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Month: July 2022

Ukraine official says Russia strikes ‘absolute terrorism’

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missile strikes early Monday on Ukraine’s second-largest city killed at least three people and injured scores, including children, the local administrator said, describing the attacks in Kharkiv as “absolute terrorism.” Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syneihubov said on Telegram that the Russian forces only hit civilian

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Why the A380 superjumbo is staging a comeback

Jacopo Prisco, CNN The post-pandemic recovery of commercial aviation may have an early, unlikely protagonist: the A380 superjumbo. The world’s largest passenger plane seemed to be on the scrapheap just two years ago, as airlines grappled with the spread of the coronavirus. The entire fleet was grounded, many of the planes went into long-term storage,

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Japan’s Kishida calls for unity to achieve Abe’s unmet goals

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Boosted by a new election mandate, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday called for party unity for political stability and to achieve the assassinated former leader Shinzo Abe’s unfinished goals of strengthening the military and revising the war-renouncing constitution. Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party and its

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A sprinkler system has been installed in the forest and a cabin wrapped in foil as wildfire threatens Yosemite’s beloved sequoias

CNN, EPA.GOV, NWCG.GOV, YOSEMITE FIRE AND AVIATION, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, PARK SERVICE By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Watts and Dakin Andone, CNN Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park’s legendary giant sequoias, taking protective measures like installing a sprinkler system to dampen the ground around one of the park’s

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Aboriginal flag to permanently replace state flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge

Oscar Holland, CNN Australia’s Aboriginal flag will replace the New South Wales state flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge, after officials scrapped a 25 million Australian dollar ($17 million) scheme that would have accommodated both. In a statement announcing the decision Monday, New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet said the landmark will provide an “everyday

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Japan shares rise after election; rest of region declines

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares retreated Monday, except in Japan, where the benchmark Nikkei 225 index rallied after a landslide parliamentary election victory by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Concerns about global inflation and interruptions to economic activity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic are adversely affecting investor sentiment

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Japan shares rise after election; rest of region declines

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares retreated Monday, except in Japan, where the benchmark Nikkei 225 index rallied after a landslide parliamentary election victory by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Concerns about global inflation and interruptions to economic activity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic are adversely affecting investor sentiment

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