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Month: August 2023

3 killed after firefighting helicopters collide in midair in Southern California, officials say

CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — Three people were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided in Southern California on Sunday while fighting a blaze in Riverside County, emergency officials said. One of the helicopters landed safely. “Unfortunately, the second helicopter crashed and tragically all three members perished, which included one Cal Fire Division chief, one Cal Fire

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3 killed after firefighting helicopters collide in midair in Southern California, officials say

CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — Three people were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided in Southern California on Sunday while fighting a blaze in Riverside County, emergency officials said. One of the helicopters landed safely. “Unfortunately, the second helicopter crashed and tragically all three members perished, which included one Cal Fire Division chief, one Cal Fire

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Por qué China tiene pocas buenas opciones para impulsar su tambaleante economía

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Hong Kong (CNN) — Cada pocos días, durante las últimas semanas, un desfile de líderes y responsables políticos chinos han prometido públicamente hacer más para impulsar la tambaleante economía, normalmente prometiendo apoyar al asediado sector privado. A veces, los inversores parecen haber ganado confianza con estas promesas, haciendo subir las acciones. Sin

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Philippines summons Chinese ambassador over water cannon incident in disputed South China Sea

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has summoned China’s ambassador to convey a strongly worded diplomatic protest over the Chinese coast guard’s use of water cannons against Philippine vessels in a confrontation in the disputed South China Sea. The tense standoff occurred Saturday near Second Thomas Shoal, which is

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Niger’s junta shuts airspace and accuses regional countries of planning to invade as deadline passes

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s mutinous soldiers closed the country’s airspace and accused foreign powers of preparing an attack, as the junta defied a deadline to reinstate the ousted president. State television announced the move Sunday night, hours before the deadline set by West African regional bloc ECOWAS, which has

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Engineers partially restore rail service after train derailed in southern Pakistan, killing 30

By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say engineers have partially restored passenger rail service in southern Pakistan, a day after a passenger train derailed there, killing at least 30 people and injuring 90 others. Local authorities have also handed over the bodies of all of the victims of Sunday’s train crash

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2 Southern California firefighters and a pilot were killed after a midair collision, officials say

CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — Three people were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided in Southern California on Sunday while fighting a blaze in Riverside County, emergency officials said. One of the helicopters landed safely. “Unfortunately, the second helicopter crashed and tragically all three members perished, which included one Cal Fire Division chief, one Cal Fire

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2 Southern California firefighters and a pilot were killed after a midair collision, officials say

CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — Three people were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided in Southern California on Sunday while fighting a blaze in Riverside County, emergency officials said. One of the helicopters landed safely. “Unfortunately, the second helicopter crashed and tragically all three members perished, which included one Cal Fire Division chief, one Cal Fire

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Tens of thousands of young scouts to evacuate world jamboree in South Korea as storm Khanun looms

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is preparing to evacuate tens of thousands of scouts from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, scouting officials said Monday. The World Organization of the Scout Movement said it received confirmation from South Korea’s government of the early departure for

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