By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step for reproductive rights decades after other countries made abortion medication widely available. The ministry’s pharmaceutical board granted approval on Friday to the MeFeego Pack, an abortion pill manufactured by British pharmaceutical
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN A former Disney World theme park employee was arrested and charged in Florida after allegedly recording a video up the skirt of a park guest late last month — and may have been similarly attacking other visitors for years, according to an arrest affidavit. Authorities responded to Disney’s Hollywood Studios on
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Matthew Perry intenta hacer las paces con Keanu Reeves. La estrella de “Friends” apareció en el LA Times Festival of Books el sábado y, durante un panel, dijo a la audiencia que planea eliminar el nombre de Reeves de las futuras ediciones de sus memorias publicadas en 2022 “Friends, Lovers, and the
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Credit Suisse bled customer deposits worth 67 billion Swiss francs ($75.2 billion) in the first three months of the year, and money is still leaving the bank as UBS races to complete a rescue of its stricken rival. The bank run was “most acute” in the days just before and just
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian pro-government say Israel has shelled targets in southern Syria, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Reports from the pro-government Al-Watan newspaper and Sham FM radio say Israeli forces targeted the town of Talat Qars al-Nafl in Quneitra province early on Monday and that the artillery caused “material damage.” The reports didn’t mention
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press SÃO PAULO (AP) — When Alessandra Korap was born in the mid-1980s, her Indigenous village nestled in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil was a haven of seclusion. But as she grew up, the nearby city of Itaituba, with its bustling streets and commercial activity, crept closer and closer. It wasn’t
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(Update: Adding more photos, time-lapse video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A “coronal mass ejection” that exploded from the Sun in recent days hit Earth’s magnetic field earlier than expected on Sunday, sparking a severe G4-class geomagnetic storm — and a dazzling view of colorful auroras visible over a wide area of the globe, much farther
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is a man in a hurry. After waiting nearly 74 years to become king, Charles has used his first six months on the throne to meet faith leaders across the country, reshuffle royal residences, stage his first overseas state visit and hold a sleepover
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy European countries are demanding answers from Beijing after its top diplomat in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet republics, in comments that could undermine China’s efforts to be seen as a potential mediator between Russia and Ukraine. The remarks by China’s ambassador to France Lu Shaye, who said during a television
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says it saw nearly $69 billion in outflows in the first three months of the year and that clients are still withdrawing assets. The Swiss bank on Monday cited “significant net asset outflows” as it posted its results skewed by a government-backed takeover by rival
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German climate activists were temporarily bringing traffic to a standstill in Berlin by gluing themselves to roads all over the capital. Members of the group Last Generation have repeatedly blocked roads across Germany in the past year in an effort to pressure the government to take more
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, aspirante a la postulación republicana a las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos, se reunió este lunes en Tokio, Japón, con el primer ministro de ese país, Fumio Kishida. Durante la reunión, ambos intercambiaron puntos de vista sobre “asuntos regionales”, y Kishida declaró que espera que
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The federal Bureau of Reclamation has announced it will provide about half the funding for a $5.38 million project by the Deschutes River Conservancy and three Central Oregon irrigation districts to pipe over six miles of canals and improve monitoring and measurement.
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street edged higher as investors awaited U.S. earnings reports and an update on economic growth. Shanghai and Hong Kong declined while Tokyo advanced. Oil prices were little-changed. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained 0.1% on Monday after Coca-Cola
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Despite falling gas prices, ExxonMobil and Chevron reported bumper profits last quarter. While they were lower than last year, they still beat Wall Street forecasts, as well as where they were ahead of the spike in energy prices that followed the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago. ExxonMobil,
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Lau and Manveena Suri, CNN A cheetah from Africa has died two months after being reintroduced to India as part of an intercontinental effort to revive the big cat in the country, the second animal from the program to have passed away in less than a month. India’s wildlife department said the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Manveena Suri, CNN A cheetah from Africa has died two months after being reintroduced to India as part of an intercontinental effort to revive the big cat in the country, the second animal from the program to have passed away in less than a month. India’s wildlife department said the male,
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Public sector workers in an eastern Chinese city are set to be paid fully in digital yuan, as the country makes a significant push to popularize the currency. Changshu, located in the province of Jiangsu, will start the new payment process in May, according to an official document widely posted on
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Grocery shoppers in Redmond and La Pine on Saturday encountered Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts doing their “good turn” in the annual Scouting for Food collection drive, and many stopped to help them fulfill their mission.
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Robert G. Bowers, who is from the Pittsburgh suburb of
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