Australia wants Facebook held liable for anonymous comments
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described social media as a “coward’s…
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S Korean court: Discharge of late transgender soldier unjust
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court has ruled that the military unlawfully discriminated against the…
Continue ReadingBitcoin supera los US$ 55.000 gracias al respaldo del fondo de George Soros
olivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Bitcoin está de regreso y tiene un nuevo partidario prominente. El precio de la criptomoneda más…
Continue ReadingIraq, UAE sign contract to build 5 solar power stations
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has signed a contract with a United Arab Emirates-based renewable energy developer to build five solar power plants in the…
Continue Reading100-year-old former Nazi camp guard goes on trial in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — A 100-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany, accused of being an accessory to murder for serving as a Nazi SS guard at the…
Continue ReadingGermany, Denmark bring children, women home from Syrian camp
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign ministry says that Germany and Denmark have brought home 11 women and 37 children from a camp in northeastern…
Continue ReadingEstudios confirman la disminución de la inmunidad de la vacuna de covid-19 de Pfizer
Mariana Toro (CNN) — Dos estudios del mundo real publicados el miércoles confirman que la protección inmunológica ofrecida por dos dosis de…
Continue ReadingSerbian rights lawyer wins UN refugee agency award in Europe
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian human rights lawyer Nikola Kovacevic is this year’s winner of a prestigious…
Continue ReadingNow in power, Taliban set sights on Afghan drug underworld
By SAMYA KULLAB, MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and FELIPE DANA Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers have their…
Continue ReadingVirus measures stop legal return of thousands to New Zealand
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Every week or so, tens of thousands of New Zealanders play a lottery in their…
Continue ReadingVirus measures stop legal return of thousands to New Zealand
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Every week or so, tens of thousands of New Zealanders play a lottery in their…
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Bend city councilors unanimously approve permanent fireworks ban
Bend city councilors voted unanimously Wednesday night to make permanent a temporary ban on the use and sale of fireworks, after hearing public…
Continue Reading12 dead in India after bus swerves to avoid stray cattle
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Twelve people have died in northern India after the bus they were on swerved off the road and hit a truck. Police say the bus…
Continue ReadingEx-CEO who oversaw doomed nuclear project sentenced
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An executive who lied to regulators about two South Carolina nuclear plants that never…
Continue ReadingEx-CEO who oversaw doomed nuclear project sentenced
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An executive who lied to regulators about two South Carolina nuclear plants that never…
Continue ReadingJudge: Civil lawyers to see more of Waffle House murder case
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge will allow attorneys who filed a lawsuit against a Waffle House in Tennessee…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police make largest smuggling bust worth $26.9M
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities say they have made their largest smuggling bust, seizing goods including endangered species worth an…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police make largest smuggling bust worth $26.9M
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities say they have made their largest smuggling bust, seizing goods including endangered species worth an…
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C.O. nonprofit Furnish Hope providing furniture for new Veterans Village in Bend
Furnish Hope is a nonprofit organization that provides and installs furnishings and household essentials to families in need throughout Central…
Continue ReadingSummer storms were a climate-change wake-up call for subways
By PHILIP MARCELO and DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Transit officials and experts say this summer’s storms were the latest…
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