By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say two tankers have collided in a single-lane stretch of the Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic through the global waterway. The Suez Canal authority says the BW Lesmes, a Singapore-flagged tanker that carries liquefied natural gas, suffered a mechanical malfunction and ran aground while transiting
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government has been given the green light to appeal a court’s refusal to ban a protest song. The decision Wednesday came after government lawyers cited national security concerns. “Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during months of anti-government protests in
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over allegedly aiding two men earlier executed for killing a paramilitary volunteer during the nationwide protests last year that followed the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody. That’s according
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — More than a dozen workers have been killed after a bridge under construction collapsed in northeast India Wednesday, the latest in a string of infrastructure failures that have resulted in multiple deaths in the country. The collapse of the bridge in the town of
Continue ReadingBy WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Police say that a construction platform at a railroad bridge being built in northeastern India has collapsed, killing at least 26 workers and injuring two others. The platform collapsed Wednesday at a bridge in Sairang, a town on the outskirts of Aizawal, the capital of Mizoram
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A passenger bus veered off a key highway and crashed in Nepal, killing at least eight people and injuring many more. Police said the bus drove off the Prithvi highway near the town of Gajuri and fell into the river. The bus was partly submerged and rescuers were able to pull
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday — a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world’s most populous nation.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Francesca Annio, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A new report into Japan’s military has found what it says is an entrenched culture of harassment and fear, with authorities promising reform and “drastic measures.” The report was commissioned by the Ministry of Defense and compiled by a panel of experts including lawyers and
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after Wall Street rallied to its best day since June after pressures from the bond market relaxed a bit. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.4% in morning trading to 32,146.33. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.4% to 7,178.10. South Korea’s Kospi jumped
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The Bend Social Co. is a new business offering a variety of activities to help newcomers both check out the community and make new friends.
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA (AP) — As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal. Two
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Oregon BottleDrop customers have helped raise more than $80,000 so far for Maui wildfire relief, including a $25,000 match from the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative.
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press BULIISA, Uganda (AP) — Alex Wakitinti is worried about the sacred natural sites he tends in the large swath of bushy grassland near Lake Albert. It’s the same slice of his homeland that oil companies are developing in order for Uganda to become an oil producer by 2026. But French
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A jet ski rider detained by South Korea for allegedly entering the country illegally is a prominent Chinese dissident who rode hundreds of miles across the sea to escape from China, activists say. The man, who is in his 30s, was apprehended August
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY, GENE JOHNSON and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii are pleading with relatives of those missing after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century to come forward and give DNA samples. Officials said Tuesday that the low number provided so far threatens to hinder
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Jennifer Deaton, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday unexpectedly skipped a business forum of the BRICS economic group in South Africa, sending his commerce minister instead to deliver a fiery speech in his name that decried US hegemony. Xi, who arrived in Johannesburg on Monday for the annual
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un niño de 7 años fue atacado por un oso en el patio trasero de su casa en el condado de Westchester, Nueva York, y trasladado a un hospital con heridas que no ponen en peligro su vida este martes por la mañana, dijo la Policía. El niño estaba en el
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General Duffy’s Waterhole is holding a fun Hawaiian-themed fundraising event Sunday to help provide needed essentials for first responders in the fire-stricken Maui community. Jillian Fortner spoke Tuesday with a performer slated to take part.
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at survival, are pushing for a recovery that would sidestep tough reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund. Economic experts and former officials involved in designing Lebanon’s original IMF-approved recovery plan in 2020 say the political
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) shared in a news release their latest package of terms proposed to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) as part of strike negotiations. The proposed package from AMPTP includes an increase in wages, which the studios say is the highest
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