By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — American game developer Blizzard Entertainment said Thursday it will suspend most of its game services in mainland China after current licensing agreements with Chinese game company NetEase end, sending NetEase’s shares tumbling. Blizzard, which partnered with NetEase in 2008 to offer popular games such as World
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Massive blackouts that temporarily hit more than a half-dozen cities across Moldova this week have highlighted the impact Russia’s war in Ukraine is having on Europe’s poorest country. The power outages happened Tuesday as the Russian military pounded infrastructure targets across the border
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s army says firefighters have put out a fire in Baghdad airport for a second time this week. The flames broke out at dawn on Thursday on the ground floor of the airport’s VIP hall and caused some material damage but no human losses. Sixteen civil defense
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government increased a tax on the windfall profits of energy companies as part of a 55 billion pound ($65 billion) package of tax increases and spending cuts in an emergency budget designed to restore the nation’s economic credibility and patch
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Bangkok Thursday for the last of three back-to-back international summits held over the past week in Asia — this time for a gathering where the leaders of the United States and Russia will both be absent. That leaves Xi primed to enter the two-day Asia
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle. Soon, a stronger, higher fence will be erected on parts of the frontier. Earlier this month, Polish soldiers began laying
Continue ReadingCNN By Eoin McSweeney, CNN There’s a biblical saying that no one is a prophet in their own land; but Didier Drogba likely hasn’t read that verse. Welcomed by hordes of adoring fans wherever he goes in his native Ivory Coast, Drogba is no stranger to glory nights. Champions League final success in Munich in
Continue ReadingBy SAM McNEIL Associated Press KONOMIE ISLAND, Australia (AP) — Below the turquoise waters off the coast of Australia is one of the world’s natural wonders, an underwater rainbow jungle teeming with life that scientists say is showing some of the clearest signs yet of climate change. The Great Barrier Reef, battered but not broken
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says security forces have detained a suspect wanted in connection with the deadly bombing in Istanbul. The operation was carried out in a Turkish-controlled area in northwestern Syria. Other suspects detained following the bombing will appear before court officials on Thursday to face possible charges or be
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Sri Lankan government is being urged to drop charges against two protest leaders detained for more than three months following the anti-government demonstrations that engulfed the island nation earlier this year. Amnesty International also renewed its call for Sri Lanka to repeal the harsh,
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say two people have died after a multi-story building under construction collapsed on a neighbor’s home on the outskirts of Kenyan capital Nairobi. Three other people have been rescued alive from the family home that was next to the collapsed building located in Ruaka suburb.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian airstrikes targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities again Thursday as the first snow of the season fell in Kyiv, a harbinger of the hardship to come if Moscow’s missiles continue to take out power and gas plants as winter descends. Separately, the United Nations announced the extension
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Central Oregon law enforcement officers, district attorneys, school superintendents and public health leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the Safe Schools Alliance on Wednesday. The group meets each month to discuss ways to prevent youth violence and ensure the safety of their communities. They signed a “memorandum of understanding” as a way to continue the partnership.
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press On the Instagram accounts of fashion models and superstars last month, the sheikhdom of Qatar looked like one glittering party. High-heeled designers descended on exhibition openings and fashion shows in downtown Doha. Celebrities, including a prominent gay rights campaigner, snapped selfies on a pulsing dance floor. “As-salaam ’alykum Doha!” Dutch
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Poland’s ambassador to the United Nations says the country acted with “full restraint” after a suspected Russian-made missile fell inside its border on Tuesday, killing two Polish citizens and sparking fears of an escalation in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Speaking at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday,
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Deschutes County is close to having all its votes in, but there’s still a few races which have been too close to call. Volunteers returned to the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office on Wednesday to count the remaining ballots. There were roughly 4,700 ballots still needing to be counted. These ballots could make the difference in some of
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN A former British ambassador, an Australian economist and a Japanese journalist are reportedly set to be released by Myanmar’s ruling military junta under an amnesty — along with more than 6,000 other prisoners. Vicky Bowman, Sean Turnell and Toru Kubota are among 5,774 male and 676 female prisoners
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Men usually outnumber and outrank women negotiators in climate talks, except when it comes to global warming’s thorniest diplomatic issue this year — reparations for climate disasters. The issue of polluting nations paying vulnerable countries is handed over to women, who got the issue
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget, Caroll Alvarado, Eric Levenson and Amir Vera, CNN Two of the four University of Idaho students who were killed on Sunday were last seen alive ordering at a late-night food truck in Moscow, Idaho, at about 1:41 a.m., the truck’s live Twitch stream shows. In the video, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Friday after Wall Street declined following indications the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates higher than expected to cool inflation. Shanghai declined while Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices gained. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.3% on Thursday after
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