By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested 10 people on suspicion of endangering national security through their alleged involvement with a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in 2019 pro-democracy protests. Police said Thursday the 10 people were suspected of conspiring to collude with the 612
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Netherlands star Lineth Beerensteyn says she was delighted by the US’ early elimination from the Women’s World Cup following Sunday’s penalty shootout defeat to Sweden. The US beat the Netherlands 2-0 in the final four years ago to win a second successive title but was halted in its quest
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation Thursday of nearly 12,000 civilians from 37 towns and villages in the eastern Kharkiv region, where Russian forces reportedly are making a concerted effort to punch through the front line. The local military administration in Kharkiv’s Kupiansk
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials told The Associated Press. They spoke to the AP shortly before the West African
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Michael Lorenzen threw a no-hitter in the team’s 7-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. The 31-year-old Lorenzen, who was making his second start for the Phillies and first at home since being traded from the Detroit Tigers earlier this month during the trade deadline,
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese security official says two bullets hit the car of the country’s caretaker defense minister while he was in a convoy near Beirut. No one was hurt. Defense Minister Maurice Sleem confirmed the shooting on Thursday in the Beirut neighborhood of Hazmieh but did not provide
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift closed the 2023 U.S. leg of her landmark Eras Tour Wednesday night in Los Angeles in a big way, announcing the fourth edition of her re-recording project: “1989 (Taylor’s Version).” After playing a few tracks from her “1989” era live, including an abridged
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets declined Friday after U.S. inflation edged higher, fueling unease about the outlook for the biggest global economy. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sydney declined. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Oil prices edged lower. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained less than
Continue ReadingBy Su Chay, Heather Chen and Mihir Melwani, CNN (CNN) — Rescue teams have found at least 17 bodies on Myanmar’s shores after a Rohingya boat capsized while on its way to Malaysia on Monday, officials told CNN. Among the dead were 10 women and seven men – all of whom were Rohingya Muslims, said
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Fernando Villavicencio, candidato presidencial de Ecuador, fue asesinado en un atentado este miércoles, en el norte de Quito, durante un evento político. Así lo confirmaron el presidente Guillermo Lasso, el ministro del Interior Juan Zapata y miembros de campaña. ¿Quién era Fernando Villavicencio, el candidato presidencial asesinado en Ecuador? Villavicencio, candidato de
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine. The sales, which are legal and unsanctioned, have raised
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Rents in Manhattan hit another all-time high in July, the third record high in the past four months, even as rents are cooling in other parts of the country. In New York City, rental activity typically builds from spring to a peak in late summer. This year,
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, informó este miércoles que detuvo al asesor de seguridad Alejandro Muyshondt, señalándolo de ser un doble agente desde 2019 y filtrar información al expresidente Mauricio Funes (2009-2014). Muyshondt no se ha pronunciado tras la captura y CNN trata de establecer si ya cuenta
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — The catastrophic wildfires that have been scorching Maui for three days have killed at least 53 people, officials said Thursday – a number they expect will keep rising as search teams begin venturing into neighborhoods and homes that were reduced to
Continue ReadingTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian militant group says Israeli forces have shot and killed one of its members in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli troops killed the 27-year-old in the West Bank town of Zawata, north of the city Nablus. The area has been a flashpoint for violence
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Lo único que Peggy y Wendell Jones querían era terminar su jornada de trabajo de jardinería bajo el intenso calor veraniego de Texas para asearse e ir al casino. La pareja –que cumple 45 años de casada la próxima semana– se reparte habitualmente el trabajo de tres horas de cortar el
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials have broken ground in southeast Louisiana on a nearly $3 billion project to fight coastal wetland loss. It involves building massive gates in a section of levee in a rural area southeast of New Orleans and creating a channel to divert some of the Mississippi
Continue ReadingBy TY O’NEIL, CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A search of the wildfire devastation on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks charred beyond recognition, as the death toll rose to at least 53 and survivors told harrowing
Continue ReadingBy NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. The effort comes ahead of the first anniversary of nationwide protests
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A 25-year-old Sunriver man admitted in a plea deal entered in court Wednesday that he fired a high-powered rifle shot that hit the Deschutes County Jail in early March, hours after his father was arrested and jailed on charges of luring a minor.
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