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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Witnesses say violent unrest is escalating in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as federal security forces clash with a local ethnic militia. The deputy prime minister in an unusually outspoken statement called the situation “increasingly grave.” Ethiopia’s second most populous region has been gripped by instability since April.
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo is reporting a 52% increase in profit for the first fiscal quarter following the success of its Super Mario movie and the new Zelda video game. Demand was strong for Nintendo Switch game software, which received a boost from this year’s release of the film.
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years. Oceanographer Peter
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years. Oceanographer Peter
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A parliamentary vote to select Thailand’s new prime minister is being delayed again, nearly three months after a progressive party won national elections. The Constitutional Court said Thursday it needs more time to deliberate on whether to accept a petition asking whether a move barring Move Forward
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON, NICOLE WINFIELD and HELENA ALVES Associated Press CASCAIS, Portugal (AP) — From a university campus to a seaside town, Pope Francis challenged young people on Thursday to make the world a more just and inclusive place, as he focused the second day of his Portugal trip on inspiring students to use their
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A highway bridge in northern China has collapsed due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains, and two cars have fallen into the river. There were no known casualties as of Thursday afternoon after the bridge collapsed along the Harbin-Mudanjiang Highway in Heilongjiang province, according to state media.
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi continued his impressive start with Major League soccer team Inter Miami as he scored twice in a 3-1 win against Orlando City in the Leagues Cup. The Argentine star, playing his third game since moving to the United States from Paris Saint-Germain, opened the scoring on Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas brought in 400 million euros ($437 million) from the first release of Yeezy sneakers left over after breaking ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, as the German sportswear maker tries to offload the unsold shoes and donate part of the
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling damaged a landmark church Thursday in the Ukrainian city of Kherson that until last year held the remains of Prince Grigory Potemkin, an 18th-century Russian military commander who encouraged Catherine the Great to expand the Russian Empire into what is now southern Ukraine. Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — Black parents and their children are more likely to experience unfair treatment when seeking medical care than others, a new study from the Urban Institute found. The study, released earlier this week, is based on data from the nonprofit’s Health Reform Monitoring Survey, the latest round of which was
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By Jennifer Henderson, Paula Newton and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are separating, Trudeau announced on his Instagram account Wednesday. Trudeau said after “many meaningful and difficult conversations” with Sophie, “we have made the decision to separate.” “As always, we remain a close family
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has heard a petition against a law that protects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from being removed from office over claims of a conflict of interest because of his ongoing corruption trial. A few dozen people protested outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Thursday. Judges heard the petition by
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Family members of US Army Pvt. Travis King said Wednesday night that they had no reason to believe the soldier, who last month crossed the border between North and South Korea in the demilitarized zone separating the two nations, would defect from the US military. Jaqueda Gates, King’s
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A soccer club in Coachella will have to wait a little longer to start their games after they were recently struck by vandals. The “Coachella Youth Sports Association” soccer league, or CYSA, say someone burned their portable restrooms used during soccer matches. This happened Tuesday night at the soccer fields in Coachella along Avenue 53. They
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Organizers announced the winners of the 2023 iPhone Photography Awards on Monday. From Mexico to Sweden, from the macro to the micro, these images show us the scenes, senses and emotions of our world this past year, as seen by iPhone and iPad users. The 16th edition of the
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — The former mayor of a Maryland college town pleaded guilty Wednesday to 140 charges stemming from child pornography possession and distribution, prosecutors said. Patrick Wojahn had served as the mayor of College Park for about eight years before his resignation and arrest in March. Wojahn pleaded
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of blasphemy and hate speech in Indonesia after his decision to allow women to preach and pray beside men sparked a backlash in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. Panji Gumilang, 77, who runs the Al-Zaytun boarding school in the district of
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Blackpink singer Jisoo is dating actor Ahn Bo-hyun, the stars’ talent agencies said, in a rare departure from the secrecy that typically surrounds celebrity relationships in South Korea. Ahn’s agency FN Entertainment confirmed the relationship to CNN on Thursday after local media reports that the pair
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Eighty years ago, then-US Navy lieutenant and future US President John F. Kennedy heroically swam between Pacific islands to help save the crew of his torpedo boat that had been destroyed by a Japanese warship during World War II. Kennedy’s heroism as the commander of PT-109 helped set the
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