UN asks N Korea to clarify alleged shoot-on-sight orders
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.N. human rights investigators have asked North Korea to clarify whether it has…
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US presses on with evacuation from Afghanistan after deadly Kabul airport attack
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN The United…
Continue ReadingAlbania gets 1st Afghan evacuees after deadly Kabul blasts
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Abania (AP) — Albania is housing its first group of Afghan evacuees who made it out of their country…
Continue ReadingChina’s newest boy band, the youngest member 7 years old, disbands three days after debut
By Jessie Yeung and Zixu Wang, CNN They sing, they dance, they’re impeccably dressed — and they’re all children, mostly under 10.…
Continue ReadingAmerican forces keep up airlift under high threat warnings
By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, LOLITA C. BALDOR, KATHY GANNON and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American forces working…
Continue ReadingStocks rally to records amid relief rates will remain low
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to records Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it’s still far…
Continue ReadingStocks rally to records amid relief rates will remain low
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to records Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it’s still far…
Continue ReadingChina has administered 2 billion Covid vaccine shots. But coercive measures are sparking anger
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN China’s coronavirus vaccination drive has surpassed 2 billion doses, authorities announced Friday, but…
Continue ReadingAfghans stuck in Bosnian camp aghast at Taliban takeover
By KEMAL SOFTIC Associated Press BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of migrants, including many Afghans, are stranded in Bosnia and other…
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OSU prof’s grant-funded zebrafish study may curb need to use animals for chemical testing
An Oregon State University toxicologist has received a $7 million grant to study the biological impacts of chemicals, which could potentially lead…
Continue ReadingAugust 27 Afghanistan-Taliban news
CNN By Aditi Sangal, Jessie Yeung, Brad Lendon, Tara John, Melissa Macaya, Meg Wagner, Fernando Alfonso III and Veronica Rocha, CNN…
Continue ReadingMalaysia’s new leader keeps largely same Cabinet, no deputy
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The new Malaysian prime minister has retained mostly familiar faces in his Cabinet. But Ismail Sabri Yaakob vowed…
Continue ReadingThe Latest: Italy says its last flight from Kabul in hours
By The Associated Press Italy’s foreign minister has confirmed that the last Italian military flight evacuating people from Afghanistan will depart…
Continue ReadingFamily, friends gather to remember slain New Orleans officer
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Family and friends of a New Orleans police officer who was shot and killed while vacationing with friends in…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan’s top high school graduate fears for her future
By TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Salgy Baran got the highest score in all of Afghanistan on her university entrance exams this…
Continue ReadingA struggle to prevent suicides at soaring NYC sculpture
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials are evaluating the future of a 150-foot-tall piece of public art in New York City known…
Continue ReadingAlone in the sky, pilot and fiancee save 17 in Tenn. flood
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had prayed for God to show him his life had…
Continue ReadingCouple hopeful for children’s future after escape from Kabul
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An Afghan couple who arrived in the United States this week navigated the streets of…
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20th Oregon Airshow of the Cascades set to fly high at Madras Airport
The 20th Airshow of the Cascades is set for Friday and Saturday at the Madras Airport, featuring a wide variety of planes on displays, aerial…
Continue ReadingIda aims to hit Louisiana on Hurricane Katrina anniversary
By KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has ordered a mandatory evacuation for…
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