BEIJING (AP) — The Russian Paralympic Committee says its delegation will leave Beijing and has no immediate plans for legal action. The RPC criticized the decision to exclude Russian athletes from the Paralympics and said the move was “absolutely politicized.” It says its lawyers had determined that the Court of Arbitration for Sport would not
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara John, AnneClaire Stapleton and Joseph Ataman, CNN The gray asphalt road that leads to Ukraine’s Shehyni border crossing with Poland has for the past week seen 30-mile tailbacks as people try to flee the country, often saying tearful goodbyes to the family members and friends staying behind to fight the Russian invasion.
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, AnneClaire Stapleton and Joseph Ataman, CNN The gray asphalt road that leads to Ukraine’s Shehyni border crossing with Poland has for the past week seen 30-mile tailbacks as people try to flee the country, often saying tearful goodbyes to the family members and friends staying behind to fight the Russian invasion. Wednesday
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister, Olya Voitovych, Simone McCarthy and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Russian troops have occupied Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, with managers working at “gunpoint” after a fire caused by their attack was extinguished, according to Ukrainian nuclear officials. Countries around the world swiftly condemned the episode, with the United States embassy in Ukraine
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Russian shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant that sparked a fire at one of its six reactors has raised fears of a disaster that could affect all of central Europe for decades, like the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown. Concerns faded Friday after Ukrainian authorities announced that the
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined colleagues Thursday in expressing concern over findings from two new analyses that reveal troubling, widespread and rapid price increases for brand-name drugs in January.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Statement from Treasurer Tobias Read regarding Oregon State Treasury investments in Russia: “The situation in Ukraine is serious, tragic, and growing more desperate by the day. I stand with Ukraine. “I have directed my staff at Oregon State Treasury to work with relevant federal agencies and regulatory authorities to dispose of
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Two big names in Japanese electronics and autos are joining forces to make an electric vehicle together. Sony and Honda said Friday they have agreed to set up a joint venture this year, to start selling an electric vehicle by 2025. The plan is to pair
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Two big names in Japanese electronics and autos are joining forces to make an electric vehicle together. Sony and Honda said Friday they have agreed to set up a joint venture this year, to start selling an electric vehicle by 2025. The plan is to pair
Continue ReadingSINGAPORE (AP) — Top-ranked Jin Young Ko moved into a tie for the lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in only her second round since returning from a three-month break from the LPGA Tour. Ko shot a 5-under 67 and was level with Amy Yang. She also shot 67. They had 8-under totals of
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN A rocket part that’s been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will be the first time a chunk of space junk has unintentionally slammed into the lunar surface. It’s expected to hit the moon around 7:26 a.m. ET at about 5,500
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Henderson, Amy Simonson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A now-retired Indiana high school teacher who was arrested after video showed him hitting a student during a confrontation over wearing a hooded sweatshirt on school grounds was charged Friday with battery, according to court documents. Security footage obtained by CNN shows the incident on
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson, Amy Simonson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A now-retired Indiana high school teacher who was arrested after video showed him hitting a student during a confrontation over wearing a hooded sweatshirt on school grounds was charged Friday with battery, according to court documents. Security footage obtained by CNN shows the incident on February
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Residents of the Ukrainian cultural capital Lviv are assisting efforts to safeguard historic monuments, according to local heritage officials, with several stone statues seen being wrapped in protective sheets. Photos taken at the city’s central Market Square on Thursday show men on stepladders enveloping sculptures of the Roman god Neptune and Greek
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — As the West condemns Russia, President Vladimir Putin has vocal supporters in China, where the ruling Communist Party tells its people they are fellow targets of U.S.-led harassment. Public sentiment largely reflects the stance of a ruling party that is the closest thing Putin has to a
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s war on Ukraine is in its ninth day. U.N. and Ukrainian officials say no radiation was released from a Russian attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Frequent shelling could be heard Friday from the center of the capital, Kyiv. Heavy fighting continued on the outskirts of Mariupol,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s war on Ukraine is in its ninth day. U.N. and Ukrainian officials say no radiation was released from a Russian attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Frequent shelling could be heard Friday from the center of the capital, Kyiv. Heavy fighting continued on the outskirts of Mariupol,
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A coordinated law enforcement operation this week targeting four drug traffickers operating in the Portland area led to the seizure of about 150,000 counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and 20 pounds of suspected bulk fentanyl, the largest single fentanyl seizure in Oregon state history, with an estimated street value of about $4 million.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Moon and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Fourteen children were taken to hospitals Thursday after a vehicle crashed into a day care center in north-central California, officials said. Most of the children were taken to hospitals for precautionary reasons, the Anderson Police Department said in a statement. No fatalities were reported, and none are expected,
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks have asked the U.S. government to seize Iranian crude oil suspected to be on an American-owned oil tanker in Asia. The filings Thursday in New York come as U.S. investigators continue to probe the alleged involvement of
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