ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A group of 25 state governors that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance and the Biden administration announced a pledge Thursday to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030, from 4.7 million to 20 million. Heat pumps use little electricity, yet are able to heat and cool
Continue ReadingISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A group of 25 state governors that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance and the Biden administration announced a pledge Thursday to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030, from 4.7 million to 20 million. Heat pumps use little electricity, yet are able to heat and cool
Continue ReadingBy MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The political careers of two of Norway’s most powerful women are under threat after it was revealed that their husbands were trading in shares behind their backs. Anniken Huitfeldt, the current center-left foreign minister, and the former conservative prime minister, Erna Solberg are having to explain
Continue ReadingCBC By Rhea Mogul and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — India has suspended visa services for Canadian citizens over what it says are “security threats” against diplomats in Canada, escalating a spat between both countries after Ottawa accused New Delhi of potentially being behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist activist on its soil. BLS
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Several famous fiction writers are suing Open AI — the company behind viral chatbot ChatGPT — alleging the technology is illegally using their copyrighted work. The suit claims that the artificial intelligence company is using the books of prominent authors to help train its systems on how to create
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country — quickly making them eligible to work — as it grapples with growing numbers of people fleeing the South American country and elsewhere
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the country. The move Wednesday to give Venezuelans who arrived in the country as of July 31 temporary protected status essentially makes it easier and faster for
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press GAME OF THE WEEK No. 19 Colorado (3-0) at No. 10 Oregon (3-0), Saturday. The Pac-12 has three Top 25 matchups in the same week for the first time and just the 10th time in any conference. Topping the marquee will be Deion Sanders and his Buffaloes charging into Eugene to face
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s civil servants have walked off the job on a 24-hour strike that disrupted public transport and left ferries tied up in ports. Public sector workers’ unions called the Thursday strike to demand the withdrawal of a labor law the government says will increase flexibility in the job market. Unions say
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, CNN (CNN) — After a splashy debut at last month’s first Republican presidential debate, Vivek Ramaswamy has gone from an unknown to a contender who’s now facing questions about his youth and lack of political experience, especially given his position as the first millennial to run for the Republican presidential nomination. He’s
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco and Curt Merrill, CNN Washington (CNN) — A new federal student loan repayment plan known as SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education) could lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. The Biden administration made the plan available ahead of the resumption of student loan payments in October after a yearslong pandemic-related pause.
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Twelve people are reported missing including three members of the security forces after a boat capsized and sank in a river in the Sagaing region of northwestern Myanmar. The state-run Myanma Alinn Daily reports that six civilians, three workers and the security force personnel are missing after
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A US court on Tuesday sentenced a wildlife trade kingpin to 18 months in prison for conspiring to traffic hundreds of kilos of rhino horns, in a ruling conservation groups said would cause a major blow to the illicit business. Teo Boon Ching, a Malaysian citizen nicknamed “the Godfather”
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — The Wisconsin-based company American Foods Group, doing business as Green Bay Dressed Beef, has recalled more than 58,000 pounds of raw ground beef due to concerns of possible contamination with the bacteria Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, according to a Friday alert posted by the US Department of Agriculture. The
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a surprise outcome, South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament has voted to pass a motion submitted by the government that allows for the potential arrest of the country’s leading opposition figure, Lee Jae-myung, who faces a widening investigation over corruption allegations. Lawmakers voted 149-136 on Thursday
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank has raised its key interest rate, saying the “inflationary pressures in the Swedish economy are still too high.” However, there were signs that the inflation had begun to fall. The Riksbank raised its policy rate Thursday by a quarter of a percentage point to 4% and says it could
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will host a meeting of nations participating in the U.S. Africa Growth and Opportunity Act despite earlier calls to exclude the country from the forum due to its ties to Russia and the docking of a sanctioned Russian vessel near Cape Town last year. AGOA
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Homeowners across the U.K. are hoping that the Bank of England will decide to avoid raising interest rates for the first time in nearly two years. Following news that inflation fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since Russia invaded Ukraine, expectations have grown that the
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Congo’s president wants the world’s second largest United Nations peacekeeping mission to move up its departure from the country, starting this December, saying it has failed. His address to the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders accused the 17,000-strong peacekeeping mission of being unable to
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky went to Capitol Hill Thursday for his second visit, as fresh attacks by Russia overnight underscore the urgency facing his country as he asks for more US aid. Only this time, the political landscape has shifted. A year ago, Zelensky faced a much different reception
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