Area) – Pavement rehabilitation work will be occurring on Alfalfa Market Road between Milepoint 4 and Johnson Ranch Road. Work will include full-depth pavement repairs and pavement
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Wild tigers in Nepal have clawed their way back from the brink of extinction. There are now almost three times as many wild tigers in the country as there were in 2009, according to the Nepalese government. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba announced the conservation success Friday morning, according to a
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays for August 1-13. City of Redmond road closures can be viewed on the Redmond Area Street Closures, Events and Delays Map and ODOT TripCheck. **SPECIAL EVENTS: SW 9th St from SW Deschutes Ave to SW Evergreen Ave, SW Evergreen Ave from SW 9th St to
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of August 1-7. Intersection of 27th Street and Reed Market Road for sewer main installation, restricted movements within intersection with north and southbound travel on 27th Street, begins 8/1/22Street Preservation – Various streets will have overnight closures for
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland outpitched Clayton Kershaw, and Brendan Rodgers had three hits as the Colorado Rockies snapped a six-game skid against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 5-3 win. Freeland followed up his seven shutout innings at Milwaukee on Monday with another solid start, allowing three runs and
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants shortstop Thairo Estrada left Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs after being hit by a pitch in the helmet in the fifth inning. Cubs reliever Mark Leiter Jr., recalled earlier Saturday from Triple-A Iowa, hit Estrada with an 84 mph changeup, sending him to the ground immediately. Estrada
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