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By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAMEGO, Portugal (AP) — Galego and Cabano, two dark-haired oxen, pulled the sacred image of Our Lady of Remedies on a procession float for more than two hours through this small town in Portugal’s wine country. They remained unperturbed even when two cannons fired salutes at the procession’s end, but
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The California professor who testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted her while they were in high school has written a memoir. Christine Blasey’s Ford’s “One Way Back” is scheduled for publication next March. According to St. Martin’s Press, she will share “riveting
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The California professor who testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted her while they were in high school has written a memoir. Christine Blasey’s Ford’s “One Way Back” is scheduled for publication next March. According to St. Martin’s Press, she will share “riveting
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — A senior prosecutor in Greece has ordered an investigation into allegations that officials in the disaster-hit central area of the country failed to complete flood defense projects on time. Extensive flooding across central Greece from a powerful storm last week killed 15 people and has caused widespread damage to property, farms
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fishing vessel owned by Greenland’s government will attempt to use a high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people that ran aground in the world’s northernmost national park, authorities said. Capt. Flemming Madsen of the Danish Joint Arctic Command
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) –– Al menos 5.300 personas habrían muerto y otras 10.000 están desaparecidas en Libia después de que las lluvias de la tormenta Daniel en el este del país causaran el colapso de dos represas, con lo que el agua fluyó hacia áreas ya inundadas. Tamer Ramadan, jefa de la delegación de la
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un vowed “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as the two leaders isolated by the West held a summit that the U.S. warns could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow’s war
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese boys-band production company at the center of an unfolding sexual abuse scandal, Johnny & Associates, has selected three former judges to head its effort to compensate hundreds of victims. The Tokyo-based agency also said it will not take its usual cut from its performers’ earnings
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El inicio de una investigación de juicio político contra un presidente debería ser un momento estremecedor en la historia de la nación. Sin embargo, cuando el presidente republicano de la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy, anunció este martes la apertura de una investigación de este tipo contra el presidente Joe
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian player who needed a kidney removed during the Basketball World Cup has been discharged from a Philippines hospital and was able to join his team for its silver-medal celebration in Belgrade. Borisa Simanic told Radio Belgrade that he must rest for three months and then the process of determining
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian space launch facility where President Vladimir Putin has hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reflects an ambitious attempt by Moscow to burnish its scientific glory that faded after the Soviet collapse. The Vostochny project cost billions of dollars but has been dogged by continuous delays, workers’ protests over wage
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press IMI N’TALA, Morocco (AP) — The stench of death wafted through the village of Imi N’Tala high up in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains four days after a deadly earthquake struck, slicing off a chunk of mountain, killing residents and razing the hamlet to the ground. Bulldozers, rescue crews
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Wang Bin, the former chairman of one of China’s biggest life insurers, will spend the rest of his life in jail after a court found him guilty of corruption. Wang, 64, was given a death sentence, suspended for two years, at the end of which he will
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Security guards from the Syrian president’s Baath party have fired shots at protesters trying to raid its local headquarters in southern Syria, wounding at least three people, activists said. The incident Wednesday marked a major escalation in anti-government protests over the past month that have otherwise been
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is starting to spin away from the northern Caribbean as the Category 3 storm aims for Atlantic Canada and leaves big waves in its wake. The storm was located about 430 miles (695 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda on Wednesday. It had winds of up to 115 miles
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Ariana Grande has revealed she’s taken a hiatus from lip fillers and Botox injections in recent years. Grande’s comments came during a video made for Vogue about her beauty secrets, during which she got candid — and emotional — about how her relationship with beauty has shifted over time.
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press IMI N’TALA, Morocco (AP) — The stench of death wafted through the village of Imi N’Tala high up in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains four days after a deadly earthquake struck, slicing off a chunk of mountain, killing residents and razing the hamlet to the ground. Bulldozers, rescue crews
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has announced that it’s upgrading its diplomatic ties with Venezuela to an “all weather” partnership. That’s a label reserved for a select few of Beijing’s diplomatic partners. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is on a state visit to China’s capital, his fifth as president. State broadcaster CCTV reported that he met with
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Kokomo, Indiana (CNN) — Normally a new, $2.5 billion factory, complete with 1,400 expected jobs, would be considered a good thing for a local economy. But not the battery plant in Kokomo, Indiana. “It’s a spit in the face,” said Gary Quirk, president of United Auto Workers Local 685. That’s because
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Germany snapped its five-game winless streak with a shock 2-1 victory against France on Tuesay. Versatile veteran Thomas Müller opened the scoring for Germany inside the opening five minutes of the match in front of a lively Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. As the game was nearing its conclusion,
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