South Africa to extradite Mozambique’s ex-finance minister
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will extradite Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang to his…
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Kenya’s coffin makers say Covid means they’re busier than ever. Some still won’t get vaccinated
CNN By Scott McLean and Idris Mukhtar, CNN Inside a hospital in a leafy campus in the shadow of Mount Kenya, workers dressed head-to-toe in pale…
Continue ReadingKenya’s coffin makers say Covid means they’re busier than ever. Some still won’t get vaccinated
By Scott McLean and Idris Mukhtar, CNN Inside a hospital in a leafy campus in the shadow of Mount Kenya, workers dressed head-to-toe in pale green…
Continue ReadingNational Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived when they heard the news
By Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Kentucky hospital officials high-fived one another during a news conference Monday as they learned…
Continue ReadingTaliban say they won’t allow Afghans to leave country, reject evacuation extension
By Nick Paton Walsh, Brad Lendon, Sheena McKenzie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban said Tuesday that they were “not allowing the…
Continue ReadingGazans launch incendiary balloons into Israel after strikes
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas-backed Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip have launched a new wave of…
Continue ReadingGig apps for a pandemic economy: Part time, no commitment
By UROOBA JAMAL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A breed of gig apps tailored for short-term work slots — from Stint to Instawork to Gigpro — is…
Continue ReadingGig apps for a pandemic economy: Part time, no commitment
By UROOBA JAMAL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A breed of gig apps tailored for short-term work slots — from Stint to Instawork to Gigpro — is…
Continue ReadingAfghans in Indonesia protest Taliban, demand resettlement
By NINIEK KARMINI and TATAN SYUFLANA Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of Afghan refugees living in Indonesia held a rally…
Continue ReadingJapan seeks support for Fukushima nuclear water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has adopted an interim plan that it hopes will win support from fishermen and…
Continue ReadingJapan seeks support for Fukushima nuclear water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has adopted an interim plan that it hopes will win support from fishermen and…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed after Wall Street hits new high
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street hit a new high as investors looked ahead to a…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed after Wall Street hits new high
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street hit a new high as investors looked ahead to a…
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Portland police: 5 men shot attending vigil for shooting victim
Police say five men attending a vigil at the site of a shooting in the Old Town neighborhood in Portland were shot Sunday night.…
Continue ReadingIran official acknowledges videos of Evin prison abuse real
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Iran’s prison system has acknowledged that videos purportedly…
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Gov. Brown orders public flags to half-staff in honor of OSP sergeant
Governor Kate Brown on Monday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday in honor…
Continue ReadingA mom and her baby had to be rescued by kayak as floodwaters overtook their Tennessee home
WZTV, BRITTNEY BREEDLOVE, CNN By Steve Almasy and Hollie Silverman, CNN As the floodwaters rapidly rose in her Waverly, Tennessee, home, Vanessa…
Continue ReadingA mom and her baby had to be rescued by kayak as floodwaters overtook their Tennessee home
By Steve Almasy and Hollie Silverman, CNN As the floodwaters rapidly rose in her Waverly, Tennessee, home, Vanessa Yates climbed on the kitchen…
Continue ReadingAt-risk Afghans fearing Taliban hunker down, wait to leave
By SAMYA KULLAB and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press Employees of the collapsed Afghan government, civil society activists and women are among the…
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Rimrock Trails temporarily closes adolescent drug-abuse treatment program amid staffing shortage
– Rimrock Trails Treatment Services, which provides mental health counseling and substance use treatment in Bend, Redmond and Prineville, said Monday…
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