By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — After RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic in 1912, governments on both sides of the ocean took a hard look at whether more could have been done to protect the some 2,200 people aboard, including the more than 1,500 who died. The result was the
Continue ReadingBy WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s northeast. One person has died in the floodwaters. An Assam state government relief agency said Friday that the state is on red alert and bracing for
Continue ReadingBy Laura He and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — Stock markets in Europe and Asia fell Friday as investors became increasingly worried that more interest rate hikes by central banks would tip major economies into a prolonged recession. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng (HSI) Index led the losses, closing 1.7% down. Japan’s Nikkei 225
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays update for June 25-July 1. City of Redmond road closures can be viewed on the Redmond Area Street Closures, Events and Delays Map and ODOT TripCheck. ONGOING CLOSURES: SW 24th St from SW Salmon Ave to SW Timber Ave – Closed thru Friday, June 30. NW 9th St at NW Maple – Closed thru Wednesday, November 15 for the Maple Avenue
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A fire extinguisher exploded and killed a student during a fire drill held outdoors in sweltering heat at a high school in Thailand’s capital Friday, police said. Five other students were injured. The carbon dioxide canister was being displayed in bright sunshine near students during the demonstration in Bangkok when it exploded
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a 10-hour journey to the Titanic shipwreck ended in tragedy, with all five passengers on the missing submersible killed in a catastrophic implosion. Their deaths were confirmed Thursday, concluding a week-long search for survivors that was closely watched around the world. The US
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los estruendos de los bombardeos entrantes y salientes son la banda sonora del frente ucraniano. Pero su presidente advirtió esta semana que la contraofensiva no debe verse a través del lente de una película de Hollywood. A las afueras de los pueblos recién liberados de Neskuchne y Storozheve, los soldados
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Four Thai nationals have been charged with human trafficking in a Malaysian court over the 2015 discovery of mass graves and human trafficking camps at the country’s border with Thailand. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution said in a statement that the four were among 10 Thai citizens the government had sought
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Storms and heavy rain across a large swath of Germany have flooded roads and forced the closure of some major railway routes, but there is no immediate word of any injuries. Germany’s national weather service had warned earlier this week of severe storms with significant amounts of rainfall, which hit on Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman says the 25-game suspension the NBA slapped guard Ja Morant with “was appropriate.” The GM also said Thursday night after the NBA draft that it’s up to Morant to change the behavior that led to two suspensions in four months. Kleiman
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — When Berlin Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal first talked about his dream of building Germany’s biggest Jewish educational and cultural complex since the Holocaust, most people who heard about the plan were skeptical. But five years after the groundbreaking, Teichtal, a Berlin rabbi and head of the local Chabad
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has signed letters of intent to cooperate with many European corporate giants, as it attempts to mend relations damaged by Beijing’s perceived support for Moscow throughout the war in Ukraine. The agreements were signed this week between China’s top economic planner and European manufacturing conglomerates, including
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks heading to the polls Sunday for a second general election in five weeks, with conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expected to win reelection by a large margin. Opinion polls suggest the 55-year-old Mitsotakis and his center-right New Democracy party maintain a strong lead, unaffected by a
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The parade is just a memory for the NBA-champion Denver Nuggets and the party is beginning to simmer down. Back to the business of finding a way to remain at the NBA’s mountaintop. The Nuggets went in search of some cost-control players in the NBA draft
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The parade is just a memory for the NBA-champion Denver Nuggets and the party is beginning to simmer down. Back to the business of finding a way to remain at the NBA’s mountaintop. The Nuggets went in search of some cost-control players in the NBA draft
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst confirmed that Khris Middleton declined his player option for the upcoming season but added that the team hopes to keep the three-time All-Star forward. ESPN first reported that Middleton had opted against exercising the $40.4 million option. Middleton will turn 32 before the start of the
Continue ReadingCNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Heavy showers blanketed northern India over the weekend, offering some much needed respite from a blistering heatwave that ravaged the region. But with mercury levels expected to remain high in other areas, the soaring heat has highlighted how millions in the world’s most populous nation are
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student plans to reject his chance for a clemency hearing, saying there is little hope the state’s Republican governor would spare his life. Anthony Sanchez, 44, said in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Bret seguía azotando las islas del Caribe oriental a primera hora del viernes, llevando vientos fuertes y lluvias torrenciales que podrían causar inundaciones y un peligroso oleaje. El Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés) informó a última hora de la noche del jueves
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Wednesday night at a special Open House, Volunteers in Medicine announced a year of celebrations as the organization counts down to the 20th anniversary of opening its doors in March 2004. For nearly 20 years, Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) has offered access to medical care for local Central Oregonians who have
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