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Month: June 2023

Demolition work on the collapsed section of I-95 in Philadelphia is complete. Next comes the monthslong effort to rebuild

By Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal, Celina Tebor and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The demolition of the damaged section of Interstate 95 that crumbled last weekend after a tanker truck hauling gasoline crashed and burst into flames is now complete and construction is underway to rebuild the section of road, Pennsylvania’s governor announced Thursday evening.

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Donor nations commit $10.3 billion for millions of Syrians at home and as refugees abroad

By RAF CASERT and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — International donors have committed $10.3 billion in aid for millions of Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger. However, the pledges from 57 nations and 30 international organizations at an annual European Union-hosted conference in Brussels for Syria fall about $800 million short of

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NATO sees no change in Russia’s nuclear posture despite Belarus leader’s claims

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military organization has seen no evidence that Russia has changed its nuclear posture. On Tuesday, President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that Belarus has already received some tactical nuclear weapons from Moscow. He’s warning that he would order their use if his country comes under threat. Stoltenberg said

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North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea in protest of US-South Korea military drills

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Thursday, its neighbors said, in a resumption of weapons tests to protest just-ended South Korean-U.S. live-fire drills that it viewed as an invasion rehearsal. The launches are the first by

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