By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The mayor of Tokyo’s busy Shibuya shopping and entertainment district is asking Halloween celebrants not to visit, fearing that a large number of partygoers following the COVID-19 pandemic could cause a disaster similar to last year’s fatal crowd surge in South Korea’s capital. Mayor Ken Hasebe says
Continue ReadingBy Berry Wang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — On the day Liang resigned from his banking job in China’s Zhejiang province, his friends threw a party and congratulated him by beating gongs and drums, in an echo of traditional marriage rituals. His friends, who had also quit their jobs, pinned a flower
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other “elemental stuff” of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for writing that prize organizers said gives “voice to the unsayable.” The novelist
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack hit a crowded military graduation ceremony Thursday in the Syrian city of Homs, killing 80 people and wounding 240, the health minister said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on an army that’s been fighting a civil war for more
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose in cautious trading Friday after Wall Street drifted to a quiet close on worries about a too-hot U.S. job market. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.3% to 31,129.06. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.5% to 6,906.96. South Korea’s Kospi edged up 0.3% to
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Puede que el hemisferio norte esté entrando en el otoño, pero el calor extremo no ha dado tregua. Nuevos datos muestran que el mes pasado fue el septiembre más caluroso (el cuarto mes consecutivo de un calor sin precedentes), lo que ubica a 2023 firmemente en camino de ser el año
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Conor Powell and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Residents in Lahaina are petitioning Hawaii Gov. Josh Green to delay reopening West Maui to tourists this weekend, saying the community is still grieving and needs more time to heal after the devastating wildfires that left 97 dead. The fires on West Maui nearly
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two trains have collided head-on in the northern Polish city of Gdynia, injuring five people. The collision occurred at 7 a.m. Thursday near the main station in Gdynia, a city on the Baltic Sea. Four people were taken to a hospital while a fifth person was treated on-site. The Gdynia fire
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA and SIBI ARASU Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Ice-cold floodwaters swept through mountain towns in India’s Himalayan northeast, killing at least 31 people, washing away houses and bridges, and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes, officials said Friday. The flood began shortly after midnight Wednesday, when the waters of
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Owning a car in Singapore, one of the world’s most expensive countries, has always been something of a luxury. But costs have now soared to an all time high. A 10-year Certificate of Entitlement – a license people in the wealthy city state must purchase before they are even
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.4 billion for Saturday – which would be the third largest jackpot in the game’s history – after Wednesday night’s drawing turned up no grand prize winner. The prize up for grabs Saturday would also be the fifth largest US lottery jackpot,
Continue ReadingCNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.4 billion for Saturday – which would be the third largest jackpot in the game’s history – after Wednesday night’s drawing turned up no grand prize winner. The prize up for grabs Saturday would also be the fifth largest US lottery
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Otro sorteo de Powerball sin premios está elevando el premio mayor por las nubes. Nadie acertó todos los números en el sorteo de este miércoles por la noche, que tuvo un valor estimado de US$ 1.200 millones, según la Asociación de Lotería Multiestatal. El sorteo produjo un gran número de personas
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A radio, batteries and a trap door on the side for stretching are some of the things pilots are relying on to endure what’s been called the world’s oldest gas balloon race. It’s been 15 years since elite ballooning pilots have gathered in the United
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the state’s most populous county. The Thursday announcement comes three months after the U.S. Justice Department launched its own inquiry of Fulton County jail conditions. Senate Public Safety Committee Chairman John
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Endurance Academy, a Bend-based youth sports and outdoor organization, is thrilled to announce the opening of enrollment for its 2024 Nordic programs. Designed for participants of all ages and skill levels, these programs offer a unique opportunity to experience the joy of Nordic skiing on the stunning Nordic trails at Meissner
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía del estado de Jalisco, en el occidente de México, arrestó a un segundo hombre sospechoso de haber participado en la desaparición de cinco jóvenes de la localidad de Lagos de Moreno, un caso que desde agosto pasado atrae la atención nacional. En un comunicado difundido este miércoles, la
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or backpacks to find another person worth dining on — on the subway, or at the cinema. Bedbugs go where you go, and they have become a nightmare haunting
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NewsChannel 21 spoke Wednesday with Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley about the dramatic vote to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Annio and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo/Hong Kong (CNN) — A Japanese sushi chain targeted in a spate of pranks that has sparked concern over hygiene has devised a digital conveyor belt to serve food to customers. Instead of placing sushi on a rotating conveyor belt for customers to pick up — famously known
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