By Michelle Cohan, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Fire has played a crucial role in humanity for millennia. It’s allowed us to cook, construct, and keep warm. But this essential element is also the cause of major destruction — as witnessed by the increase in wildfires all over the world, which the UN Environment Program
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions to poorer countries adapt to and cope with global warming.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and the remains of five crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday. The CV-22 Osprey carrying eight American personnel crashed last Wednesday off Yakushima island during
Continue ReadingBy Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — Imagine a world where nothing ends up in landfill. Instead, everything can be reused, recycled and repurposed, creating products that never reach their “end of life.” According to a recent report by the Circle Economy Foundation, only 7.2% of all used materials are being cycled back into the economy
Continue ReadingAlthough Mt. Bachelor just opened for the season, they are now temporarily closed due to standing water and flooding concerns for the next few days. Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort and Ski Bowl were supposed to open but will remain closed due to heavy rainfall. Timberline was open on Sunday but the resort will be
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, Arlette Saenz and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is preparing a package of health care measures that he would aim to pass in a second term, with announcements starting this week centered on cutting prescription drug prices. Biden and aides see the potential to transform health care coverage and
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s birthrate. He described it as crucial for the “strengthening of national power and progress of the revolution,” state media said Monday. It
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — While Ukrainian diplomats take part in negotiations at the United Nations COP28 climate talks, Russia’s war on the country lurks just in the background. That’s even as the United Arab Emirates has seen its business ties to Moscow surge despite Western sanctions. As Ukraine
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says a moderately strong earthquake has struck the country’s northwest, sending people out into the streets in fear. There was no immediate report of injuries or damage. Monday’s magnitude 5.1 earthquake was centered in the Sea of Marmara, off the town of Gemlik in Bursa province. It
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Mirna El Helbawi está sentada en una azotea de El Cairo, con el rostro iluminado por la luz de la luna y un teléfono en las manos, mientras le envía mensajes de texto a un padre aterrorizado cuya esposa e hijos están atrapados en Gaza. “No quiero nada de este mundo
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — One of the most prominent faces of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement revealed Sunday that she is living in Canada and will not return to meet bail conditions as police investigate allegations she endangered national security. Agnes Chow, a former student activist and politician, broke more than two
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It was a snowy turned soggy weekend on the High Desert, much to the dismay of skiers and snowboarders, as Mt. Bachelor was forced to close. But a sun break Sunday morning brought a full rainbow visible across much of Bend, and even a faint double rainbow for some. Thanks for the fine photos, folks!
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man fatally shot his wife, their two adult daughters and his brother before killing himself at a Washington state home, authorities said Monday. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said it was investigating the case as a murder-suicide. Authorities received a call around 1 p.m. Sunday requesting a welfare check at
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man fatally shot his wife, their two adult daughters and his brother before killing himself at a Washington state home, authorities said Monday. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said it was investigating the case as a murder-suicide. Authorities received a call around 1 p.m. Sunday requesting a welfare check at
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday as the military ordered mass evacuations from the town in the face of a widening ground offensive that is pushing Palestinians into a progressively shrinking
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Heavy rains and strong winds are pelting India’s southern and eastern coastlines and states have been put on high alert after a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a powerful storm. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states in the south and Odisha in the east braced for flooding
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Fewer airplanes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the nation’s most beloved natural areas. The air tours have pitted tour operators against visitors frustrated with the
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — One of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists who moved to Canada to pursue her studies says she will not return to the city to meet her bail conditions. Agnes Chow has become the latest politician to flee Hong Kong under Beijing’s crackdown on dissidents. As a
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The Redmond Urban Renewal Agency says 15 new businesses in the retail/restaurant/service sectors have opened downtown since the beginning of 2023.
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, Jamal Jamaluddin and Manveena Suri, CNN Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — Thirteen climbers have died and another 10 are missing in Indonesia following the eruption of a highly active volcano in the province of West Sumatra, officials said on Tuesday. Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia has 127 active volcanos –
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