CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN When the presidents of the United States and South Korea this week announced a landmark deal to deter North Korean aggression, one element of the pact stood out. Plans to deploy a US nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time since 1981 were the headline act in the
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Rhea Mogul, CNN Ten policemen and a civilian were killed in blast as they were returning from an operation against insurgents in India’s central Chhattisgarh state, its chief minister said Wednesday. Rebel Maoist militants are believed to be responsible for the attack, Bhupesh Baghel told reporters, expressing his grief over the
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El Centro de Predicción de Tormentas (SPC, por sus siglas en inglés) emitió tres riesgos ligeros de tormentas severas, nivel 2 de 5, para partes del sur y sureste de Estados Unidos para este jueves. En total, más de 40 millones de personas están amenazadas por tormentas fuertes. El primer riesgo
Continue ReadingKARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say seven people were killed when a passenger train caught fire in southern Pakistan. Railways official Mohsn Sial said the cause of the blaze north of Karachi remained unclear Thursday. TV footage showed several badly burned cars on the train, which was on its way to the eastern city of
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden capped South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official state visit with a glamorous state dinner at the White House Wednesday night to celebrate the two nations’ 70-year alliance. “This visit is about reaffirming all that unites our two nations.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street steamed to its best day since January after Meta Platforms became the latest Big Tech company to blow past profit forecasts. The S&P 500 rose 2% Thursday. The Dow rose 1.6% and the Nasdaq added 2.4%. Facebook’s parent company did the heaviest lifting
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors and security service personnel in Poland are investigating the remains of an aerial military object that was found in woods in the center of the country. The Defense Ministry said on Twitter that the object did not pose a threat to local residents. It was found in woods near Zamosc,
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Sunriver Resort, the Pacific Northwest’s treasured resort destination, announced Wednesday its commitment to planting 400 Ponderosa pines near Woodlands Golf Course on Arbor Day. This initiative is the second part of Sunriver’s Earth Day campaign, which began with the One Tree Planted for Every Guest Stay initiative.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s military has dispatched a pair of navy ships to take part in joint drills with Singapore’s navy and join in a regional maritime security exhibition. The exercises starting Friday in the Southeast Asian city state come amid China’s growing presence in the South China Sea, which it claims sovereignty over virtually
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks entered the playoffs boasting the NBA’s best record and believing they had a great shot at winning their second title in three seasons. They instead are finished before May after suffering one of the most stunning first-round playoff losses in league history. The
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Camilla, Britain’s queen consort, is crowned alongside her husband next week, the moment will mark the culmination of a remarkable – and painstakingly slow – transformation over five decades of a figure once reviled as the other woman and considered a huge liability to the British
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Asspociated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will end a decade-old freeze on the minimum wage for skilled migrant workers as part of an overhaul of what the government describes as a broken migration system. It says the current system fosters exploitation and favors attracting low-paid employees over filling critical skill shortages.
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctantly go vegetarian, dropping beef and chicken from their diets because they can no longer afford meat. In Hungary,
Continue ReadingCNN By Haley Britzky, CNN While Russia has suffered thousands of losses in its war against Ukraine, a senior US military commander in Europe told lawmakers Wednesday that they have plenty more firepower left in their arsenal. “[T]he Russian ground force has been degenerated somewhat by this conflict, although it is bigger today than it
Continue ReadingBy MEHDI EL-AREM and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press OFF THE COAST OF SFAX, Tunisia (AP) — A young man wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with “Dior,” women clutching babies wrapped in blankets, children bundled in winter coats. All gingerly stepped from rickety boats into the sturdy craft of the Tunisian Maritime National Guard — and
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has resumed after a month-long break, refocusing the spotlight on the long-serving leader’s legal woes after a wave of protests over his government’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Netanyahu is charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN China has broadened the scope of its already sweeping counter-espionage law in a move that analysts warn could create further legal risks or uncertainty for foreign companies, journalists and academics. The changes expand the definition of espionage from covering state secrets and intelligence to any “documents, data, materials
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We’ll wake up to some temperatures that are comparably mild to what we’ve seen overnight recently. After starting our day in the low 40s, we’ll warm back up to the mid to upper 70s in the warmest parts of the day. In addition to the temperatures, today will be also be
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The Bend Chamber and Kôr Community Land Trust are excited to announce that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Poplar Community on Bend’s west side will take place at noon on Monday, May 1.
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Asia must rapidly cut fossil fuel subsidies and plow more money into a clean energy transition to avoid catastrophic climate change that puts its own development at risk, according to a new report Thursday from the Asian Development Bank. The region’s economic development is being fueled
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