Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La boda del año ya está aquí. En menos de una semana, Anant Ambani, hijo del multimillonario indio Mukesh Ambani, se casará con su novia Radhika Merchant. No es la primera vez que se celebra una boda opulenta en la India, pero los preparativos y las fiestas para esta unión en
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Investigators looking for missing American Taylor Casey in the Bahamas have enlisted the help of search dogs, marine teams and flight crews, officials said, as the search for the Chicago woman nears the three-week mark. Casey, 41, was last seen June 19 on Paradise Island, a small resort enclave
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Medical advocacy groups have welcomed Johnson & Johnson’s decision not to enforce its patent on a critical tuberculosis medication, allowing its production at much lower prices. That’s after South African authorities opened an investigation into the conglomerate. The South African Competition Commission last week said it decided not to
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los visitantes de Copenhague que se involucren en actividades de cuidado del medio ambiente, como recoger basura o viajar en transporte público, podrían ser recompensados con comida, experiencias culturales y visitas gratuitas en el marco de un nuevo programa piloto. El programa de prueba CopenPay, que se desarrollará entre el
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Keegan Bradley was unveiled as Team USA’s 2025 Ryder Cup captain on Monday, a surprise turn of events after Tiger Woods was widely tipped to assume the role. Six-time PGA Tour winner Bradley was controversially snubbed by Zach Johnson for last year’s beaten team in Rome and will be
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The EU ambassador in Georgia says its accession to the bloc has been halted some financial support frozen over a new law that critics feared would curb democratic freedoms. According to Pawel Herczynski, EU leaders made the decision to halt the process during the last summit of the European
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Blackpink rapper Lisa will join the Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York’s Central Park for her first solo performance at a festival, the anti-poverty nonprofit announced Tuesday. She joins headliners Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Raouw Alejandro for the Sept. 28 event, adding to organizers’
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office says it opened a preliminary investigation last week into suspicions of illicit financing of far-right French leader Marine Le Pen’s campaign during the 2022 presidential election. The office told The Associated Press that the judicial probe opened July 2 into allegations of accepting a financial loan, misappropriation of
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming thriller about a female judge in the contemporary, rural South will have two very famous, and very different, authors, Oscar winner Viola Davis and mega-selling novelist James Patterson. Little, Brown and Company announced Tuesday that Davis and Patterson are collaborating on a novel, currently untitled and
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer The Grammy Museum will soon launch its first full-floor K-pop exhibit as part of its ongoing initiative to explore the music, culture, technology, fandom and business behind Korean pop music. “Hybe: We Believe in Music, A Grammy Museum Exhibit” runs from Aug. 2 to Sept. 15. The museum partnered with Hybe, the
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually barren sand are currently carpeted with a colorful bloom of white and purple flowers. The Atacama Desert is known as the Disierto Florida (the “flowering desert”) because every few years
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers are gathering in Britain’s Parliament after the election that brought a Labour government to power. Among the 650 members of the House of Commons, 335 are arriving for the first time. The new House of Commons includes the largest number of women ever elected —
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer. Around 6 in 10 Americans think their state
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The leftist coalition that won the most seats in France’s National Assembly in surprise results is now demanding the immediate right to form a government, even though no grouping won a majority of seats. It’s unprecedented in France’s modern history to have a fractured parliament. The European Union’s second-largest economy
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Visitors to Copenhagen who engage in environmentally-friendly activities such as litter picking or traveling on public transport could be rewarded with free food, cultural experiences and tours as part of a new pilot program. The CopenPay trial scheme, which runs between July 15 and August 11, involves “transforming green
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare, and normally aren’t an option for people with active cancer. Marty Kedian is only the third
Continue Reading
Good Tuesday morning! Temperatures are reaching their peak today as we remain under multiple heat alerts (Excessive Heat Warnings, Heat Advisories). It will be dangerously hot in areas including Bend and Redmond heading above 105°. Wherever you go in Central Oregon today, prepare for very hot temperatures! A major concern today is our fire weather
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is appealing for concrete new measures to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The appeal came after attacks targeted a children’s hospital in Kyiv and a school in Gaza. The Vatican press office issued a statement Tuesday expressing Francis’ pain over the new attacks and his “profound upset”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to deepen the two nuclear powers’ relationship as NATO leaders gathered in Washington and Russia and launched deadly missile strikes in Ukraine that destroyed a children’s hospital. Modi is on his first trip to Russia since the full-scale invasion of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROMNY, Ukraine (AP) — More than 400 Ukrainian athletes have been killed since the start of the war, including many of the country’s brightest Olympics prospects. Among them is Maksym Halinichev, a young boxer who signed up as a soldier months after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Halinichev was wounded once and
Continue Reading