Pakistani armed forces suffer deadliest attack this year
By Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Twenty-three Pakistani soldiers were killed Tuesday when a six-man suicide…
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80 years after his death at Pearl Harbor, a sailor’s remains are returned home
By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Every December, Deb Conti’s grandmother would pull out the wrinkled letter and faded photograph she…
Continue ReadingWisconsin lawmakers weigh bipartisan ranked choice voting bill as opponents push to ban the method
By TODD RICHMOND and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan bill that would dramatically rework how Wisconsin residents…
Continue ReadingUkraine faces heavy attack from air and cyberspace while Zelenskyy in US presses for more funding
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine came under heavy attack from the air and from cyberspace on Tuesday, local officials…
Continue ReadingSununu endorses Haley, hoping to slow Trump’s march to nomination
By Jeff Zeleny, Alison Main, Ebony Davis and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu endorsed Republican presidential…
Continue ReadingSinger Zahara, South Africa’s Afro-soul sensation and beloved ‘Country Girl,’ dies aged 36
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African singer Zahara, who rose from an impoverished rural background with no…
Continue ReadingAs more Rohingya arrive by boat, Indonesia asks the international community to share its burden
By EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it is appealing to the international community for…
Continue ReadingMI6 chief thanks Russian state television for its ‘help’ in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for…
Continue ReadingChinese leaders consider next steps for economy as debt and deflation cloud outlook for coming year
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — State media say Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day annual meeting to set economic…
Continue ReadingInflation is slowly coming down and no longer outweighing Americans’ wages
By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Sometimes boring and predictable can be good things. The latest Consumer Price Index report wasn’t flashy…
Continue ReadingCristiano Ronaldo scores 50th goal of 2023 as potential Lionel Messi clash is announced
By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal of the calendar year on Monday as Al Nassr advanced to the semifinals of…
Continue ReadingA Moldovan court annuls a ban on an alleged pro-Russia party that removed it from local elections
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — An appeals court in Moldova has annulled a decision that banned hundreds of candidates from an alleged pro-Russia…
Continue ReadingSnow Report: December 12th
Still 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…
Continue ReadingAt least $2.1 billion in new funds pledged at COP28, as foundations focus on health and agriculture
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1…
Continue ReadingBiden promete apoyo a Israel en un evento de Janucá, pero lanza una advertencia a la opinión pública
CNNEE (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden habló este lunes de su apoyo “inquebrantable” a “la seguridad del pueblo judío y la seguridad de…
Continue ReadingCourt overturns conviction of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif ahead of parliamentary election
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has overturned the 2018 conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a…
Continue ReadingKenya marks 60 years of independence, and the president defends painful economic measures
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA AND BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is defending the high taxes the government recently…
Continue ReadingIn Florida farmland, Guadalupe feast celebrates, sustains 60-year-old mission to migrant workers
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NARANJA, Fla. (AP) — Martin Monjaraz takes special pride in helping to organize the Guadalupe festival…
Continue ReadingAs Navalny vanishes from view in Russia, an ally calls it a Kremlin ploy to deepen his isolation
MOSCOW (AP) — The loss of contact with Alexei Navalny at the prison colony where the opposition leader was being held likely signals a Kremlin…
Continue ReadingDeSantis attorneys ask federal judge to dismiss Disney’s free speech lawsuit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis are asking a federal judge to dismiss a free speech lawsuit filed by Disney after the…
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