By Victoria Butenko, Christian Edwards and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine claims it has now disabled a third of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet after its military intelligence said it sank another Russian warship in a sea drone attack off the coast of Crimea on Wednesday. Russia’s landing ship Caesar Kunikov was attacked with “MAGURA”
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A mysterious shipwreck suddenly appeared on the shores of a Newfoundland coastal community last month, believed to have been dislodged from the seabed by a fierce storm. Now, as a new storm barrels toward eastern Canada, the community is in a race against time to save it. The wreck,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony’s profit rose 13% in October-December on growing sales of music, image sensors and video games. Tokyo Sony Corp.’s quarterly profit totaled 363.9 billion yen, or $2.4 billion, according to data released Wednesday. Quarterly sales for the maker of PlayStation game
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu temple, the largest in the United Arab Emirates, boosting his credentials as a global statesman months before he heads to the polls in a nationwide election where he is seeking a rare third term in power. The
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says hundreds of rescuers have been deployed to search for at least nine workers who are reported missing after a massive landslide engulfed a gold mine in eastern Turkey. The landslide struck the Copler mine in the town of Ilic in Turkey’s mountainous Erzincan province on Tuesday. Footage
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians have voted for a new president Wednesday as the world’s third-largest democracy aspires to become a global economic powerhouse a quarter-century after shaking off a brutal dictatorship. Voting ended Wednesday afternoon with no major problems reported across the archipelago. Early and unofficial
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Legislature has approved a bill aimed at reducing pollution from cars and trucks by creating financial incentives for transportation fuel producers and importers to lower the carbon intensity of their products. The Senate voted 26-15 Tuesday to send the bill to Democratic New
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Myron Amey Jr. scored 25 points as San Jose State beat Air Force 73-66 on Tuesday night. Amey added three steals for the Spartans (9-16, 2-10 Mountain West Conference). Alvaro Cardenas Torre scored 22 points while going 6 of 9 and 10 of 12 from the
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Catherine Nicholls, Niamh Kennedy and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Panic is soaring in Rafah as desperate Palestinians decide whether to flee the last refuge in Gaza as Israel draws up plans for a ground offensive that the United Nations aid chief has warned could lead to “a slaughter.” A growing number
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran early Wednesday, with an official blaming the blasts on a “sabotage and terrorist action” in the country as tensions remain high in the Middle East amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Details were
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Voting for a new Indonesian president and thousands of other posts in one of the world’s largest elections closed Wednesday with no major problems reported. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and two former provincial governors vied to succeed the still-immensely popular President Jokowi Widodo.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democrat Tom Suozzi is heading back to Congress after defeating Republican Mazi Pilip in the special election to replace serial fabulist and expelled former GOP Rep. George Santos. The result will further narrow the GOP’s already thin House majority and hand President Joe Biden’s party a boost as the
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democrat Tom Suozzi is heading back to Congress after defeating Republican Mazi Pilip in the special election to replace serial fabulist and expelled former GOP Rep. George Santos. The result will further narrow the GOP’s already thin House majority and hand President Joe Biden’s party a boost as
Continue ReadingTIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s cybersecurity authorities are accusing a hacker group “sponsored” by the Iranian government of attacking the country’s Institute of Statistics earlier this month. The institute on Feb. 1 reported becoming a target of a “sophisticated cyberattack” and that some systems were affected. The National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Love is in the air … and the mail … in the northern Colorado city of Loveland. Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the world route their Valentines to the “Sweetheart City” to get a special inscription and the coveted Loveland postmark. The
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had 25 points and eight assists, Anthony Davis had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the NBA-worst Detroit Pistons 125-111 Tuesday night for their fifth win in six games. D’Angelo Russell scored 21 points and hit four 3-pointers
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press New Mexico’s Legislature has approved a bill aimed at reducing pollution from cars and trucks by creating financial incentives for transportation fuel producers and importers to lower the carbon intensity of their products. The Senate voted 26-15 Tuesday to send the bill to Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham,
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Nadine Menendez, wife of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, got a diamond engagement ring as part of extensive bribes the couple received in exchange for the senator’s influence, according to a new filing from prosecutors. The ring was purchased for Nadine Menendez as part of a $150,000 bribe for
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 28 points, Devin Booker added 25 and the Phoenix Suns outlasted the Sacramento Kings 130-125 on Tuesday night. Eric Gordon had 23 points, filling in nicely for starting guard Bradley Beal, who left with a hamstring injury after just five minutes on the
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a truck slammed into passenger vehicles in Egypt’s Mediterranean province of Alexandria, killing at least 15 people. The crash happened late Tuesday in Amreya district, west of Alexandria city. Eight other people were injured, according to a police report. The report said the truck slammed into four microbuses, a
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