By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The mutinous soldiers who ousted Burkina Faso’s democratically elected president early this year vowed they would do a better job at stopping the jihadi violence rocking the country. Five months later, however, attacks are increasing and patience with the junta appears to be waning. Many
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Cuando en 2019 se avistó una pequeña tortuga hembra en la inaccesible isla volcánica de Fernandina, en las Galápagos, los investigadores quedaron sorprendidos. Anteriormente, solo se había encontrado allí otra tortuga, un gran macho solitario, en 1906 por el explorador Rollo Beck. Los científicos habían pensado que este animal era el último
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press After another slow start to the season, the reigning World Series champion Braves are surging like an October contender once again, riding an 11-game winning streak into a series at Washington. It’s the club’s best stretch since winning 14 straight from July 26 to Aug. 9, 2013. Atlanta has outscored opponents
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — The points lead changes just about every week during this extraordinary IndyCar season. Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing overtook Team Penske’s Will Power and moved back into the lead after a second-place finish Sunday at Road America. The points lead has now changed
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Los Angeles Angels finally ended their 14-game losing streak. If Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and Co. can rebound from that and make the playoffs, it would be unprecedented. No team has reached the postseason after a losing streak of more than 11 games, according to Sportradar. The Angels
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The emergence of Trackhouse Racing might be the most surprising development of all during this highly entertaining NASCAR Cup Series season. The 2-year-old team co-owned by Pitbull is piloted by two drivers who had never won a Cup race three months ago. Trackhouse has already
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese Canadian pop star Kris Wu has faced rape and other criminal charges at a closed trial as China was in uproar over a video showing a group of men physically assaulting four women in another city. Wu’s trial was reported late Friday night, and many
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — One thing about the U.S. Opens at The Country Club: They never end on time. The 122nd Open returns to Brookline this week. In this review of the three previous U.S. Opens, all ended in a playoff. The most famous was in 1913. That’s when
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish arms watchdog says the world’s stockpiles of nuclear weapons are expected to increase in coming years after declining since the end of the Cold War. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, says the decrease in recent decades seems about to be reversed, as all nine nuclear-armed countries are
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s capital has put school back online in one of its major districts amid a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a nightclub, while life has yet to return to normal in Shanghai despite the lifting of a more than two-month-long lockdown. China has stuck to its “zero-COVID” policy requiring mass testing, quarantines
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s capital has put school back online in one of its major districts amid a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a nightclub, while life has yet to return to normal in Shanghai despite the lifting of a more than two-month-long lockdown. China has stuck to its “zero-COVID” policy requiring mass testing, quarantines
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Boston Celtics are probably used to 2-2 ties in the NBA Finals by now. This is the 13th time in Boston’s 22 appearances in the title series that the Celtics and their opponent have split the first four games. The Celtics and Golden State Warriors are tied 2-2
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Sunday ahead of the U.S. Open is typically quiet, and such was the case at The Country Club. Call it the calm before the storm. Luke Gannon was playing a practice round alone when he was waved through by a player ahead. That would be
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor is proposing new powers for the country’s antitrust agency to clamp down on oil companies amid disappointment over the limited effect of a cut in fuel taxes. A three-month cut took effect on June 1 as part of a wider package of measures aimed at blunting the financial fallout
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor is proposing new powers for the country’s antitrust agency to clamp down on oil companies amid disappointment over the limited effect of a cut in fuel taxes. A three-month cut took effect on June 1 as part of a wider package of measures aimed at blunting the financial fallout
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An official with the U.N. refugee agency and a tribal elder say clashes over the past week in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur have killed around 100 people. Toby Harward, a coordinator with the UNHCR, said on Monday that the fighting grew out of a land dispute between Arab
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN An Australian newspaper columnist has apologized for a story that appeared to accuse actor Rebel Wilson of spoiling his attempts to out her as gay. In a new column published Monday, Sydney Morning Herald journalist Andrew Hornery says he did not seek to “out” the star, but understands why his email
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace division have died as “martyrs” in Iran in separate incidents over the weekend. That’s according to Iranian media reports on Monday. The term “martyr” is typically a designation given to those on important assignments. The deaths
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Day after day, Russia is pounding the Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but steady progress to seize the industrial heartland of its neighbor. With the conflict now in its fourth month, it’s a high-stakes campaign that could dictate the course of the entire war.
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Hundreds of graduates, family members, faculty and staff smiled through the High Desert rain on Sunday as they took part in the first on-campus graduation ceremony in the Bend school’s history.
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