By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese and Chinese defense ministers have inaugurated their long-awaited hotline as a step to build trust and improve communication. It comes at a time when Japan and other neighbors are concerned about Beijing’s increasingly assertive military activities. Tokyo and Beijing are embroiled in a dispute over
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks have entered an encouraging new phase as President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have tapped top emissaries to negotiate a deal to avert an unprecedented national default. The president also cut his upcoming overseas trip short in hopes
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The union for Canada’s second biggest airline have issued a 72-hour strike notice to WestJet and they warn the airline could be shut down before the weekend. The Air Line Pilots Association said in a statement late Monday that pilots plan to begin lawful job action early Friday. The statement said
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and health care advocate who for decades has combated female circumcision and strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa, was named Tuesday as winner of the 2023 Templeton Prize, one of the world’s largest annual individual awards. “Rooted in her Muslim faith, she
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Taco Bell wants to liberate the “Taco Tuesday” trademark from a smaller, rival chain. The taco chain filed a petition Tuesday (naturally) with the US Patent and Trademark office to cancel the trademark, owned by rival Taco John’s for 34 years, because Taco Bell claims the commonly
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The National Institutes of Health is now enrolling participants to test an experimental universal influenza vaccine using mRNA technology. The NIH is looking for 50 volunteers ages 18 to 49 for the Phase 1 trial at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. “A universal influenza vaccine would be a
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn and Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Home Depot couldn’t keep its protracted robust sales streak going any longer. The home improvement chain reported a dismal quarter as consumer spending on home improvement projects – which was buoyed by the stay-at-home pandemic lifestyle – come to a screeching halt. The retailer
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers has voted unanimously to formally pull out of a Cold War-era security deal more than eight years after Moscow halted its participation. The vote on Tuesday came less than a week after President Vladimir Putin introduced a draft bill “denouncing” the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. The deal
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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… With more moisture moving in over warm temperatures today, we are looking at another day of possible showers and thunderstorms across the region. We will see some sunbreaks, but don’t be surprised by a sudden burst of showers. Highs will be in the upper 70’s to low 80’s. NW breezes will
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 13-strong rescue team has rescued an “injured and exhausted” dog from England’s highest mountain in an operation lasting more than four hours. According to rescuers, the 33-kilogram (73-pound) pooch was “refusing to move” from Scafell Pike, located in the Lake District national park, northwestern England, on Saturday. The
Continue ReadingBy Inke Kappeler and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — Passengers on an Austrian train running from Bregenz to Vienna were shocked when they heard a recording of an Adolf Hitler speech play over the train’s loudspeaker system on Sunday. Nazi slogans such as “Heil Hitler” and “Sieg heil” were also heard via the train’s intercom,
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Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por su sus siglas en inglés), están advirtiendo sobre el riesgo potencial de que surjan nuevos casos de viruela del mono este verano. “La temporada de primavera y verano en 2023 podría conducir a un resurgimiento de
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — The discovery of two skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site point to deaths by powerful earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the first century, experts said Tuesday, in addition to the victims of volcanic ash and gas. The two skeletons believed to be
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges tied to the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal, becoming the highest-ranking executive convicted over cars that cheated on emissions tests with the help of illegal software. Rupert Stadler answered “yes” to a statement read in court by his attorney
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic was in command from the start and never really let up in a 6-3, 6-4 win over 13th-seeded Cameron Norrie to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals for the 17th straight year. Djokovic is aiming for his seventh title on the red clay of the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Kentucky Republicans will choose a nominee Tuesday to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in one of the most watched elections of the year. State Attorney General Daniel Cameron, former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft and state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles are among the 12 Republicans in the race. Beshear has
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in South Korea for a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at which they are expected to discuss expansion of trade and challenges posed by North Korea. Trudeau, the first Canadian leader to visit South Korea
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Wireless carrier Vodafone says it’s laying off 11,000 workers as part of a major revamp aimed at cutting costs and boosting flagging financial performance. Vodafone is one of the world’s biggest mobile phone companies by subscribers. It made the announcement Tuesday as it reported that its annual earnings dropped 1.3% and forecast
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Promising striker Folarin Balogun has opted to play for the United States at international level instead of England. FIFA says it approved a request by the U.S. Soccer Federation to change Balogun’s national eligibility from England. The 21-year-old New York-born player was also eligible to play
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