Top Russian general who vanished after Wagner rebellion fired as head of aerospace forces
By Anna Chernova and Sarah Dean, CNN (CNN) — A top Russian general who went missing after the mercenary group Wagner’s insurrection in June…
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Pakistani children rescued from a broken cable car say they repeatedly feared they would die
By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Schoolchildren who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above…
Continue ReadingSuspected Chinese dissident rides jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea
CNN By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A jet ski rider detained by South Korea for allegedly entering the country…
Continue ReadingUnsealed documents detail how authorities justified the raid of a Kansas newspaper
By Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — Newly unsealed court records provide insight into how law enforcement justified a highly unusual raid of the…
Continue ReadingIndia becomes the fourth country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon
By Jackie Wattles, Manveena Suri and Vedika Sud, CNN (CNN) — India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the…
Continue ReadingSurprisingly durable US economy poses key question: Are we facing higher-for-longer interest rates?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A year ago, Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark warning: To fight persistently high…
Continue ReadingTwo tankers collided in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic in the vital waterway
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say two tankers have collided in a single-lane stretch of the Suez Canal, briefly…
Continue ReadingA Hong Kong court refused to ban a protest song. Now the government has been allowed to appeal
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government has been given the green light to appeal a court’s refusal to ban a…
Continue ReadingIran sentences 8 to prison over paramilitary’s death during last year’s nationwide protests
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over…
Continue ReadingAt least 17 killed as under construction bridge collapses in northeast India
By Manveena Suri and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — More than a dozen workers have been killed after a bridge under construction collapsed…
Continue ReadingConstruction platform at railroad bridge being built in India collapses, killing at least 26 workers
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Police say that a construction platform at a railroad bridge being built in northeastern…
Continue ReadingBus veers off main highway to Nepal’s capital. At least 8 killed and many more injured
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A passenger bus veered off a key highway and crashed in Nepal, killing at least eight people and injuring many more. Police…
Continue ReadingIndia lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club
By ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south…
Continue ReadingJapan’s military plagued by culture of harassment and fear, report finds
By Jessie Yeung and Francesca Annio, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A new report into Japan’s military has found what it says is an entrenched culture of…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after Wall Street rallied to its best day since June after…
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Bend Social Co. is new business aiming to help newcomers have fun and socialize
The Bend Social Co. is a new business offering a variety of activities to help newcomers both check out the community and make new…
Continue ReadingPhilippine supply boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the hotly contested South China Sea
By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA (AP) — As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats…
Continue ReadingAs oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press BULIISA, Uganda (AP) — Alex Wakitinti is worried about the sacred natural sites he tends in the large swath of…
Continue ReadingSuspected Chinese dissident rides jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea
By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A jet ski rider detained by South Korea for allegedly entering the country…
Continue ReadingHawaii officials urge families of people missing after deadly fires to give DNA samples
By AUDREY McAVOY, GENE JOHNSON and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii are pleading with…
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