By Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state have demolished a man’s home after a video that appeared to show him urinating on a member of a tribal community went viral on social media this week. While the incident captured in the video allegedly occurred a year
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state have demolished a man’s home after a video that appeared to show him urinating on a member of a tribal community went viral on social media this week. While the incident captured in the video allegedly occurred a year
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding relatively steady Friday after data suggested the U.S. job market is still warm enough to keep the economy growing but maybe not so hot that it stokes inflation much higher. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in morning trading. The Dow
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A pair of previously unknown and “exceptionally rare” portraits by Rembrandt sold for over £11.2 million ($14.2 million) Thursday after they were discovered in a private collection in the UK. Depicting relatives of the Dutch master, the intimate paintings are the last Rembrandt portraits still in private hands,
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government has formally endorsed the safety of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea as it tries to calm people’s fears about food contamination. Seoul’s assessment, released Friday, was based on a 22-month review by
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian state court has refused to stay opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction for criminal defamation. Friday’s ruling sets back his prospects to contest elections next year. He had been ousted from Parliament after his conviction in March, and a stay would have opened up a path to reinstate his parliamentary
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Juliana Liu, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s newly unveiled export controls on two strategic raw materials critical to the global chipmaking industry are a “concern,” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on the first day of her trip to China, where she met the country’s premier in an effort to
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s temperature soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) again Thursday, as the Chinese capital grapples with what is shaping up to be one the most severe heat waves on record. Since 1951, Beijing has seen temperatures rising above 40C (104F) on 11 days – and
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing’s temperature soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) again Thursday, as the Chinese capital grapples with what is shaping up to be one the most severe heat waves on record. Since 1951, Beijing has seen temperatures rising above 40C (104F) on 11 days – and
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Todas las personas que se encontraban atrapadas en el teleférico de Quito fueron rescatadas, informó este viernes en un comunicado el municipio de la ciudad. En total las autoridades rescataron a 27 personas que se habían quedado suspendidas en las góndolas cuando el servicio quedó inoperante y 47 personas
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2010, newly anointed as a Grammy winner, Taylor Swift released “Speak Now,” her third studio album and her first without a single songwriting collaboration. Her 2006 self-titled debut and 2008’s “Fearless” had inspired both acclaim and criticism for her bold bridges and keen lyricism
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is taking a major step in approving plans to boost its anemic production of ammunition and missiles within the 27-nation bloc. It’s aimed at both defending itself and quickly helping Ukraine in trying to push back the invasion by Russia. The EU presidency announced
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the aborted uprising against military leaders or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. Instead, a campaign
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — After a pleasant evening of wine-tasting — joyfully billed “Grapes and Friends!” — with a hundred or so people and oysters, charcuteries and cheeses, the mayor of the picturesque French town of Quissac was on his way home. Then his phone rang: Urban unrest that was engulfing
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La extraña historia de Yevgeny Prigozhin —el antiguo amigo del presidente Vladimir Putin que luego se amotinó contra el Kremlin— acaba de ponerse mucho más rara. El malhablado exjefe de la empresa militar privada Wagner —que dirigía un imperio que incluía una granja de trolls, una empresa multimillonaria de catering
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stood before tens of thousands of roaring sports fans with a message: I am not a dictator. “They say we live in a dictatorship,” Bukele said, but “ask bus passengers, people eating in restaurants, waiters. Ask whomever you want.
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stood before tens of thousands of roaring sports fans with a message: I am not a dictator. “They say we live in a dictatorship,” Bukele said, but “ask bus passengers, people eating in restaurants, waiters. Ask whomever you want.
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its Western allies clashed with Russia and Iran at the U.N. Security Council over Tehran’s advancing uranium enrichment and its reported supply of combat drones to Moscow used to attack Ukraine. The sharp exchanges were at a meeting Thursday on implementation
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A new wildfire Monday afternoon in Gilliam County quickly grew to 3,500 acres and threatened to jump a state highway, prompting its closure for a time, while a new, small fire on the Sisters Ranger District was contained at under a half-acre.
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press Earth’s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record and what one prominent scientist says could be the hottest in 120,000 years. But it’s also a record with some legitimate scientific questions and
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