Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La explosión de una fábrica que mató a dos trabajadores en Louisville, Kentucky, la semana pasada fue causada por un recipiente de cocina defectuoso, dijeron funcionarios este lunes. “Fue un accidente industrial y no hay indicios de que alguien haya hecho algo intencional para provocar la explosión”, dijo Shawn Morrow, agente
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The clock on her wall stopped almost as soon as the day began, its hands frozen by the Russian bomb that hit the dormitory serving as home for Ukrainians displaced by war. It was 1:45 a.m. in an upstairs room in the eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, Natalia Panasenko’s home
Continue ReadingPresident Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles. The new doctrine allows for a potential nuclear response by Moscow even to a conventional attack on Russia
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Dozens of people have been killed in China in the past three months in a series of mass attacks using vehicles or knives. The attacks take one of two forms — either drivers mowing down people on foot or knife-wielding assailants stabbing multiple victims. Guns are strictly restricted in China and gun
Continue ReadingKARTARPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world are thronging a shrine to the founder of the Sikh religion, Guru Nanak, in Pakistan to commemorate his birth. Many Sikh holy sites are in Pakistan after the British partitioned the subcontinent in 1947 following two centuries of colonial rule. Officials
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The separatist leader of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia resigned on Tuesday after days of unrest, in which the opposition and its supporters seized key government buildings and at least 14 people were injured in clashes with police. Demonstrators stormed the buildings on Friday to protest new measures allowing Russians to
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Donald Trump está creando una demostración de poder que definirá su nuevo mandato, mientras intenta asegurar la confirmación de Matt Gaetz como secretario de Justicia. El presidente electo estuvo llamando a senadores para presionarlos a confirmar su selección a principios del próximo año, informó CNN este lunes, incluso cuando crece la
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police and demonstrators have scuffled again in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Officers moved before dawn to break up a camp protesting the results of last month’s parliamentary election and demanding a new vote. Thousands of people later returned and set up camp again. The round-the-clock protest follows the Oct. 26
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has undergone a complex surgery in Iran that saw part of a bone in her right leg removed over cancer fears. She was immediately returned to prison, which rights groups warned in a letter Monday raises the risks to her
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Dos semanas después de que se hiciera historia con la elección de la primera persona transgénero en el Congreso de Estados Unidos, una republicana de la Cámara de Representantes está presionando para prohibir el acceso de las mujeres transgénero a los baños de mujeres del Capitolio. La representante de Carolina del
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have banned gatherings of five or more people in the capital ahead of a planned march by supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The two-month ban announced Tuesday comes before a rally Sunday planned by Khan’s party to put pressure on the government to release the imprisoned former leader.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Forty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups. The democracy advocates were among 47 people charged under a Beijing-imposed national security law in 2021 for their involvement in an unofficial primary election to
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El pionero escritor de guías de viajes Arthur Frommer falleció a la edad de 95 años, según un comunicado de la marca de medios que fundó. Su hija, Pauline Frommer, confirmó que su padre falleció el 18 de noviembre, “en su casa, rodeado de sus seres queridos”. Arthur Frommer nació en
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Joe Mixon scored three touchdowns, rushing for 109 yards, while Derek Barnett scored on a fumble return as the Houston Texans ended their two-game losing streak with a 34-10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night in Arlington, Texas. With the victory, the Texans improve to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland won last week’s election. The electoral commission announced the results Tuesday. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the Waddani Party received more than 50% of the votes. President Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling Kulmiye Party, who was seeking a second term,
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and dilutes the rights of Māori people. The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti march began nine days ago in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — Two 19-year-old Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after apparently consuming tainted drinks in neighboring Laos. Australian media said the women became ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng while on a backpacking vacation. It wasn’t clear what the two drank.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nvidia helped pulled U.S. stock indexes higher on Tuesday after they stumbled in the morning on worries about escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% after erasing an early drop of 0.7%. The Nasdaq composite also shook off an early loss to turn 1% higher,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -The Higher Education Coordinating Commission encourages all Oregonians pursuing postsecondary education in 2025-26 to apply for grants and scholarships through the state website OregonStudentAid.gov. This month, the HECC Office of Student Access and Completion officially opened the OSAC Scholarship Application for the next academic year. The State of Oregon has made accessing scholarships easy for Oregon
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Dos mujeres declararon ante la comisión de Ética de la Cámara de Representantes que recibieron pagos por “favores sexuales” del exrepresentante Matt Gaetz, quien ha sido propuesto por el presidente electo Donald Trump como secretario de Justicia, según declaró este lunes a CNN el abogado de las mujeres, Joel Leppard. Ahora
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