By Angela Dewan and Ella Nilsen, CNN Dubai (CNN) — A new draft of the centerpiece agreement at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai makes an unprecedented mention of transitioning away from fossil fuels, in what some experts are welcoming as the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. But it does not call
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a large bronze top hat has rested next to a stately statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting on a rock in Louisville, Kentucky’s Waterfront Park and, until recently, the accessory had been securely bolted to the former president’s perch. But police are
Continue ReadingBy Ally Barnard and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — “The Boy and the Heron,” the latest work from beloved Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, has become his first film to top the North American box office. The movie earned just under $13 million in its opening weekend, the biggest ever opening in the United
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the country’s 15 million-strong Zulu nation in what may spark a lengthy battle for the throne. In a judgment delivered by Judge Norman Davis in the Pretoria High Court
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested the president of top-flight soccer club after he punched a referee in the face at the end of match, prompting the Turkish Football Federation to suspend all league games. MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca attacked referee Halil Umut Meler on the
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Retired Bend teachers Bob and Carol Higgins moved to Uganda as missionaries and developed an orphanage, and now, Bob has written a book about their efforts: “We Don’t Do Orphans.” Bola Gbadebo spoke with him.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had dropped until the victim came forward demanding a reinvestigation and prompting a military-wide harassment probe. The court sentenced them to two years in prison but suspended the sentences for four years,
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major, long-shot effort is gearing up to mobilize money to save Planet Earth by helping poorer countries go greener. Climate experts say trillions of dollars are needed to roll out forestry projects and renewable energies like solar and wind in the developing world,
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street rose to its highest level since early 2022, slightly below its record high, following a report showing inflation in the United States is behaving pretty much as expected. Benchmarks declined in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul but
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A clerk and recorder who expressed doubt about the integrity of the election process during her 2022 campaign lost her election oversight duties in a vote by county commissioners. After taking six hours of public comment on Tuesday, two commissioners voted in favor of the county hiring an independent
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese C919 commercial passenger jet has arrived in Hong Kong in the Chinese-made aircraft’s first foray outside of mainland China. A C919 plane and another Chinese-made aircraft, an ARJ21, landed Tuesday and will be on display at Hong Kong’s international airport until Sunday. The
Continue ReadingBy UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As this year’s global climate talks reach a conclusion, activists are hoping that negotiators will listen to their stories as they weigh what to do about the fossil fuels that are warming the planet. One of those is Joseph Kenson Sakala, who
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — In one of the most high-profile abortion cases since the fall of Roe V. Wade, a Texas woman has been battling the state to terminate her high-risk pregnancy — a legal dispute that could have ripple effects for many as the Texas law, one
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak and Christian Streib, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — Zip-tying old grenades and mortars to tiny, online-bought drones, and using virtual reality headsets to direct them into Russian targets. It is not the war this four-man drone unit initially signed up for, but it is as effective as it is cheap. In a
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia says China has lifted import bans on three Australian meat suppliers in another sign of improving trade relations between the two countries. Australian officials said Tuesday that China’s customs agency had announced overnight the removal of the bans on beef and sheep meat exports from
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 34 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 132-127 on Monday night for their fourth straight win. Paul George had 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Clippers, and James Harden added 20 points, seven
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — A sperm whale that became stranded on a sandbank at a popular beach near Perth, Western Australia on the weekend has died. Officials from the Parks and Wildlife Service of Western Australia confirmed the 15-meter (49-feet) long whale died Tuesday morning after it swam off the sandbank into
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed a technocrat as second finance minister in a Cabinet shuffle aimed at strengthening his administration and winning public trust a year after taking power. The shuffle was widely expected and expanded the number of portfolios with the appointment of five new ministers. Anwar,
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station’s main gate in northwestern Pakistan early Tuesday, killing at least 23 troops, wounding 32 and causing a part of the building to collapse, authorities said. The attack — one of the deadliest
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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – The FBI is investigating several bomb threats made to rural Oregon schools on Monday, KPTV reported. The affected districts were Colton, Corbett, Central Linn, Cascade, and Arlington. Deputy John Plock, Public Information Officer for Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, said Corbett Schools were evacuated due to an explosives threat and deputies were
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