Netherlands outlasts Angola to start preliminary round
Angola was able to test the Netherlands early and often to kick off Group B play in women’s handball, but the Dutch were able to do enough and earn a…
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Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising fears of a possible major spill near the capital
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine oil tanker has sunk in Manila Bay after encountering huge waves. The coast guard is…
Continue Reading2 years after Ukrainian POW deaths, survivors and leaked UN analysis point to Russia as the culprit
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The former prisoners of war still puzzle over the strange events leading up to the night now seared into…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Putin hosts Syria’s Assad in the Kremlin as tensions rise in the Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Kremlin. The Kremlin press service says the meeting took place on…
Continue ReadingLos videos de la Policía golpeando a hombres en el aeropuerto del Reino Unido provocan indignación mientras la fuerza se presenta ante el organismo de control
Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un Policía británico fue retirado de sus funciones de primera línea después de que aparecieran varios videos en…
Continue ReadingHow to watch the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is set for Friday. Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on…
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Simone Biles drills Yurchenko double pike in practice
Simone Biles stuck her eponymous skill – the Yurchenko double pike – in podium training ahead of the 2024 Paris…
Continue ReadingJill Biden travels to Paris Olympics as her husband passes the torch
By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden watched on Wednesday night as President Joe Biden told the American people it was time to…
Continue ReadingChinese and Russian bombers patrolling off Alaska raise concerns about growing military cooperation
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Russian and Chinese bombers flying together for the first time in…
Continue Reading270 flights canceled in Frankfurt as environmental activists target airports across Europe
Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A total of 270 flights were canceled at Germany’s busiest airports after environmental activists…
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City of Prineville invited community out to meet three candidates vying to be next police chief
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The City of Prineville is looking for a new police chief. At Ron’s Comfort Food Café, community members were invited…
Continue ReadingThis oil capital wants to be a hub for climate tech
By Amy Gunia, CNN (CNN) — Abu Dhabi isn’t about to wean itself off the oil that made it super rich. But it is putting some of that wealth to…
Continue ReadingBelgian tourist suffers 3rd-degree burns to his feet while walking in Death Valley as temperatures exceed 120 degrees
By Shania Baweja, Dalia Faheid and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — A 42-year-old Belgian tourist was hospitalized after suffering third-degree…
Continue ReadingEl reclutamiento en línea del ISIS-K supone una amenaza para la seguridad de Occidente antes de los Juegos Olímpicos
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Casi dos tercios de las detenciones relacionadas con el ISIS en Europa en los últimos nueve meses han sido…
Continue ReadingA year has passed since Niger’s dramatic coup. Life has become more dangerous and desperate
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — One year has passed since a dramatic coup in Niger. Coup leaders said they deposed the West African…
Continue ReadingFrankfurt airport suspends flights after climate protesters block runways
By Duarte Mendonca, Kathleen Magramo, Alex Stambaugh and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Germany’s busiest airport temporarily suspended flights…
Continue ReadingUN asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as ‘extreme heat epidemic’ breaks records
Associated Press The United Nations is calling for a flurry of efforts to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures in what it…
Continue ReadingWind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
Associated Press PIPER CITY, Ill. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of county tax data across three states — Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska —…
Continue ReadingWind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
Associated Press Complex and confusing taxation systems make it easier for wind’s opponents, some citing misinformation, to say that wind has…
Continue ReadingNoncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study says
Associated Press Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from…
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