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Month: August 2023

Russia fines Wikipedia and Apple for spreading ‘false information’ about Ukraine conflict

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has imposed fines on Apple and the host of Wikipedia for failing to remove material deemed to be “false information” about Russia’s military actions in Ukraine. The Interfax news agency reported that a justice of the peace in a magistrate’s court fined the Wikimedia Foundation 3 million rubles ($33,000)

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Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO’s eastern flank

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish and Lithuanian leaders have held an urgent meeting in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. The leaders warned that they are bracing for provocations from Moscow and Minsk in the area. The meeting Thursday came

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¿Por qué hay un nuevo aumento de covid-19 en EE.UU. y qué hacer? Una experta médica te explica

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Datos recientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU., CDC, sugieren que podría estar en marcha un aumento repentino del covid-19 este verano, aunque no tan significativo como en veranos anteriores. Según algunas medidas, la cantidad de infecciones por coronavirus está aumentando, junto con

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Bud Light parent says US market share stabilizing after transgender promotion cost sales

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Bud Light’s parent company expressed confidence Thursday that its U.S. market share has stabilized after a promotion with a transgender influencer cost it sales. Anheuser-Busch InBev reported a 10.5% drop in U.S. revenue in the second quarter as Bud Light sales plunged amid a conservative backlash over a promotion

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Storm activity brings a fire weather warning

As of this morning, lingering smoke from the Bedrock fire, east of Eugene, has caused the National Weather Service to extend the air quality alert in Deschutes county until further notice.  Air quality will be in the moderate to slightly unhealthy range for the foreseeable future. Storms are likely on the way this afternoon as

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Lebanon warns Palestinian president that troops may intervene if clashes continue in refugee camp

By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has demanded an end to the volatile clashes in the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, warning that troops may have to intervene if the deadly violence doesn’t stop. Najib Mikati called Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday after sporadic

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