July 28, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
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July 28, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
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Continue ReadingAustralia forecasts high inflation for another 2 years
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — New forecasts by Australia’s government say runaway inflation will remain unacceptably high for the next two years and economic growth will slow without falling into recession. Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlined to Parliament on Thursday a deterioration in the country’s economic outlook since a new government was
Continue ReadingHall of Famers in push for baseball in cricket-mad region
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two Hall of Fame baseball players are leading a push to bring the sport that made them famous to India, Pakistan and the Middle East. Former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera and ex-Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin are the familiar faces behind the United International Baseball League. The UIBL plans
Continue ReadingOil block auction in DRC punctures Africa’s climate goals
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Sections of a renowned peatland tropical forest in the Congo Basin that plays a crucial role in Africa’s climate system go up for oil and gas auction in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday. The DRC government will auction 30 oil and
Continue ReadingSeeking new funds, Hamas raises taxes in impoverished Gaza
By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Hamas rulers have imposed a slew of new taxes on imported clothes and office supplies just ahead of the new school year, sparking limited but rare protests in the impoverished coastal strip. The move by the militant group comes at a time when
Continue ReadingJapan discusses regional defense in rare visit to Taiwan
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of Japanese lawmakers including two former defense ministers has met with Taiwan’s president in a rare high-level visit to discuss regional security. The delegation, led by lawmaker and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said it wanted to reach an agreement with Taiwan on defense
Continue ReadingMan executed despite calls from victim’s family to spare him
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago has been executed despite pleas from the victim’s family to spare his life. Joe Nathan James Jr. was pronounced dead Thursday night after a lethal injection at an Alabama prison. He drew the death penalty
Continue ReadingWounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BARRE, Mass. (AP) — One by one, items purportedly taken from Native Americans massacred at Wounded Knee Creek emerged from the dark, cluttered display cases where they’ve sat for more than a century in a museum in rural Massachusetts. Moccasins, necklaces, clothing, ceremonial pipes, tools and other objects were carefully
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Oregon heat-related state of emergency also prompts lifting of self-serve gas ban
Gov. Kate Brown’s state of emergency declaration this week by executive order in 25 Oregon counties due to extreme heat also has brought a return of a temporary lifting of a ban on self-serve gasoline, the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal confirmed late Wednesday.
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OHA’s biweekly COVID-19 report finds fewer deaths, hospitalizations, rise in cases
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, released Wednesday by the Oregon Health Authority, shows an increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations and a slight decrease in deaths, along with a decline in overall cases. Here’s the report from OHA: OHA reported 18,598 new cases of COVID-19 from July 10-23, a 13.3% decline from the previous
Continue ReadingNancy Pelosi kicks off high-profile Asia trip with Singapore visit
CNN By Jessie Yeung and Wayne Chang, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other Congress members visited Singapore on Monday, their first official stop in a high-profile Asia tour that has attracted international attention over speculation she may visit Taiwan. The delegation started their two-day visit to the city-state by meeting Singaporean President
Continue ReadingBanks far from hitting Paris climate targets, groups warn
By ED DAVEY Associated Press A new report by says many of the world’s biggest banks are falling far short of aligning their practices with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting the Earth’s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The evaluation of 27 giant banks, obtained by The Associated Press, was carried out
Continue ReadingAt 170 carats, this may be the largest pink diamond found in 300 years
Kathleen Magramo A 170-carat pink diamond discovered in Angola may be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years, according to Australian miner Lucapa Diamond Company. Named the “Lulo Rose,” the diamond was found at the Lulo alluvial diamond mine in the Lunda Norte region of Angola in Africa, the company said in a statement
Continue ReadingHall of Famers in push for baseball in cricket-mad region
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two Hall of Fame baseball players are leading a push to bring the sport that made them famous to India, Pakistan and the Middle East. Former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera and ex-Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin are the familiar faces behind the United International Baseball League. The UIBL plans
Continue ReadingDefense contractor held without bail in ID theft mystery
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. defense contractor and his wife charged with fraudulently living for decades under the stolen identities of two dead infants told family they were going into the witness protection program before abruptly abandoning their house and leaving Texas about 40 years ago,
Continue ReadingMayim Bialik, Ken Jennings to split ‘Jeopardy!’ host job
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” is giving itself two answers to the question of who gets to host the quiz show — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. Bialik and Jennings have been serving as rotating hosts since Mike Richards exited the show amid controversy after a short tenure as
Continue ReadingMemphis woman cremated in Fiji, husband charged with murder
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The family of a Tennessee pharmacist who died on her honeymoon in Fiji decided to cremate her in the South Pacific nation rather than bring her home because her body was badly damaged, a lawyer representing the family said Thursday. Christe Chen, 36, died earlier
Continue ReadingExtended triple-digit heat suspected in 4 deaths in Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Triple-digit heat was being investigated Thursday as the cause of death for four people in Oregon as a sweltering heat wave enveloped the Pacific Northwest — and the forecast showed no sign of letting up soon in a region unaccustomed to
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