The world’s first gene therapy for sickle cell and thalassemia has been approved
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment…
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Kenya’s high court extends a block on sending police to Haiti even as parliament approves deployment
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s high court has extended orders blocking the deployment of police officers to…
Continue ReadingChristian democrats, liberals announce 2-party coalition to run Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Luxembourg’s Christian Democrats and free-trade liberals have announced a two-party center-right coalition that will run the…
Continue ReadingPedro Sánchez reelected Spain’s prime minister despite controversy over amnesty for separatists
By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s acting Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has won a…
Continue ReadingEU Commission to extend use of glyphosate for 10 more years after member countries fail to agree
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission will continue the use of the controversial chemical herbicide…
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Xi Jinping hints China could send new pandas to US as ‘envoys of friendship’
By Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping suggested Wednesday China could send new pandas to the United States, calling…
Continue ReadingVote counting starts in Madagascar election marked by low turnout and boycotted by most candidates
By SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Polling stations have closed and counting of votes is underway in…
Continue ReadingLong-haul carrier Emirates orders 15 Airbus A350 after engine dispute during Dubai Air Show
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The airline Emirates says it will purchase 15 additional Airbus A350-900s worth…
Continue ReadingXi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their…
Continue ReadingGerman railway runs much-reduced schedule as drivers’ union stages a 20-hour strike
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national railway operator is running a drastically reduced schedule after a union called a 20-hour strike aimed at…
Continue ReadingRefugees who fled to India after latest fighting in Myanmar have begun returning home, officials say
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Officials say more than half of the estimated 5,000 refugees who fled the heavy fighting…
Continue ReadingIndian authorities contact Thai cave rescue team as urgency increases to reach trapped men
By Rhea Mogul, Sania Farooqui and Aishwarya Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Indian authorities trying to rescue dozens of workers trapped for more…
Continue ReadingDavid Cameron visits the Ukrainian port of Odesa, his first overseas trip as the UK’s top diplomat
By ILLIA NOVIKOV and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — David Cameron has traveled to the Ukrainian port of Odesa in his first…
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One stat in Bend’s 8-month report card on new camping code might surprise many: No citations have been issued
Of all the slides and stats and details laid out in an eight-month progress report on the city of Bend’s new camping code Wednesday night, perhaps…
Continue ReadingGerman authorities raid properties linked to group suspected of promoting Iranian ideology
BERLIN (AP) — The German government says police have raided 54 locations across the country in an investigation of a Hamburg-based organization…
Continue ReadingTurkish parliamentary committee delays decision on Sweden’s NATO membership bid
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has opened a debate on Sweden’s bid to join NATO but adjourned…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street drifts amid worries about profits and hopes for a just-right economy
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed finish Thursday as Wall Street’s momentum slowed following its hot…
Continue ReadingUN Human Rights Chief ‘alarmed’ by reported abuse of Afghan refugees in Pakistan
By Akanksha Sharma, CNN (CNN) — United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said he is “alarmed” by reports that Afghan refugees are…
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‘People are desperate to learn more’: COCC holds talk examining Middle East conflict, featuring noted professor
COCC students, faculty and members of the community gathered in Wille Hall Wednesday for the History Department’s free event “Understanding…
Continue ReadingInternet, phone networks collapse in Gaza, threatening to worsen humanitarian crisis
By WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Internet and telephone services collapsed across the…
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