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By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press BONGA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people who fled their homes in the central Philippines to escape a restive volcano have to contend with another threat that’s complicating the ongoing evacuations: monsoon rains that could be unleashed by an approaching typhoon. More than 6,000 villagers have been
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” — a safety precaution amid catastrophic flooding from the collapse of a nearby dam as Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th
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By Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — As horse racing’s elite saddle up for the final race of the coveted Triple Crown at New York’s Belmont Stakes, the sport’s top trainers will face off for their share of the $1.5 million purse at
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Can humans and rats live together? That’s what city leaders in Paris are trying to find out. The French capital, like many metropolises, has a notorious rodent problem. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is forming a committee to study “cohabitation” – to what extent humans and rodents can live
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una mujer de Tennessee fue acusada tras presuntamente intentar contratar a un asesino a sueldo para matar a la esposa de un hombre que conoció en un sitio de citas. Melody Sasser, de 47 años y residente en Knoxville, Tennessee, fue detenida el mes pasado por supuestamente intentar organizar el
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says an explosion at a rocket and explosives plant in Turkey caused a building to collapse, killing all five workers inside. The explosion occurred at around 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the compound of the state-owned Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation, on the outskirts of the capital, Ankara. Gov. Vasip
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a memorial service in northeast Afghanistan that killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 others. Thursday’s service at a mosque in Badakhshan province was for an official who was killed in a car bombing that was also claimed by
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn New York (CNN) — When Apple unveiled its ambitious and very pricey new mixed reality headset earlier this week, executives ticked through a long list of impressive specs, teased big name partnerships and showed off a perfectly produced promo video. But there was one thing Apple’s execs did not do during the
Continue ReadingBy Junko Ogura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Two airplanes have “highly likely collided” with each other at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japanese public broadcaster NHK is reporting, citing the country’s transport ministry. The two passenger aircraft involved belonged to EVA Air and Thai Airways and are thought to have come
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Multiple victims were struck by bullets during a mass shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District Friday night, but authorities said there were no fatalities. “We can confirm there are 9 shooting victims — all are expected to survive their injuries,” the San Francisco Police Department said in a tweet. Police said
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — When US President Joe Biden visited Poland in February, his second visit in less than a year, it was something of a vindication for the Polish government. A clear sign that Poland was still a key ally – despite accusations that its government is undermining democracy and the rule
Continue Reading CNN By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Raging wildfires in Canada have already scorched about 15 times the normal burned area for this time of the year: nearly 11 million acres — more than double the size of New Jersey — with more than 2 million acres concentrated in Quebec alone. Canada’s fire season is
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Australian surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia’s deeply conservative Muslim province of Aceh is set to be deported to his country after he agreed to apologize and pay compensation. Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, 23, from Queensland, was detained in late April on Simeulue
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una cadena de restaurantes de sushi decidió demandar a un estudiante de secundaria por 67 millones de yenes (US$ 480.000) después de que unas imágenes en las redes sociales le mostraran lamiéndose el dedo y tocando un plato de sushi cuando pasaba por delante de él en la cinta transportadora,
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Multiple victims were struck by bullets during a mass shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District Friday night, but authorities said there were no fatalities. “We can confirm there are 9 shooting victims — all are expected to survive their injuries,” the San Francisco Police Department said in a tweet. Police said
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Raging wildfires in Canada have already scorched about 15 times the normal burned area for this time of the year: nearly 11 million acres — more than double the size of New Jersey — with more than 2 million acres concentrated in Quebec alone. Canada’s fire season is only
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Chris Lau and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Rome and Pisa (CNN) — Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, has been admitted to a hospital in Milan, his spokesman has told CNN. Berlusconi’s latest stay at the San Raffaele hospital comes ahead of a big meeting of his party planned for Saturday.
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TOKYO (AP) — Two passenger planes have bumped into each other on a runway at a major Tokyo airport. No injuries were reported in Saturday’s accident. Government official Isamu Yamane said a Thai Airways International jet headed to Bangkok accidentally hit an Eva Airways plane headed to Taipei at Haneda airport. The runway was temporarily
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Dos aviones “muy probablemente chocaron” entre sí en el aeropuerto de Haneda en Tokio, informó la emisora pública japonesa NHK, citando al Ministerio de Transporte del país. Los dos aviones de pasajeros implicados pertenecían a EVA Air y Thai Airways y se cree que entraron en contacto entre sí cerca
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee woman was indicted on federal charges after allegedly attempting to hire a hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on a dating site. Melody Sasser, 47, of Knoxville, was taken into custody last month for allegedly trying to arrange the murder. She was indicted
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