EXPLAINER: How China flights near Taiwan inflame tensions
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A spate of Chinese military flights off southwestern Taiwan in recent days has prompted alarm from…
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Antarctica’s last 6 months were the coldest on record
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist In a year of extreme heat, Antarctica’s last six months were the coldest on record. “For the polar…
Continue ReadingRuling party narrowly loses Czech vote; PM Babis may be out
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s centrist party has narrowly lost the Czech Republic’s…
Continue ReadingBanisadr, Iran’s first president after 1979 revolution, dies
By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after the country’s 1979…
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No physical signs of Brian Laundrie have yet been found in a Florida nature reserve, police say
CNN By Travis Caldwell and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN As the search for Brian Laundrie continues in a Florida nature reserve, police said Friday that…
Continue ReadingNo physical signs of Brian Laundrie have yet been found in a Florida nature reserve, police say
By Travis Caldwell and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN As the search for Brian Laundrie continues in a Florida nature reserve, police said Friday that they…
Continue ReadingIraq’s bloodiest battle will be a video game
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Najla Bassim Abdulelah grew up in a war. The regular sight of dead bodies and the memory of her friend being shot next to her as…
Continue ReadingWith more Covid-19 booster shots on the horizon, one expert says mixing and matching doses may be an effective approach
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Amid the growing prospect of more Covid-19 booster shots becoming available, an expert has suggested that some people could…
Continue ReadingTravel news: India, Bali and Vietnam announce opening plans
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This was a pretty good week for the world’s wannabe jetsetters. The UK and Israel both cleared out their travel…
Continue ReadingTravel news: India, Bali and Vietnam announce opening plans
CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This was a pretty good week for the world’s wannabe jetsetters. The UK and Israel both cleared out their…
Continue Reading€1 homes go on sale in one of Italy’s best-kept secrets
Silvia Marchetti, CNN With no crowds even before the pandemic, pretty villages, proximity to Rome, access to ski slopes and incredible scenery, the…
Continue ReadingUN officials say guards kill 6 migrants detained in Libya
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ABOARD GEO BARENTS (AP) — U.N. officials say guards at a Libyan detention center for migrants have shot and killed…
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Deschutes County road construction update: Week of Oct. 10-16
Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of Oct.…
Continue ReadingSouthern California business owners frustrated as oil spill forces them to close shop
By Amir Vera, CNN Jaz Kaner has never experienced an oil spill that closed beaches and waterways in Southern California. The lifelong surfer and…
Continue ReadingFrench envoy to Australia: Deceitful sub deal raises risks
By MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s ambassador to Australia says Australian officials lied to his face and raised the risk…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why do Iraq’s elections matter to the world?
By ZEINA KARAM and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s elections on Sunday come with enormous challenges: Iraq’s economy…
Continue ReadingRussians flock to Serbia for Western-made COVID-19 vaccines
By JOVANA GEC and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Russians are flocking to Serbia to receive Western-approved COVID-19…
Continue ReadingUS Marshals and Scranton police nab 9 sex offenders in ‘Operation Dunder Mifflin’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The US Marshals Service led a multiagency effort dubbed “Operation Dunder Mifflin” to verify the addresses of…
Continue ReadingRaiders coach Jon Gruden described head of NFL players union using racially insensitive language in 2011
By Kevin Dotson, CNN Jon Gruden, head coach of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, used racially insensitive language to describe NFL Players…
Continue ReadingA slavery petition was the latest racist incident at this school. Parents and lawmakers are fed up
By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Linh Tran, CNN Nearly two weeks after a racist petition to bring back slavery circulated at her daughter’s school,…
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