By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — The European Commission’s top official has urged Montenegro to push ahead with its European Union integration process after the NATO member country elected a new government and ended a political stalemate that stalled the membership bid. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with top
Continue ReadingDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of garment factory workers have taken to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and the industrial district of Gazipur to demand better wages. Protests erupted over the weekend after BGMEA offered to increase the monthly minimum wage by 25% to reach $90, instead of the $208 demanded by the workers.
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the case Tuesday that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine, testifying at a Senate hearing as the administration’s massive $105 billion emergency aid request for conflicts in those countries and
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say remains of a person missing since devastating floods in western Germany more than two years ago have been found near the mouth of the small Ahr river, which in the summer of 2021 turned into a raging torrent. People collecting garbage in an area where the Ahr flows into the
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted a Russian businessman of exporting computer chips and other electronic products to the Russian arms and defense industry. The sales violated European Union sanctions. The court sentenced the man to 18 months in jail. The EU has slapped Moscow with a series of wide-ranging sanctions
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri men accused of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, including pushing bike racks that were being used as barricades into a police line, have been charged. Federal charges filed Monday in Washington, D.C., accuse 41-year-old Jared Luther Owens of Farmington and 49-year-old
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By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico near the popular resort town of Acapulco on October 25, devastating the coastal community. The category 5 hurricane, the strongest storm on record to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, devastated the tourist destination and home to 800,000 residents. At least 46 people are dead
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — En México la muerte es motivo de celebración: coloridos altares, panteones iluminados, calles tapizadas de anaranjado con la flor de cempasúchil, comida, bebida, música, calaveras y catrinas, todo esto para honrar la memoria de los que ya no están. El Día de Muertos es una tradición emblemática de la cultura
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — La exprometida de Matthew Perry rindió homenaje al fallecido actor, recordando a un hombre que tuvo un “profundo impacto” en su vida. Molly Hurwitz, quien estuvo en una relación con Perry de 2018 a 2021, publicó un homenaje a la estrella de “Friends” este lunes en Instagram. “Le encantaría que el
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The cosmos is full of mysteries waiting to be solved, and some of them appear especially eerie with the arrival of Halloween. A haunting “face” on Jupiter and a ghostly, skeletal hand-shaped nebula are just a couple of creepy celestial features recently spotted by NASA missions. Jupiter’s eerie ‘face’
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — U.N. experts are demanding the Taliban immediately release two women’s rights defenders in Afghanistan. Neda Parwan and Zholia Parsi have been in custody for over a month with no reasons given for their arrest. They have not been granted legal representation, charged with a crime or brought before a court. The experts
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police have opened fire on a woman who threatened to blow herself up and allegedly made death threats and spoke in support of terrorism on a train heading into Paris. The shooting Tuesday is the latest security incident in France, which has been on heightened anti-terror
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers us suing the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions, including signing off on pay raises for university employees that were previously approved. Evers on Tuesday is asking the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case directly,
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Tropical Storm Pilar is lashing Central America with heavy rains that have already been blamed for two deaths in El Salvador as it meanders off the Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday that Pilar was located about 160 miles south of San Salvador with winds
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is, today, a proud Disney property. You can find its spindly hero Jack Skellington across Disneyland during Halloween and Christmastime, and his skeletal smile adorns everything from pillowcases to backpacks to Build-a-Bear stuffed creatures. It’s one of the company’s most unique artistic achievements and a
Continue ReadingBy Elissa Garay, CNN (CNN) — Think of “ghost towns” and images of dusty, lost-to-time towns, like those in America’s Wild West, may come to mind. Indeed, in the second half of the 19th century, a slew of boomtown-gone-bust mining towns were deserted by residents as natural resources and economic viability dried up. Over time,
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers are feeling increasingly less confident these days as fears of an oncoming recession remain elevated. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 102.6 from 104.3 in September. The index measures both Americans’ assessment of current
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A high-ranking official from China has made a visit to military-ruled Myanmar to discuss security along the countries’ shared border. Myanmar state media reported Chinese State Council member and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met Myanmar’s Home Affairs minister, Lt. Gen. Yar Pyaeon Monday in the
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — New Kids on the Block have announced they are going on tour. The group will head out on the Magic Summer 2024 Tour, reimagined from their 1990 tour of the same name. Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood will all join. Also appearing for some
Continue Reading By Raja Razek and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A man armed with guns and explosive devices was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Colorado amusement park, potentially averting “an attack of devastating proportions,” officials said. The 20-year-old’s body was found in a women’s bathroom Saturday morning before the scheduled opening
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