MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian parliament’s lower house has approved a bill extending the upper age limit for the compulsory military draft from 27 to 30, a move that appears to be part of efforts by the Kremlin to expand the military during the fighting in Ukraine. All Russian men aged 18-27 are currently obliged
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Toronto police are seeking help from the public to identify three suspects who allegedly stole luxury vehicles from a car dealership. Police say they responded to a vehicle theft call just after 3:40 p.m. on Saturday at a dealership in the the downtown area of Dundas Street East and Carroll Street area.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Home prices remained high in May, dropping slightly from a year before when prices were near record highs and notching a monthly gain from April, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index released Tuesday. “The rally in US home prices continued in
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Emergency call center workers say their centers are understaffed, struggling to fill vacancies and plagued by worker burnout, according to a national survey released Tuesday. The survey conducted by the National Emergency Number Association in conjunction with Carbyne, a cloud technology company focused on emergency services, polled about 850 workers
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A digital poetry archive in Utah, slam poetry workshops in South Carolina and creative writing programs in New Mexico are among the initiatives being supported by more than $1 million in grants from the Academy of American Poets. On Tuesday, the academy announced its 2023 Fellowships, contributions of $50,000 each to
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The global economy is showing more resilience than economists previously thought — but, although some risks have abated, choppy waters could still be ahead, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. In its latest update to its World Economic Outlook, the agency said it expects global growth of 3%
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de China, Qin Gang, fue destituido drásticamente este martes, tras una prolongada ausencia de la escena pública, y sustituido por su predecesor, en una sorprendente e inusual sacudida de la cúpula de la polÃtica exterior del paÃs. La repentina medida, aprobada por el máximo órgano decisorio del
Continue ReadingCNN, WPVI, WSB By Danny Freeman (CNN) — An 83-year-old former pastor has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a neighboring pastor’s daughter in 1975, Pennsylvania officials announced Monday. The suspect, David Zandstra, was arrested on July 17 in Cobb County, Georgia, where investigators say he confessed to killing 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington nearly
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from public view and replaced by his predecessor in a surprising and highly unusual shake-up of the country’s foreign policy leadership. The sudden move, approved by the top decision-making body of China’s rubber-stamp parliament,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un ex pastor religioso de 83 años fue acusado de secuestrar y asesinar a la hija de un pastor vecino en 1975, anunciaron funcionarios de Pensilvania este lunes. El sospechoso, David Zandstra, fue arrestado el 17 de julio en el condado de Cobb, Georgia, donde los investigadores dicen que confesó
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China removed its sometimes outspoken foreign minister on Tuesday and replaced him with his predecessor at an unusually scheduled meeting, a move that has fueled rumors about the personal lives and political rivalries of China’s Communist Party elite. The step to remove Qin Gang after less than a year and replace him
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s ceremonial legislation has endorsed the promotion of Pan Gongsheng to serve as central bank governor. The widely anticipated announcement was the final major appointment of the ruling Communist Party’s once-a-decade change of power. Pan is a deputy central bank governor and veteran of China’s state-owned banking industry. He succeeds Yi Gang,
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s election oversight body said it would indict the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan next week on charges of publicly insulting its officials last year. Khan appeared before a special tribunal of the Election Commission of Pakistan along with his lawyers amid tight security in the
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a salvage team has begun siphoning oil out of a decaying oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen. For years, many organizations have warned that the neglected vessel, known as SOF Safer, may cause a major oil spill or even
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Fires raging through forests, mountain villages and towns in northern Algeria have left at least 34 people dead, with 23 of them in the coastal region of Bejaia, according to authorities and a local radio station keeping track of the grim toll. The blazes were being drastically curtailed. The Interior Ministry
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un exchef de la Casa Blanca que trabajaba para la familia Obama fue hallado muerto este lunes en un estanque en la costa sur de Martha’s Vineyard, según la PolicÃa de Massachusetts. Tafari Campbell, de 45 años, “fue empleado del expresidente Obama y estaba visitando Martha’s Vineyard en el momento
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli doctors have walked out of work while labor leaders are threatening a general strike and senior justices have rushed home from a trip abroad. Tuesday’s developments followed a day after the government approved a law weakening the country’s Supreme Court. Critics
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Traces of spices detected on a grinding slab and other stone tools unearthed in Vietnam reveal that curry was eaten in the region at least 2,000 years ago — and what was in the dish. The sandstone slab, buried 2 meters (6.5 feet) below the surface, was dug up in
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Traces of spices detected on a grinding slab and other stone tools unearthed in Vietnam reveal that curry was eaten in the region at least 2,000 years ago — and what was in the dish. The sandstone slab, buried 2 meters (6.5 feet) below the surface, was dug up in
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from public view and replaced by his predecessor in a surprising and highly unusual shake-up of the country’s foreign policy leadership. The sudden move, approved by the top decision-making body of China’s rubber-stamp parliament,
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