By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a bombing in southwestern Pakistan as people celebrated the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday has risen to 54 after two wounded patients died in hospitals overnight. A suspected suicide bomber or bombers blew themselves up Friday among a crowd in the Mastung district. No
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The Palm Springs Unified School District shared a GoFundMe page for a teacher who unexpectedly died. Ana Castillo died on Sept. 28. She was a Head Start teacher on the way to earning her MA, according to the GoFundMe. “She loved the children and families she worked with. It was her passion and she woke
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church.
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday insisted that the residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed a year ago “made their choice — to be with their Fatherland.” In an address released in the early hours to mark the first anniversary of the annexation,
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank. The Israeli military said that soldiers late Friday shot at two Palestinians who hurled Molotov cocktails at an army post near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The incident was the latest in a spiral
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s oldest film festival has been canceled amid controversy surrounding a politically sensitive documentary about the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt. The mayor of the city of Antalya announced the cancellation of the city’s Golden Orange Film Festival on Friday night after the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry withdrew its support
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By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Rome turned blue as Europe stunned the United States in a Ryder Cup opening battle for the ages at Marco Simone Golf Club on Friday. Having swept the visitors in the morning foursomes, a flurry of remarkable late shots in the closing fourballs saw the hosts stop Team USA
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is presiding over a ceremony to create 21 new cardinals. They include key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy. Among the new cardinals is the controversial new head of the Vatican’s doctrine
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CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN Plains, Georgia (CNN) — More than 14,000 people have written to Jimmy Carter for his 99th birthday. The wishes, posted in a digital mosaic created by The Carter Center, come from around the world: an Ohio family thanks the 39th US president for being an example of “how to live”;
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Plains, Georgia (CNN) — More than 14,000 people have written to Jimmy Carter for his 99th birthday. The wishes, posted in a digital mosaic created by The Carter Center, come from around the world: an Ohio family thanks the 39th US president for being an example of “how to live”; a
Continue ReadingTEUTOPOLIS, Ill. (AP) — Police say a semitruck carrying ammonia overturned in an Illinois county, spilling the chemical and causing an evacuation of area residents. WCIA-TV reports the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened on Friday night less than 1 mile east of Teutopolis near an intersection of Route 40. Residents were evacuated
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un grupo de soldados ucranianos avanza rápidamente por un campo de entrenamiento de primera línea, superando obstáculos y disparando a objetivos lejanos. Están afinando sus habilidades de batalla aquí, mientras la contraofensiva de Ucrania contra las fuerzas rusas se desarrolla a pocos kilómetros al sur. Destaca un combatiente, Danilo, al
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By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Zaporizhzhia, southern Ukraine (CNN) — A group of Ukrainian soldiers moves swiftly through a front-line training ground, overcoming obstacles and firing at distant targets. They are fine-tuning their battle skills here as Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces rages just few miles to the south.
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CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Zaporizhzhia, southern Ukraine (CNN) — A group of Ukrainian soldiers moves swiftly through a front-line training ground, overcoming obstacles and firing at distant targets. They are fine-tuning their battle skills here as Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces rages just few miles to the
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — An official Chinese survey says the country’s factory activity has recorded its first expansion in six months. It’s another sign that the world’s second-largest economy is gradually improving following its post-pandemic malaise. The government statistics bureau and an official industry group said Saturday that the monthly purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.2
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his nation hosting the talks, dismissing those who “just go on the attack without knowing anything, without knowing who we are.” Climate activists roundly criticized Sultan al-Jaber’s
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine hosted an international defense industry conference as part of a government effort to ramp up weapons production within the country to repel Russia’s full-scale invasion and reduce foreign dependence on arms deliveries. The event marked a new development in support of Ukraine, with the previous
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New information obtained by News Channel 3 reveals new details about former Desert Health Care District Dr. Conrado Bárzaga’s contract and final pay, suggesting he was terminated without cause. The documents reveal he was paid a severance of 6-months salary, totaling nearly 150-thousand dollars, along with over 34-thousand dollars in vacation time among other things. The
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is facing an uphill battle to win new hearts in his efforts to unseat the nationalist conservative government in Poland’s upcoming parliamentary election. The ex-prime minister and former European Union leader returned to Polish politics several years ago, seeking to breathe
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