Israel and Ukraine could face each other in a playoff final for a spot at soccer’s Euro 2024
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Israel and Ukraine could face each other for a spot at next year’s European…
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San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich scolds fans for booing former Spurs star Kawhi Leonard
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich scolded his home fans for booing Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi…
Continue ReadingVenice rolls out day-tripper fee to try to regulate mass crowds on peak weekends
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Venice authorities on Thursday unveiled a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros ($5.45)…
Continue ReadingEU sends border police reinforcements to Finland over fears that Russia is behind a migrant influx
By LORNE COOK and JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The European Union’s border agency says that it will send dozens of officers and…
Continue ReadingHungary set to receive millions in EU money despite Orban’s threats to veto Ukraine aid
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary is set to receive 900 million euros ($981 million) in European Union money despite the…
Continue ReadingOxyContin maker’s settlement plan divides victims of opioid crisis. Now it’s up to the Supreme Court
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over…
Continue ReadingHezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group’s senior fighters
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group has fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel.…
Continue ReadingGreece’s left-wing opposition party slips into crisis as lawmakers quit in defiance of new leader
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s main left-wing opposition party, Syriza, has suffered a damaging setback as…
Continue Reading‘This is collective punishment:’ West Bank Palestinians under curfew say they are being punished for something they did not do
By Tara John, CNN Hebron, West Bank (CNN) — Palestinian educator Tarik Betar has known only a life of repression and indignity, he told CNN,…
Continue ReadingDutch far-right populist seeks to form government after shock election victory
By CNN’s Radina Gigova and Xiaofei Xu CNN – The Netherlands woke up Thursday to an unexpected victory for Dutch anti-EU far-right…
Continue ReadingMadagascar president on course for reelection as supporters claim they were promised money to vote
By SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina is on course for reelection in a vote…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s central bank hikes interest rates again as it tries to tame eye-watering inflation
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has delivered another huge interest rate hike as it tries to curb double-digit inflation that has…
Continue ReadingUkraine says 3 civilians were killed in a daylight Russian cluster bomb attack
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian attack using cluster munitions killed three people Thursday in a suburb of…
Continue ReadingFor migrants still coping with traumatic journeys to America, Thanksgiving will be a day like any other
By Ray Sanchez, CNN New York (CNN) — When Americans sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, 7-year-old Jean Luis Hernandez will be in the single room…
Continue ReadingRetailers are ready to kick off Black Friday just as shoppers pull back on spending
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are kicking off the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season on Friday…
Continue ReadingTens of thousands of protesters demanding a restoration of Nepal’s monarchy clash with police
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Riot police have used batons and tear gas to halt tens of thousands of supporters of…
Continue ReadingChinese refugee challenges Australian law that imposes a curfew and tracking bracelet
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — New laws rushed through Australia’s Parliament last week to mandate curfews and electronic tracking bracelets on some…
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Downtown Bend businesses talk about the importance of Small Business Saturday
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Small Business Saturday is a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities. According to…
Continue ReadingWHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters
By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for…
Continue ReadingDutch election winner Geert Wilders is an anti-Islam firebrand known as the Dutch Donald Trump
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — He’s been called the Dutch Donald Trump. He’s been threatened with death…
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