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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Eight Indonesian fishermen are feared drowned and another 11 have been rescued after spending almost a week without food or water on an island off the Australian coast in the wake of a tropical cyclone. Two fishing boats were caught in the path of Cyclone Ilsa
Continue Reading By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and MEHDI EL AREM Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians are on the front lines of a battle against an increasingly severe drought, now in its fifth year in the north African country, with the government issuing a sudden order to its population to ration their water usage from April
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Once pescadores indonesios fueron rescatados este lunes de la diminuta isla de Bedwell, frente a la costa occidental de Australia, después de que dos barcos pesqueros fueran destruidos por el ciclón tropical Ilsa, según un comunicado de la Autoridad Australiana de Seguridad Marítima (AMSA). Los once pescadores estuvieron seis días sin
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By Isabel Rosales, Holly Yan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Six people — including four teenagers — have been arrested and now face murder charges in connection with the deadly rampage at a weekend Sweet 16 birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama, authorities say. Willie George Brown Jr., 19, was arrested Thursday and charged with four counts
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a fire at a Beijing hospital has risen to 29, including 26 patients, authorities said Wednesday. A nurse, a medical assistant and a family member also died, said Li Zongrong, deputy head of the Fengtai district. The fire at the private Changfeng Hospital that broke out Tuesday afternoon
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Families of some of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school shooting are making another plea for tighter gun laws. Texas Republican lawmakers on Tuesday were set to allow proposals for stricter gun laws to get a hearing in the state Capitol,
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, Wayne Chang and CNN’s Beijing bureau The deadliest fire to hit the Chinese capital in two decades killed 29 people in a hospital Tuesday, but most people didn’t hear about it until several hours later, and even then the details were slim as authorities kept a tight lid on details. As flames
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Numerosos países asiáticos están batiendo récords de temperatura, mientras la brutal ola de calor del mes de abril sigue afectando a gran parte del continente. Laos ha sido el último país en batir un nuevo récord histórico, ya que este martes Luang Prabang alcanzó los 42,7° C (109° F), según el
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Free syringes, crack pipes, and other drug supplies are currently being handed out in Palm Springs, and they’ll also soon be available in vending machines. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut took a closer look at the new harm reduction program, which is generating strong opinions. In a Palm Springs church parking lot on a recent
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound. The Defender, a 92-foot-long (28-meter-long) boat, was found Sunday by a team led by Richard Simon, a commercial diver from Coventry, Connecticut. Simon said
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan, Wayne Chang and CNN’s Beijing bureau The deadliest fire to hit the Chinese capital in two decades killed 29 people in a hospital Tuesday, but most people didn’t hear about it until several hours later, and even then the details were slim as authorities kept a tight lid on details. As
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Sophie Jeong, CNN China is making “significant progress” building the country’s fifth research facility in Antarctica after a several years-long lull in construction, according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). New support facilities and groundwork for a larger structure have appeared at the site following
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN Battlefield losses and Western sanctions have left the Russian military in a state of decline, but Moscow will still have enough firepower to extend the war in Ukraine, according to a new independent analysis. The report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies gives stark numbers of Russian military losses
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has built its first-ever military spy satellite and that he planned to launch it on an undisclosed date, state media reported Wednesday. Previous missile and rocket tests have demonstrated that North Korea can
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Police in Hawaii have vowed to step up illegal gambling enforcement after one of the most serious shootings in state history called attention to the dangers that come with cockfighting, which has deep roots in the islands and remains popular despite being illegal. The shooting early
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — In many school shootings, the person who pulled the trigger — often a current or former student — is the only one blamed for the crime. But the arrest last week of a mother, whose 6-year-old son shot his teacher, and a
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By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — As spring starts to blossom in New England, some Vermont communities come to life with the sites and sounds of written verse. “These are the honey makers The maple sap tappers The pollen gatherers The elixirs healing the future from the spirits of the past,” a
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — As spring starts to blossom in New England, some Vermont communities come to life with the sites and sounds of written verse. “These are the honey makers The maple sap tappers The pollen gatherers The elixirs healing the future from the spirits of the past,” a
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police and marines in Mexico’s capital have arrested an alleged senior leader of the Mara Salvatrucha gang who is wanted in the United States for extortion, drug distribution and terrorism-related charges. Mexico City’s Secretariat of Citizen Security said Salvadoran José Wilfredo Ayala-Alcántara, alias El Indio de Hollywood, was arrested in the
Continue Reading By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw ended his outing with a fired-up scream and then capped his milestone night with a champagne toast from teammates. The left-hander delivered a vintage performance for his 200th win, pitching seven splendid innings of three-hit ball as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New
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