By DEREK GATOPOULOS and LEFTERIS PITARAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans have appeared in an Athens court to face serious criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization, over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence. They appeared in court a day after a 29-year-old Greek
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president says he will strengthen provincial governments to meet long-standing demands for self-rule from the ethnic Tamil minority, an issue that led to a bloody quarter-century civil war in the island nation. The provincial councils were introduced in Sri Lanka in 1987 after
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A dam in southern Norway partially burst after days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in the mountainous region and forced downstream communities to evacuate. Authorities initially considered blowing up part of the dam at the Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant on the Glåma,
Continue ReadingBy Doug Drury (CNN) — Cell phones are not allowed to be used while on a plane because they can interfere with the airplane’s navigation instruments and cause various safety and social issues. As soon as the plane lands, we’re permitted to turn off flight mode, but at some airports we can’t get much of a
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Six finalists in this year’s Miss Universe Indonesia beauty pageant have lodged police complaints accusing organizers of making them strip for “body checks” and topless photographs. Addressing reporters outside regional police headquarters in the capital Jakarta on Tuesday, Mellisa Anggraini, an attorney representing the women, alleged that
Continue ReadingBy Tatiana Arias and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Eight South American countries failed to agree on a common goal to save the critically vulnerable Amazon from deforestation following a landmark summit in Brazil Tuesday, a concerning outcome as the world’s largest rainforest acts as a key buffer against the climate crisis. It was the
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki won her first competitive tennis match in three-and-a-half years on Tuesday, defeating Australian Kimberly Birrell 6-2 6-2 at the Canadian Open. The 33-year-old Wozniacki announced her retirement after the 2020 Australian Open but said in June that she was planning a comeback. She
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian rocket attack on Wednesday killed three people and wounded at least seven others in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, which is near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said. The number of victims could rise in the attack, which damaged
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Bairin and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Eleven people were killed when a fire tore through a pair of attached vacation homes hosting people with disabilities in an eastern French town early Wednesday morning. The tragedy rattled French society, which in August usually sees much of the country go on vacation. Prime
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Eleven people have died after a fire ripped through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France. The deputy prosecutor of Colmar said 11 people who were sleeping on the upper floor and in a mezzanine area of the private accommodation were trapped by the
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La fiscal de distrito del área de Atlanta que investiga al expresidente Donald Trump y sus aliados ha reunido testigos para que comparezcan ante un jurado investigador con el fin de elaborar una narrativa sobre cómo Trump y sus seguidores intentaron revertir los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de 2020 en
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city Wednesday with the mayor urging world powers to abolish nuclear weapons, saying nuclear deterrence also increases risks of nuclear war. Shiro Suzuki made the remark after the Group of Seven industrial powers adopted a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Dairo Antonio Úsuga era uno de los hombres más buscados en Colombia hasta su captura en octubre de 2021. Conocido como alias Otoniel, el narcotraficante fue sentenciado a 45 años de cárcel en agosto de 2023 en una corte de Nueva York. Alias ‘Otoniel’ de 50 años, pasará el resto
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain prison inmates are taking part in a hunger strike over conditions there. That’s according to comments Wednesday by activists and authorities. The strike targets the Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center. Prisoners say they started the hunger strike over what it described as prison
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s profits between April and June slipped 17%, as worries grew about revenue damage from a strike in the movie sector. The Japanese electronics and entertainment company says its fiscal profit in the first quarter totaled 217 billion yen, or $1.5 billion, down from 261 billion
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s deposed president is running out of food and under increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an adviser said Wednesday. The U.S. State Department expressed deep concern about the “deteriorating conditions” of his detention.
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — A brush fire burning in an Austin, Texas, suburb has destroyed one apartment building, damaged others and prompted evacuation orders Tuesday, officials said. The blaze had charred about 50 acres in Cedar Park, a city of about 77,000 people roughly 20 miles north of Austin, as
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A translator whose work was used by the British Museum without her permission won a victory this week after reaching a settlement with the institution, following two months of negotiations and online campaigning – with a little help from the fans of K-pop superstars BTS. The museum came under
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This Friday, August 11, is National Safe Digging Day – also known as National 811 Day. The annual observance exists to raise awareness about contacting 811 before beginning a digging or excavation project. The Oregon Utility Notification Center, which oversees the statewide Call or Click Before You Dig program, and the Oregon Public Utility Commission
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Three local nonprofit organizations — Mosaic Community Health, Latino Community Association and Volunteers in Medicine — have spent the last year working together in a unique partnership to inform Central Oregon’s immigrant community about the Oregon Health Plan’s expansion of health coverage.
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