By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog is visiting Europe’s largest atomic power plant in southern Ukraine. A recent dam burst and the start of a counteroffensive in the war by Kyiv’s forces have heightened safety risks there. Thursday’s visit was announced by Ukraine’s national
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Good Thursday, Central Oregon! After waking up to some chilly temperatures, we’ll warm up to the mid-70s today under mostly clear skies. Northerly winds will continue today, and get a bit gusty during the warmest parts of the day before subsiding overnight. Our lows tonight will be a bit more mild in the mid-40s. Tomorrow
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has been reprimanded and fined by the Munich customs office for not paying its workers the minimum wage. Munich’s main customs office says Bayern underpaid its workers for five years from November 2016 to 2021. The office is ordering Bayern to pay some 250,000
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday that Covid-19 vaccines should be updated for the fall as the pandemic continues to recede from daily life but the coronavirus shows no signs of slowing its evolution. The panel of 21 advisers voted unanimously that the new
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — En 2021, las tasas de suicidio y homicidio de niños y adultos jóvenes de 10 a 24 años en EE.UU. fueron las más altas en décadas, según un nuevo informe de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU., CDC. El suicidio y el homicidio fueron
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The race for the most successful ascents of Mount Everest is still on. Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa plans to climb the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak next year in an attempt to match the record set by a fellow Sherpa guide. He said on Thursday, “I will continue
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Por segunda vez este año, las preocupaciones de que los chinos espíen a Estados Unidos han ensombrecido una visita planeada a China por parte del principal diplomático de EE.UU. mientras las dos superpotencias intentan mejorar los lazos fracturados mientras mantienen un ojo vigilante el uno del otro. Se espera que
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China trimmed another key interest rate Thursday — the second cut this week — after a series of official data painted a gloomy picture of the post-Covid recovery in the world’s second largest economy. The People’s Bank of China lowered its key policy rate — the medium-term
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uncertainty off the course. Uncertainty on it. The U.S. Open is fixing to tee off into uncharted territory, with the golf world perplexed by the recent shakeup-makeup between Saudi golf interests and the PGA Tour and 156 of the sport’s best players taking on a
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uncertainty off the course. Uncertainty on it. The U.S. Open is fixing to tee off into uncharted territory, with the golf world perplexed by the recent shakeup-makeup between Saudi golf interests and the PGA Tour and 156 of the sport’s best players taking on a
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — All but one big league team will celebrate Pride Night this season, yet the sport remains hampered by ongoing issues around LGBTQ+ inclusivity. While Seattle slugger Julio Rodríguez was among a group of players who expressed support for the LGBTQ+ community, the Dodgers were criticized for
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — All but one big league team will celebrate Pride Night this season, yet the sport remains hampered by ongoing issues around LGBTQ+ inclusivity. While Seattle slugger Julio Rodríguez was among a group of players who expressed support for the LGBTQ+ community, the Dodgers were criticized for
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv El principal objetivo electoral de Donald Trump para 2024. ¿Qué está provocando la intensa ola de calor en México? La cerveza más vendida en Estados Unidos ahora es mexicana. El verdadero impacto de Lionel Messi en el fútbol de EE.UU. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. EE.UU.
Continue ReadingBy Dirk Gerritsen, Bora Lancee and Coen Rigtering (CNN) — Part of the joy of travelling comes from experiencing the unfamiliar – a different climate, culture or cuisine. But when it comes to paying for things abroad, we might feel more comfortable using the currency we are most familiar with, the one we use at
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The race for the most successful ascents of Mount Everest is still on. Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa plans to climb the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak next year in an attempt to match the record set by a fellow Sherpa guide. He said on Thursday, “I will continue
Continue ReadingCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s main opposition party has expelled a senator after a female senator accused him of sexual assault and a former senator said he squeezed her buttocks, in the latest evidence of a toxic culture in Parliament House that is hostile to women. Opposition leader Peter Dutton said he expelled Sen. David
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order has expelled a prominent Slovenian priest from the congregation following allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuses against adult women. A statement from the Jesuits said the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik was dismissed from the Jesuit order by decree on June 9
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi police have filed charges of sexual harassment and outraging the modesty of six female athletes by Indian wrestling federation president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at the end of their investigation. Singh faces a maximum of five years in prison if convicted. He denies the
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi police have filed charges of sexual harassment and outraging the modesty of six female athletes by Indian wrestling federation president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at the end of their investigation. Singh faces a maximum of five years in prison if convicted. He denies the
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Delhi police on Thursday formally pressed charges against Indian wrestling chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, following weeks of protests by female athletes over claims of sexual harassment. Singh has been accused of assault, stalking, and sexual harassment, senior Delhi police official Suman Nalwa told CNN. “The charge sheet has
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