Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s Army General Staff said Thursday. The pilot died. The fighter jet went down on Monday, when Russia launched a major missile and drone barrage at Ukraine,
Continue ReadingBy Milly Chan, CNN Tashkent, Uzbekistan (CNN) — The most populous country in Central Asia is heavily dependent on burning fossil fuel for electricity. But over the next few years, Uzbekistan plans to slash its carbon footprint. That’s no easy feat for one of the world’s most carbon emission-intensive economies, according to the World Bank.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests. That’s according to the CIA’s deputy director, David Cohen. He discussed the failed
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — For months, former President Donald Trump has been sitting on a social media fortune that he couldn’t touch. That will change very soon. The lock-up period prohibiting Trump from selling or even borrowing against his $2.3 billion stake in Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is well positioned to finish his presidency having placed more judges on the federal bench than former President Donald Trump. But the Democrat will not be able to replicate Trump’s transformation of the appellate courts that hand down the most influential rulings. Trump, the Republican presidential
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Oasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing “unprecedented demand” for tickets. The new shows announced Thursday are at Heaton Park in Manchester, England on July 16, 2025, at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 30 and at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on Aug. 12. The Britpop-era
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Funcionarios estadounidenses y chinos de alto nivel debatieron posibles conversaciones entre el presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, y el líder chino, Xi Jinping, en los próximos meses, mientras ambos países presionan para estabilizar la comunicación en su cada vez más polémica relación. El asesor de seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos, Jake
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat is pressing Ukraine’s international backers to lift restrictions on the use of weapons they provide so the country’s armed forces can strike military targets inside Russia. The U.S. restricts the use of long-range ballistic missiles it provides and some EU also limit the use of
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports – a fast, skillful game without an Olympic counterpart in which visually impaired players seek to score by throwing balls into a goal defended by the other team. Remarkably, considering that the ball weighs 1.25kg (roughly 2.75 pounds) and is about the same
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A gas leak caused the death of two people and injured 10 others at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center. Iranian state television reported Thursday that the leak occurred at a workshop belonging to the guard in Isfahan province and the injured people were transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The 36 teams competing in the upcoming 2024/25 UEFA Champions League – the most prestigious competition in European club football – learned who they will play in the competition’s newly revised format after the draw took place in Monaco on Thursday. Teams were assigned their eight opponents – two
Continue ReadingBy Kocha Olarn and James Legge, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — The son of famed Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho has been found guilty of murdering a Colombian plastic surgeon at a Thai holiday resort before dismembering the body, a senior police officer told CNN. Daniel Sancho, a chef who made YouTube videos, was sentenced by
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — If you want to use your shiny new iPhone for as long as possible, you better take good care of it. Most people are now holding on to smartphones longer instead of regularly upgrading them, and there are many reasons why. At the dawn of the smartphone age, you
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris se enfrenta este jueves a la siguiente prueba en su carrera presidencial con su primera entrevista sin guion con un importante medio de comunicación desde que se convirtió en la candidata demócrata. Harris aspira a extender el impulso que ha conjurado en el inicio de su campaña;
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Hong Kong court found two former news editors guilty on Thursday of publishing seditious content on a shuttered pro-democracy media site, a ruling rights groups said was a further blow to press freedoms in the city as Beijing tightens its grip. Chung Pui-kuen, former editor-in-chief of
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Se instó a evacuar a casi 4 millones de personas en el sur de Japón luego de que el tifón Shanshan tocó tierra este jueves, dejando a miles de residentes sin electricidad y azotando la isla de Kyushu con ráfagas de viento, lluvias torrenciales y peligrosas marejadas ciclónicas. La Agencia Meteorológica
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A Washington County man was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for distributing counterfeit pills containing fentanyl that resulted in a woman’s overdose death. Robert Lamart James McCollum, 35, was sentenced to 125 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release. “This defendant cut short an innocent
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Pacific Power Foundation is pleased to provide over $240,000 in grant awards to nonprofits and community organizations in Oregon, Washington and California that promote education and enhance science, technology, engineering and math learning opportunities. They included grants ranging from $2,000 to $7,500 awarded to nine community organizations in Crook and Deschutes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049. The ruling Thursday handed a partial victory to climate campaigners who say the country’s failure to cut emissions faster amounts to a violation of their rights. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say suspected militants have kidnapped four people, including an army officer who was sitting in a mosque in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban to receive mourners after attending his father’s funeral. No one claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s kidnapping of Lt. Col. Khalid Khan, his
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