Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Bones dug up from a wartime Army Medical School site in Tokyo decades ago and linked to victims of human experiments by Unit 731, Japan’s germ and biological warfare outfit, remain in a repository still waiting to find their home. A citizens’ group investigating the bones marked their 35th excavation
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GLOSTER, Miss. (AP) — This southern Mississippi town’s expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins’ home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says industrial residues coated her truck and she no longer enjoys spending time in the air outdoors. Dobbins feels her life — and health — were
Continue ReadingBy Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A debt-ridden laborer in central India said his family’s life has been “changed forever” after he unearthed a 19.22-carat diamond worth almost $100,000. Raju Gond normally makes about $4 a day taking whatever work comes his way to provide for his large family, working in fields or diamond mines
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, Maria Kostenko and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged Hong Kong to prevent Russia from using the Asian financial hub to bypass Western sanctions during a visit to the city on Thursday. The United States and European Union have sanctioned dozens of companies in Hong
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Hot and dry weather is fueling wildfire activity in the Western United States and Canada, with fires damaging homes, causing injuries and forcing evacuations. The largest active wildfire in the US has scorched more than 280,000 acres in eastern Oregon and another blaze has exploded to more than 239,000
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Hot and dry weather is fueling wildfire activity in the Western United States and Canada, with fires damaging homes, causing injuries and forcing evacuations. The largest active wildfire in the US has scorched more than 280,000 acres in eastern Oregon and another blaze has exploded to over 145,000
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ambar Leáñez se calla cuando piensa en un futuro más allá de este fin de semana. Partidaria incondicional del movimiento opositor venezolano, se muestra optimista ante las posibilidades de que su coalición gane las elecciones presidenciales de este domingo. La idea de pasar otros seis años bajo el mandato del
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered in Hanoi for the second day of the funeral of the man who dominated Vietnamese politics for over a decade, Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The party said he died in Hanoi last week due to “old age and serious illness.” Politicians from
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio restaurant is not responsible for a customer’s injury after a bone was found in an order of boneless wings, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, affirming an appellate court’s earlier decision. Michael Berkheimer filed a lawsuit in 2017 after he ordered boneless wings a year earlier
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain has hit northern Japan, triggering floods and landslides, disrupting transportation systems and sending hundreds of residents to take shelter at safer grounds. The Japan Meteorological Agency Thursday issued emergency warnings of heavy rain for several municipalities in the Yamagata and Akita prefecture, where warm and humid air was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans have a crucial decision ahead of them. On Sunday, they decide whether to give President Nicolas Maduro a third six-year term in office or to allow the opposition a chance to deliver on their promise to undo the policies that caused economic collapse and forced millions to emigrate.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME, N.Y. (AP) — A tornado that touched down in the small, upstate New York city of Rome ripped roofs from houses, reduced brick buildings to rubble and toppled steeples from two historic churches. No one was killed in the July 16 twister, but it left a debris-strewn scar through downtown and nearby
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Officials say at least 26 people have been killed by a gang in three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s north, and eight villagers remain missing. It is the latest violence in the South Pacific island nation related to contested land ownership and sorcery allegations. East Sepik Gov. Allan
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When it comes to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s name, it’s complicated. The senator from Ohio introduced himself to the world in 2016 when he published his bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” under the name J.D. Vance — “like jay-dot-dee-dot,” he wrote, short for James David. In the book,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to mend ties with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday and offered measured optimism about progress toward a cease-fire deal for Gaza as he neared the end of a contentious U.S. visit that put on display the growing American divisions
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, is attempting to bridge divides within the party over the war in Gaza, emphasizing Israel’s right to defend itself while also focusing on alleviating Palestinian suffering. She delivered remarks after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Cuando abandona Barbie Land para trasladarse al mundo real, Barbie debe seguir su rutina de cuidado de la salud, lo que incluye una visita a su ginecólogo. Un nuevo estudio publicado este jueves en la revista JAMA Network Open descubrió que el final de la taquillera película “Barbie”, de 2023, influyó en
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city’s bloody July 1967 race riot has received a historic marker. A dedication ceremony was held Friday in a park several miles north of downtown where the Algiers
Continue ReadingBy Zeena Saifi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Omar Ismail was 14 years old when he knew, one day, he wanted to be an Olympic athlete. For years, he had been practicing taekwondo diligently and was ready to take his skills to the ultimate level. His only problem – he didn’t have a country to
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The five days since Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign launched at warp speed have remade the 2024 race – and given Democrats new hope of preventing a second Donald Trump presidency. Bright green, pro-Harris memes have erupted across social media. Fundraising exploded, with Harris’ campaign saying she raised $126 million between
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