By Yoonjung Seo and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean research group has released rare footage that it claims shows North Korean teenagers sentenced to hard labor for watching and distributing K-dramas – which are banned in the hermit nation. The narrated footage released last Friday shows the two teens
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Japan has reported its exports surged almost 10% in December from a year earlier, helped by a revival in trade with China and strong demand for vehicles. Imports fell almost 7%, leaving a trade surprise of 62 billion yen ($410 million). A weak Japanese yen has helped export manufacturers like Toyota, Honda
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — A fast train has collided with a truck in eastern Czech Republic, killing one person and injuring at least 19 people. The Czech Railways says the driver of the train was killed and that the injured have been transported to nearby hospitals with no life threatening injuries. The accident occurred early on
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — eBay está eliminando 1.000 puestos, alrededor del 9% de sus empleados de tiempo completo, anunció en línea este martes el director ejecutivo de la compañía. La empresa también planea reducir sus contratos con su “fuerza laboral alternativa” en los próximos meses. El director ejecutivo, Jamie Iannone, citó el “entorno macroeconómico desafiante”
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho formed a working group to propose legislation in respective states to make the Pacific Standard Time permanent. Oregon state Senator Kim Thatcher of Keizer will introduce Senate Bill 1548 when Oregon’s legislative session begins on Feb. 5. “Oregonians have long-expressed their desire to stop changing the clock,” said Thatcher. “Some prefer
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump dio un gran paso para ganar una tercera nominación presidencial republicana consecutiva este martes, al ganar las primarias de Nueva Hampshire en un enfrentamiento uno a uno con su último rival en pie, la exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur, Nikki Haley. Haley prometió permanecer en la carrera
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The Ronchelli family started building their dream home on a hay farm south of Redmond in 2020, soon spotted a fox living in a rock pile on the property, bringing back a mate and raising their kits in their burrow, much to the couple’s enjoyment.
Continue ReadingBRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low slowly moving toward northeast Australia reached cyclone strength on Wednesday and will bring flooding into Queensland state into the weekend. Tropical Cyclone Kirrily was moving west at 5 mph and forecast to make landfall overnight Thursday. Gusty winds were expected to affect the Whitsunday Islands on Wednesday evening
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and NG HAN GUAN Associated Press UCHTURPAN, China (AP) — Aftershocks from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake continued to rock western China on Wednesday, while more than 12,000 displaced people relying on tents and shelters lit bonfires to fend off freezing weather. The quake early Tuesday in a remote part of China’s Xinjiang
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Next month, the Deschutes Public Library is teaming up with Wanderlust Tours to offer two chances to take free guided tours and explore, learn about the underground lava tubes on the High Desert
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — “Gigantic” waves swamped parts of a key US military facility in the middle of the Pacific Ocean last weekend, causing damage that will take months to repair, according to a US Army report. A video posted on X showed the terrifying surge of water rushing into a dining facility
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — TIME, la icónica revista con marco rojo, despidió a alrededor del 15% de sus empleados editoriales representados por el sindicato este martes, dijo el sindicato de la redacción, convirtiéndose en el último medio importante de noticias en recortar su personal de reporteros. Un portavoz de TIME le dijo a CNN que
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following a 14-country spring tour of Europe and the U.K., Dave Matthews Band will launch an extensive U.S. summer outing on May 22 in Tampa, FL at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre. The band, which played Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater last summer, returns on August 27th. The headline run will bring the band back
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff, Homero De La Fuente (CNN) — Doc Rivers has been officially named the next head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, the franchise said Friday. “This is a great opportunity to come to a first-class organization with a team that has a talented roster of high-character players,” Rivers said in a statement. “It’s
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Four passengers and two crew members were killed when a plane headed to a diamond mine crashed in Canada’s Northwest Territories, authorities said Wednesday. The lone survivor of Tuesday morning’s crash was initially taken to Fort Smith Health Centre and then transported by medevac to Stanton
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s bid to join NATO — held up for almost two years — cleared its next-to-last hurdle when Turkey’s parliament gave its go-ahead to let the Nordic country into the alliance. All existing NATO countries must give their approval before a new member can join the alliance, and Hungary is now the
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The Palestinian national soccer team reached the knockout stages of the AFC Asian Cup for the first time after beating Hong Kong 3-0 on Tuesday in a Group C match filled with emotion from the players and the roars of a sympathetic crowd. The victory, the team’s first ever at the
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Three dogs who fatally mauled a man living at a Juniper Ridge homeless camp last summer, leading to their owner’s guilty plea to criminally negligent homicide and three-year prison term,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night — a crucial part of the region’s efforts to confront the crisis of tens of thousands of people living on the streets. Up to 6,000 volunteers with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority fanned out
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney has requested a second court delay in its legal battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees over who controls Walt Disney World’s governing district. The request this week comes as the company is accusing the appointees and the governor’s office of failing to produce documents
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