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Month: August 2023

Typhoon approaches western Japan, threatening to bring heavy rain and high winds during holiday week

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon is approaching Japan’s main archipelago of Honshu, threatening to hit large areas of western and central Japan with heavy rain and high winds. It is affecting many people traveling for a Buddhist holiday week. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that Typhoon Lan was packing

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Indonesian protesters begin hunger strike as bill to protect domestic workers stalls in parliament

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian domestic workers and activists have begun a hunger strike to protest against the parliament’s delay in passing a bill to protect domestic workers. Lita Anggraini of the National Advocacy Network for Domestic Workers said sunrise-to-sunset fasting protests on Monday were happening simultaneously in the capital,

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UK government rejects claims it was slow to evacuate asylum-seekers after bacteria detected on barge

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has rejected claims that it was slow to evacuate asylum-seekers from a barge moored off the south coast of England once traces of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease were found in the ship’s water system. In the latest critique of the government’s ballyhooed efforts

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2 Nigerian men accused of running a global ‘sextortion’ ring linked to a teen’s suicide have been extradited to US, officials say

By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Alleged members of a global sextortion operation that targeted more than 100 victims and led to the death of a 17-year-old boy were extradited to the United States on Sunday to face federal criminal charges, authorities said. Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, both of Lagos, Nigeria, were

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Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 3, wounds 7 at hotel frequented by Pakistani refugees

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say an explosion has ripped through a hotel in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, killing at least three people and wounding seven others. They say the blast occurred Monday at a city hotel frequented by Afghan people and refugees from Pakistan’s former militant stronghold of North Waziristan. Police are investigating to

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Sudan’s top army general accuses rival paramilitary of war crimes in televised speech

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The head of Sudan’s military has accused the rival paramilitary force of committing war crimes in the northeast African country’s brutal ongoing conflict. Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan accused the paramilitary of committing violations under the falsehood of promising to restore democracy.  Fighting between the two forces broke

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ANÁLISIS | Una sorprendente posible cuarta acusación se cierne sobre Trump y las elecciones de 2024

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Otra probable acusación penal se cierne sobre Donald Trump esta semana, lo que profundizaría su ya extremo atolladero legal y desviaría aún más una temporada electoral sin precedentes de los escenario de campaña hacia múltiples tribunales. La fiscal del área de Atlanta Fani Willis, demócrata, llamó al menos a dos

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Get ready for a hot week!

A fine Monday to all of you Central Oregonians! Some strong high pressure over our forecast area will affect us for most of this week, leaving us in the midst of a short heat wave. The system will shift eastward on Tuesday, when the hottest temps of the week are expected, some meeting record highs.

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