PARIS (AP) — The children of French actor Alain Delon have accused a woman who lived with the 87-year-old movie star of bullying him and of mistreating his dog, A French prosecutor has directed police to investigate the legal complaints. The prosecutor said in a statement late Thursday that Delon’s family filed two legal complaints
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house of Congress has approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously complicated tax system, showing compromise is possible between the conservative Congress and leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The long-awaited tax reform aims to simplify the system, widely considered overly
Continue ReadingGianluca Mezzofiore and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Construction workers have unearthed a white marble head in the historic center of Rome, the city’s mayor has revealed on social media. Posting a picture of the mud-covered relic on Twitter on Thursday, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri wrote: “#Roma continues to return precious evidence of its past: a
Continue ReadingBy Conor Powell and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A Princess Cruises ship crashed into a pier in San Francisco as it was preparing to dock after a 10-day Alaskan cruise, officials said. The 113,561-ton Ruby Princess “made unexpected contact with the dock at Pier 27” at the port of San Francisco Thursday morning, Princess
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Happy Friday! Central Oregon is staying hot as we head into the weekend. Friday temperatures will be in the mid-80s to mid-90s. Overnight, the region has a slight chance for thunderstorms before 11 pm. Winds are coming out of the northwest and we can see gusts up to 22 mph. Saturday has a 20% chance
Continue ReadingCNN By Gerardo Lemos, CNNE (CNN) — Dozens of people trapped in gondolas on one of the world’s highest cable car systems in Ecuador have been rescued, according to a statement from government officials Friday. Firefighters were alerted around 4 p.m. local time Thursday of a technical failure that affected the Quito Cable Car, with
Continue ReadingLEEDS, England (AP) — Travis Head and Mitch Marsh have held off England to extend Australia’s fragile lead to 142 runs after two days of the third Ashes test at Headingley. Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith squandered a perfect batting track against a depleted England bowling attack by gifting their wickets after tea to Moeen
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Andy Murray didn’t know. As he was asked to dissect his loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round of Wimbledon — a rollicking five-setter that lasted more than 4 1/2 hours spread over two days before a packed Centre Court filled with thousands of
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The shipping industry has agreed a climate pledge to reduce its planet-heating pollution to net zero “by or around” 2050. While the agreement, published on Friday, marks an increased climate ambition from a hugely polluting industry, experts have slammed the deal as woefully inadequate in the face of an
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El escritor peruano y Premio Nobel de Literatura Mario Vargas Llosa, de 87 años, recibió el alta este viernes tras haber sido hospitalizado por covid-19. Según anunció su hijo Álvaro a través de su cuenta oficial de Twitter, el literato ya “está recuperado” y por esta razón ha podido
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Suspended Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of Kuwait has been warned by the IOC about getting involved in an election on Saturday to replace him as president of the Asian Games organizer. The Olympic Council of Asia’s presidential election in Bangkok, Thailand, is between two Kuwaiti candidates. One is
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, says he’s pushing for access to the rooftops of reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. That’s after reports from Ukrainian officials that the Russians planted explosives there. In turn, Russia has accused Ukraine of planning
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government collapsed Friday because of irreconcilable differences within the four-party coalition about how to rein in migration, a divisive issue that has split nations across Europe. The resignation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the longest-serving premier of the nation, means the country will
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, Carma Hassan and Amanda Musa, CNN Stanton, Kentucky (CNN) — All Heather and Nick Maberry wanted to do was hold their dead baby, but strict Kentucky abortion laws meant they couldn’t. They were “furious” that the laws meant they never got to kiss or cuddle their daughter, Willow Rose, or tell her
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU Associated Press Maritime nations agreed Friday to slash emissions from the shipping industry to net zero by about 2050 in a deal that many experts and some nations say falls well short of what’s needed to curb warming to agreed temperature limits. Negotiators at the meeting of the United Nations’ International Maritime
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — At the once-bustling Utako Motor Park — an interstate motor hub connecting Nigeria’s capital Abuja to its 36 states – transporter Jume Hanwa took a rare daytime nap in the trunk of his empty vehicle. It was Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday typically celebrated with travel and
Continue ReadingWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Three helicopter tour operators have pleaded guilty to safety breaches when New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted in 2019, claiming 22 lives. The companies were to go on trial next week along with six other entities and people following the tragedy at the island, which had been a popular tourist
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The tourist who apparently carved his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum has sent an apology letter to Italian authorities. However, many offended people across the globe insist a “sorry” will not suffice for damaging one of the world’s most precious monuments. Pending an investigation, the alleged
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan have held rallies to protest last week’s burning of the Islamic holy book in Stockholm following a call by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to “send a strong message to Sweden.” The biggest anti-Sweden rallies were held on Friday in the eastern city
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El equipo del fiscal especial Jack Smith dio señales de mantener el interés en una caótica reunión en el Despacho Oval que tuvo lugar en los últimos días de la administración Trump, durante la cual el expresidente consideró algunas de las propuestas más desesperadas para mantenerse en el poder a
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