Story by Reuters Cambodia’s king has approved the nomination of the eldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen to become the next premier, according to a decree published on Monday, confirming a long-awaited transition of power. The decree endorsing Western-educated army general Hun Manet, 45, was shared on the Telegram channel of his father and
Continue ReadingBy BARAA ANWER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi state-run oil giant Aramco has made $30 billion in profit in the second quarter, a nearly 40% decline from the same period the previous year. It attributed the decline to lower crude oil prices. The company said on Monday that total sales were
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, Jake Kwon and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean authorities began a massive operation on Tuesday to relocate nearly 40,000 teenage scouts from around the world, after they were forced to change venues for a 12-day gathering that had become plagued with problems. The World Scout Jamboree, held
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Michelle Toh, CNN New York/Hong Kong (CNN) — Yellow Corp., a once-dominant US trucking company, has filed for bankruptcy as it winds down its 99-year-old business that employs 30,000 workers. The Nashville-based logistics provider announced Sunday it had filed for Chapter 11 relief in the US Bankruptcy Court for the district
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists – including Killer Mike, JT of City Girls,
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists to recall their first rap song experience and
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat said coup leaders in Niger refused to allow her to meet Monday with the West African country’s democratically elected president, whom she described as under “virtual house arrest.” Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland also described the mutinous
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is preparing to evacuate tens of thousands of scouts from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, scouting officials said Monday. The World Organization of the Scout Movement said it received confirmation from South Korea’s government of the early departure for
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half a billion children in South Asia are exposed to extreme high temperatures as life-threatening heat waves caused by the climate crisis become stronger and more frequent, according to the United Nations’ children’s agency. In a news release Monday, UNICEF said its analysis of 2020 data showed an
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been reinstated as a lawmaker in Parliament three days after the country’s top court halted his criminal defamation conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname. Gandhi’s status as a lawmaker was restored by Parliament on Monday. His reinduction is likely to strengthen the opposition’s
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India moved one step closer to executing a controlled landing on the moon after its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft entered lunar orbit over the weekend, inching toward the surface’s unexplored South Pole. The Indian Space Research Organization confirmed the spacecraft also “successfully underwent a planned orbit reduction maneuver,” in an update
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It was the last day of the Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds on Sunday. It was a final day to eat way too much kettle corn and go on rides that can make your head spin — and of course do some shopping. As the fair ended it’s five-day run, vendors
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It was the Sisters Farmers Market on Sunday, providing a wide variety of items for people to stock up on. Dozens of people were up early in the morning, ready to get their weekly vegetables, fruits, meats and eggs. There were also juices such as strawberry mint juice and green juice. And of course, plenty of desserts to satisfy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have hit areas around Damascus, killing at least four Syrian soldiers. Citing a military source, state television said that four other soldiers were also wounded while the strikes early Monday caused “some material damage.” The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked war monitor,
Continue ReadingCABAZON, Calif. (AP) — Two firefighting helicopters collided while responding to a blaze in Southern California, sending one to the ground in a crash that killed all three people on board. The crash late Sunday afternoon in the desert about 85 miles (137 kilometers) east of Los Angeles involved a huge Sikorsky S-64E and a
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Bend, Redmond, Sisters, La Pine and … Mountain View? That’s the name of a vast new city proposed across 265 square miles of thinly populated Deschutes County southeast of Bend, both north and south of Highway 20, with the “ghost town” of Millican close to its center.
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s king has appointed army chief Hun Manet to succeed his father and long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen as the nation’s leader later this month. The royal decree signed Monday means Hun Manet will take office on Aug. 22 when the new National Assembly adopts
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking river flooding has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska, and prompted local evacuations after a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake inundated the region, officials say. City officials declared a local emergency on Sunday as the flooding made the banks of the Mendenhall
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — China is facing a growing international backlash after one of its coast guard vessels used a water cannon against a Philippine boat in the South China Sea on Saturday, an incident analysts say escalates an already tense situation and could see the United States and its
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has begun registering candidates for parliamentary elections in March, which will be the first since nationwide protests rocked the country last year. Iran has held regular presidential and parliamentary elections since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. But a clerical body vets candidates for the 290-seat parliament, disqualifying any seen
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