By Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Twenty-three Pakistani soldiers were killed Tuesday when a six-man suicide squad attempted to drive a truck full of explosives into a military camp in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), according to the army. The attack is the deadliest on the country’s armed
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Every December, Deb Conti’s grandmother would pull out the wrinkled letter and faded photograph she received from her brother just weeks before he was killed in Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor over 80 years ago. “Dear ‘little’ Eve,” the letter reads. “I am thinking of the family, every day.”
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan bill that would dramatically rework how Wisconsin residents choose congressional candidates had its first hearing in the state Legislature on Tuesday. The proposal would implement a ranked choice voting system for U.S. Senate and House candidates. Under that method, every candidate
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine came under heavy attack from the air and from cyberspace on Tuesday, local officials said, as nearly 600 Russian shells, rockets and other projectiles rained down on a southern region and unidentified hackers knocked out phone and internet services of the country’s biggest telecom provider.
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, Alison Main, Ebony Davis and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu endorsed Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley at a town hall Tuesday night in Manchester, the latest step in his long-running effort to slow Donald Trump’s march to the 2024 GOP nomination. “Let’s get this thing done. We’re
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African singer Zahara, who rose from an impoverished rural background with no musical training to find rapid fame with multi-platinum selling albums, has died. She was 36. Her family said Zahara, whose real name was Bulelwa Mkutukana, died Monday. The family did not
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it is appealing to the international community for help after more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees have arrived on its shores by boat since November. Indonesia once tolerated such landings while Thailand and Malaysia pushed them away. But the growing hostility
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the U.K. after it broadcast part of a speech he gave calling on Russians to join hands with British intelligence. The clip was broadcast in September during a program
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — State media say Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day annual meeting to set economic priorities for the coming year. The official Xinhua News Agency gave no details of specific policy changes but summarized broad goals in line with the ruling Communist Party’s longstanding efforts to
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Sometimes boring and predictable can be good things. The latest Consumer Price Index report wasn’t flashy by any means: The inflation gauge that measures price changes for a basket of goods and services ticked down slightly to 3.1% for the 12 months that ended in November, according
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal of the calendar year on Monday as Al Nassr advanced to the semifinals of the Saudi King Cup with a 5-2 victory against rival Al Shabab. Ronaldo netted his team’s fourth goal with a powerful strike in the 74th minute, continuing his impressive
Continue ReadingCHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — An appeals court in Moldova has annulled a decision that banned hundreds of candidates from an alleged pro-Russia political party from participating in an electoral race days ahead of a nationwide ballot. The Chisinau Court of Appeal on Tuesday overturned the ban on the Chance Party that had been enforced by
Continue ReadingStill no new snow to report. There is a chance for some light snow in the Cascades Wednesday night going into Thursday but, unfortunately, it is expected to be relatively light. Some area resorts remain open but only partially as the area continues to await new snow.
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1 billion in new financing to reduce climate impacts, especially from agriculture. The COP28 summit featured numerous firsts, including forums on health, food production and philanthropy. The estimated pledges don’t represent a complete
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden habló este lunes de su apoyo “inquebrantable” a “la seguridad del pueblo judío y la seguridad de Israel y su derecho a existir”, pero también ofreció una severa advertencia sobre la volatilidad de la opinión pública. “Continuaremos brindando asistencia militar a Israel hasta que se deshagan de Hamas,
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has overturned the 2018 conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a graft case, clearing his path to run in the parliamentary election set to be held in February. The Islamabad High Court announced its verdict after hearing Sharif’s appeal for weeks. The same
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA AND BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is defending the high taxes the government recently imposed, calling them a “necessary sacrifice “in helping the country deal with ballooning foreign debt which now stands at $70 billion. President William Ruto spoke at celebrations marking 60 years since Kenya’s independence
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NARANJA, Fla. (AP) — Martin Monjaraz takes special pride in helping to organize the Guadalupe festival on the grounds of St. Ann Mission, where he first embraced the Catholic faith as a teen after moving from Mexico to work in the surrounding farmland decades ago. “Here there’s a way to
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The loss of contact with Alexei Navalny at the prison colony where the opposition leader was being held likely signals a Kremlin effort to tighten his isolation while President Vladimir Putin runs for reelection over the next three months, Navalny’s spokeswoman said Tuesday. Worries about Navalny spread Monday after officials at the
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis are asking a federal judge to dismiss a free speech lawsuit filed by Disney after the Florida governor took over Walt Disney World’s governing district in retaliation for the company opposing the state’s so-called don’t say gay law. The law bans classroom lessons on sexual orientation
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