BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say at least 17 people have been killed and four are missing in flooding and a landslide following days of torrential rain. The Xinhua News Agency says storms have pummeled Hunan province since the beginning of the month, killing 10 and leaving three missing. Some monitoring stations reporting rainfall
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Este miércoles, el gobernador del estado de Morelos, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, informó a través de su cuenta verificada de Twitter que se reportó una explosión de pirotecnia en la zona de Tlalnepantla. El gobernador agregó que se han movilizado brigadas de protección civil y emergencias para asistir a las personas en la
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Three Texas families have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s investigations into parents who provide their transgender children with gender-affirming healthcare procedures, according to attorneys on their behalf. The investigations, carried out by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, came after state Attorney General Ken Paxton
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — From the battlefronts of Ukraine comes rap music — filled with the anger and indignation of a young generation that, once the fighting is done, will certainly never forget and may never forgive. Ukrainian rapper-turned-volunteer soldier Otoy is putting the war into words and thumping baselines,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — From the battlefronts of Ukraine comes rap music — filled with the anger and indignation of a young generation that, once the fighting is done, will certainly never forget and may never forgive. Ukrainian rapper-turned-volunteer soldier Otoy is putting the war into words and thumping baselines,
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday, with only Shanghai rising, after stocks tumbled on Wall Street on expectations central banks will double down on battling inflation with interest rate hikes. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.3% to 27,881.78 while the Kospi in Seoul shed
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday, with only Shanghai rising, after stocks tumbled on Wall Street on expectations central banks will double down on battling inflation with interest rate hikes. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.3% to 27,881.78 while the Kospi in Seoul shed
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and PHILIPP-MORITZ JENNE Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran has begun removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites across the country. That’s according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The agency’s chief, Rafael Mariano Grossi, warned from Vienna on Thursday that if an agreement cannot be reached to
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson se lanza directamente a la acción en el primer tráiler de la última pelÃcula taquillera de DC, “Black Adam”. El miércoles, DC lanzó el clip de dos minutos, protagonizado por el titán de Hollywood y la leyenda de la lucha libre como el antihéroe titular, que es moralmente
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq still doesn’t have a government, eight months since national elections took place, and there seems no clear way out of the dangerous deadlock. Political elites are embroiled in cutthroat competition for power — even as the country faces growing challenges, including an impending
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Shawn Deng, CNN Torrential rains in southern China have killed at least 32 people, impacted millions of residents and caused billions of yuan in economic losses, as the country grapples with increasingly devastating flood seasons fueled by climate change. In recent weeks, heavy rainfall has triggered severe flooding and landslides in
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN New details have emerged revealing how convicted murderer Gonzalo Lopez escaped a prisoner bus in Texas and what he did before killing a family of five, police say. Lopez’s escape last month triggered one of the largest inmate search efforts in state history as hundreds of officers scoured
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When Rich Strike bolted into horse racing’s spotlight in a little over minute with his Kentucky Derby upset victory, he shared the stage with his handler, who has long toiled in the shadows constantly tending to the champion colt. Rich Strike’s attention stems for
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Xtreme Bulls kicked off the return of the Sisters Rodeo Wednesday night, and the arena record fell twice. 9th Annual Sisters, OR Xtreme Bull Riding final results June 8, 2022 Xtreme Bull Riding 1. Roscoe Jarboe New Plymouth, ID 90* $4,032.60 2. Colby Demo Red Bluff, CA 89* $3,091.66
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — MartÃn Pérez is having the best stretch of his career in his return to the Texas Rangers. The 31-year-old left-hander is the MLB leader with his 1.56 ERA and has made nine consecutive quality starts. That matches the longest streak in Rangers history and is
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, CNN Federal prosecutors in New York recommended that disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison, citing his “decades of crime” and a “callous disregard for the very real effects that his crimes had on his victims,” according to a sentencing memorandum filed Wednesday. They also
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE A. MONROE Associated Press A helicopter crashed in a lava field in Hawaii on Wednesday and all six people on board have been safely evacuated from the site, but two are in serious condition, officials said. Cyrus Johnasen, a public information office for Hawaii County, said it was a tour helicopter with a
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Nationals star Stephen Strasburg is set to pitch in the majors for the first time since June 1, 2021, when he starts against the Marlins in Miami on Thursday night. Strasburg, who turns 34 next month, has been sidelined for most of the past two seasons. He underwent surgery for thoracic
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major free zone operator in Dubai owned by the sheikhdom’s ruler says it will make an initial public offering on the local stock market. The TECOM Group said Thursday it plans to offer 625 million shares on the Dubai Financial Market. TECOM said
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major free zone operator in Dubai owned by the sheikhdom’s ruler says it will make an initial public offering on the local stock market. The TECOM Group said Thursday it plans to offer 625 million shares on the Dubai Financial Market. TECOM said
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