HELSINKI (AP) — Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia has reported a double-digit fall in profit and sales in the second quarter due to a continuing weak market as clients are holding off investments in 5G technology. The Espoo, Finland-based company, reported Thursday a net profit of 328 million euros for the April-June period, down
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police and government supporters clashed Thursday with student activists trying to shut down transportation across Bangladesh as part of dayslong protests over the allocation of government jobs, and media reports said 19 people died in the violence. The new casualties Thursday would bring the overall toll to 25 dead
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — State media say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a major tourism site being constructed on the country’s eastern coast and discussed steps to open the zone by next year. Kim’s visit to the Wonsan-Kalma zone earlier this week comes as North Korea continues to block
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Wall Street Journal reporter in Hong Kong said she was fired after being elected to lead a press union that has come under attack by Beijing amid a national security crackdown. Selina Cheng, who was elected chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) on June
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Brad Lendon, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — America’s two most powerful allies in the Pacific are taking their defense ties to new heights amid increasing concerns over China’s assertiveness in the region and North Korean threats, Japan’s top general said Thursday. Before a trilateral meeting with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
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The Bend City Council approved Wednesday night the Midtown Multimodal Connections & Streetscaping Progressive Design build contract with K&E Excavating, which includes improvements to Greenwood Avenue – adding bike lanes, eliminating parking on the north side of Greenwood, and eliminating traffic lanes, which all falls under what the city is calling a “quick build.”
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s Interior Minister says a police officer has been killed and another wounded by an assailant who opened fire after being stopped by a patrol in a border town. Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said the shooting happened just before 1 a.m. Thursday in the western town of Loznica near the border
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank left its key interest rate benchmark unchanged Thursday as its rate-setting council and President Christine Lagarde take their time to make sure stubborn inflation is firmly under control before lowering rates again. The decision leaves the deposit rate at 3.75%, where it has stood
Continue ReadingAssociated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Lawmakers at the European Parliament have reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission. The reelection ensures leadership continuity for the 27-nation bloc as it wrestles with crises ranging from the war in Ukraine to climate change, migration and
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, photo curation by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN (CNN) — Shiite Muslims across the globe on Tuesday observed Ashura, an annual commemoration mourning the seventh-century martyrdom of a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. Imam Hussein bin Ali’s death in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD is believed to have cemented the split between Shiites – who
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Dos días después de ser elegido compañero de fórmula de Donald Trump, el senador de Ohio J.D. Vance se presentó a los votantes en un discurso que puso de relieve la dirección populista que ambos pretenden dar al Partido Republicano, y a la nación. El discurso de Vance en la Convención
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has ended a top-level meeting by endorsing policies aimed at building the country’s technological power and fortifying its national security. A statement released when the meeting ended provided only a broad-brush summary of any decisions. More details are likely to emerge days later. The meeting’s agenda
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – On Thursday night, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for a series of fires in Umatilla County near Pilot Rock. The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office is mobilizing its Green Incident Management Team and three structural task forces from Benton, Marion, and Polk counties. One of those task forces was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press An influential Philippine governor is the subject of controversy following an Associated Press investigation into his links to the expanding natural gas industry in his province. Articles in two leading newspapers called the connections unethical and said any wrongdoing must be corrected. An umbrella group that claims to have 150 environmental organizations as
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A widespread washout for U.S. stocks dragged Wall Street lower on Thursday. The S&P 500 dropped 0.8% to pull further from its all-time high set on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 533 points, or 1.3%, from its own record set a day before, while the Nasdaq
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Two Bend boys were seriously injured in a crash near Bend on their way to a soccer tournament, Fox12’s Jeffrey Lindblom reports.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in southern Gaza on Thursday, saying it was essential that Israel keep control of a strip of territory along the territory’s border with Egypt, just days before he was set to give a speech to the U.S. Congress. In
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A man who escaped from an Oregon state prison nearly 30 years ago and stole the identity of a deceased child was captured in Georgia on Tuesday, according to authorities. Steven Craig Johnson, who had been convicted of sexual abuse charges, escaped from a prison work
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Tres exfuncionarios de la administración Trump pidieron ayuda al Departamento de Justicia para protegerse debido al aumento de las amenazas de Irán, según cartas obtenidas por CNN. Las tres personas —los exasesores de Trump Matthew Pottinger, Victoria Coates y Robert Greenway— escribieron al Departamento de Justicia en enero de 2023
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