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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were trading mixed Wednesday ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated speech later in the week. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5% to finish at 32,010.26. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.4% to 7,148.40. South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.5% to 2,503.28. Hong Kong’s Hang
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The Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM) has set up an Indiegogo page to help Cathedral City residents recover from Tropical Storm Hilary. Cathedral City was the site of many rescues, including at the Cathedral Canyon Mobile Home Park. First responders also rescued 58 residents rescued from neighborhoods in the area of Date Palm Drive near
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CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Tim Lister, Svitlana Vlasova, Mariya Knight, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Eve Brennan, Olga Voitovych and Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces appear to have stepped up their efforts to weaken Russian air superiority in the war by attacking bases that house supersonic warplanes deep inside Russian territory. Kyiv said it had
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By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1990s, on his first day of work at a fine-dining restaurant, rookie chef Simon Rogan was led out of the kitchen’s back door. Waiting for him in the alley were a box of oyster shells and a piece of sandpaper. “(The chef) wanted me to
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — After three months of crossing the desert and then watching other migrants die at sea in his failed attempt to reach Europe, Sahr John Yambasu gave up on getting across the Mediterranean and decided to go back home. The 29-year-old from Sierra Leone reached Niger in
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Newly released audio disproves Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim on CNN that he was misquoted by The Atlantic about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Ramaswamy’s inaccurate insistence that he was misquoted about 9/11 in the magazine’s Monday article came during a contentious on-air exchange that
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Newly released audio disproves Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim on CNN that he was misquoted by The Atlantic about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Ramaswamy’s inaccurate insistence that he was misquoted about 9/11 in the magazine’s Monday article came during a contentious on-air exchange
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El primer ministro de Japón, Fumio Kishida, dijo este martes que su gobierno había decidido formalmente comenzar a descargar al mar las aguas residuales nucleares tratadas acumuladas en la central nuclear Fukushima Daiichi de TEPCO este jueves “si no encuentran obstáculos”. El primer ministro Kishida dijo que “anticiparemos el 24 de
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Lianne Cooper of Rancho Mirage was on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Palm Springs on Sunday evening when the plane experienced a hard landing in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary. “It was a pretty hard jolt,” recounted Cooper. She said the energy inside the plane turned tense when it became obvious to
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Este lunes, el presidente de Chile Gabriel Boric decretó estado de catástrofe en las regiones de O’Higgins, Maule, Ñuble y del Biobío debido a un intenso sistema frontal meteorológico que afecta al país desde este fin de semana. Las lluvias han ocasionado el desborde de ríos, inundaciones, derrumbes y anegamientos
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian defenses downed Ukrainian drones in Moscow and the region around the capital early Wednesday, the defense ministry and the mayor said. No casualties were reported. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said one drone fell into a building under construction in Moscow City, a prestigious business complex hit by drones twice before.
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As we all continue our cleanup of the Coachella Valley in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary, I wanted to take a deeper look at exactly how much water flowed through the valley. I looked into how much water our washes saw from Hilary and how much water they can handle. Credit: Peter Daut The
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines on Tuesday said it had successfully delivered supplies to marines aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated military outpost in the contested South China Sea, despite attempts by Chinese vessels to block the mission. The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said in a statement
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Las inundaciones provocadas por la tormenta provocaron el cierre de varias carreteras en el valle de Coachella. El martes, varias carreteras, incluida la Interestatal 10, habían sido reabiertas. Esta es una lista de los anuncios oficiales de cierre, sin embargo, los funcionarios dijeron que en un momento dado, un determinado camino puede estar abierto o
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece have found the bodies of 18 people thought to have been migrants who entered the country from Turkey. The discovery near the city of Alexandroupolis comes as hundreds of firefighters battle dozens
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY, GENE JOHNSON and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii are pleading with relatives of those missing after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century to come forward and give DNA samples. Officials said Tuesday that the low number provided so far threatens to hinder
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Several closed roads due to the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hilary is still causing traffic backups throughout the Valley. People trying to get back into their daily routines are having to find alternate routes. At the Monterey and Dinah Shore intersection in Palm Desert, cars waiting bumper to bumper in all directions on Tuesday afternoon.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had a two-run single in the ninth inning that bounced off Camilo Doval’s glove and into center field, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. Philadelphia increased its lead to four games over San Francisco in the
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