By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is confident of securing bipartisan political support in the United States for a deal to provide his country with submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology. He and other Australian officials will be discussing the partnership with the U.S. and
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– El fiscal especial Jack Smith, quien lidera la investigación sobre el manejo de documentos clasificados, acusó al expresidente Donald Trump de cargos adicionales este jueves. Los fiscales sostienen en la acusación actualizada que dos empleados de Trump, Walt Nauta y Carlos De Oliveira, intentaron borrar videos de seguridad en el resort de
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has lifted a requirement that the Central African Republic get advance U.N. approval for arms purchases and transfers for its security forces. But it kept an arms embargo on mercenaries and all other armed groups despite vehement opposition from the country’s
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7/28/23 Update 8:30 p.m. The Sunset Fire was reported fully contained at 7:09 p.m. Friday, according to Cal Fire. 7/28/23 Update 3:40 p.m. Investigators determined the cause of the fire was arson. A 45-year-old man was arrested and faces multiple counts of arson as well as possession of methamphetamine. 7/28/23 Update 1:30 p.m. The Sunset
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered remarks in Washington, DC, Thursday, paying tribute to the nation’s 33rd president – who, 75 years ago this week, signed an executive order desegregating the US military – while issuing a scathing rebuke of Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who’s now blocked more than 270 military
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, SENATE TV, U.S. SENATE, @SENSCHUMER By Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered remarks in Washington, DC, Thursday, paying tribute to the nation’s 33rd president – who, 75 years ago this week, signed an executive order desegregating the US military – while issuing a scathing rebuke of Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville,
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has stepped up its alarm over China’s assertiveness in the region, its growing military ties to Russia and its claims on Taiwan in a defense paper that is the first under Tokyo’s new security strategy calling for a major military buildup. This year’s edition of the
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The brother of local martial arts instructor, Ramon Diaz, is reacting to the charges facing two men in connection with his murder. Tony Diaz spoke exclusively with News Channel 3’s Samantha Lomibao, after the two men suspected in the 2018 fatal shooting of Ramon in Cathedral City were charged on Thursday. Troy Walter Edmund, 44, and
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel, Kaitlan Collins, Sara Murray, Alayna Treene, Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s defense lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith met Thursday in Washington, DC, without the former president’s team getting any guidance about timing of a possible indictment, sources familiar with the matter told
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS VALDEZ and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia is now using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar for international financial transactions
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press New charges — and a new defendant — added to the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump underscore how the Mar-a-Lago investigation is still very much ongoing, even as the focus has been on an expected indictment in a separate case related to the
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By Mick Krever and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, on Thursday joined a group of Jewish Israelis in visiting what is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary, drawing condemnation from Palestinian authorities and Israel’s neighbors. “This
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Asia comprises about 30% of the world’s land mass. But there seems to be one consensus about which spot is the best for drinking on this massive continent: Hong Kong’s Coa, which was crowned the Best Bar in Asia for a record third year in a row.
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Some little kids grow up dreaming of being pilots. Silva McLeod wasn’t one of them. During her childhood on the Tongan island of Vava’u, she didn’t even know that being a pilot was a possible career. But whenever a plane flew over the thatched hut she lived in with
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Corea del Norte exhibió sus tropas y equipo militar durante un desfile en Pyongyang para conmemorar el aniversario número 70 del armisticio de la guerra de Corea, informó el medio estatal KCNA. Corea del Norte, China y Rusia conmemoran el “DÃa de la Victoria” de hace 70 años, mientras se alinean en
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War, with a vote Thursday on a massive defense spending bill. Advancing on a
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Authorities in the Philippines say a small ferry turned upside down when passengers suddenly crowded to one side in panic as fierce winds lashed the wooden vessel. At least 26 people died and 40 were rescued in Laguna de Bay southeast of Manila after Thursday’s accident.
Continue Reading By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The number of deaths across Mexico due to extreme heat has hit 249 over the past four months, its Ministry of Health has reported. A hundred deaths were registered in Nuevo León, 28 in Tamaulipas, 26 in Veracruz, and 26 in Sonora between March 19 and July 22. The
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un grupo de astrónomos detectó vapor de agua girando en las inmediaciones de una estrella cercana, lo que indica que los planetas que se forman a su alrededor podrÃan albergar vida algún dÃa. El joven sistema planetario, conocido como PDS 70, se encuentra a 370 años luz de distancia. La estrella
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith expanded his classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, making significant new allegations that Trump and his employees attempted to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage sought by the grand jury investigating the mishandling of the government records. The new charges were presented
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