By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Douglas, Georgia (CNN) — The breach of the Coffee County elections office can seem almost out of place in the 97-page Georgia indictment of former President Donald Trump and associates. The sprawling racketeering allegations spread from centers of power with pressure on the vice president to ignore the
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king has formally endorsed members of a new Cabinet, paving the way for a government headed by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to take office more than three months after the general election. Srettha, representing the Pheu Thai party, was named prime minister by Parliament on Aug. 22. A prominent real estate
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week, the Americans who’ve had enough of the United States and have started new lives overseas, plus everything you need to know about Europe’s new visa waiver scheme. And while this Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of the summer travel season, you might
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Two cargo vessels have left Ukraine despite Russian threats and are in the Black Sea, maritime officials said Saturday. Ukraine’s infrastructure minister says the Anna-Theresa, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier carrying 56,000 tons of pig iron, left the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny on Friday. A second vessel, the Ocean Courtesy, left the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is dismissing a junior coalition partner’s suggestion that the country should keep open the option of using its closed nuclear power plants. He declared in an interview broadcast Saturday that nuclear energy is a “dead horse” in Germany. Germany switched off its last three nuclear reactors in April,
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Saturday its forces destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones being used in an attempt to attack a key bridge linking Russia to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula, forcing its temporary closure for a third time in less than a year. One naval drone was destroyed late
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died. He was 76. “Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — As Texas baked in record-breaking heat this summer and a growing drought pushed water levels down, a group of volunteers uncovered something sort of magnificent: new giant dinosaur tracks that are believed to be from around 110 million years ago. Paul Baker, the retail manager at Dinosaur Valley State
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — K.C. Hwang, whose six-decade-long journalism career included 30 years chronicling South Korea’s tumultuous modern history for the Associated Press, including as Seoul bureau chief, has died. He was 99. His son says Hwang died Thursday of chronic ailments. From joining the AP in 1957, Hwang
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Hatsune Miku has always been 16 years old and worn long aqua ponytails. She is Japan’s most famous Vocaloid — a computer-synthesized singing voice software that, in her case, comes with a virtual avatar. Legions of fans are celebrating the 16th anniversary of Miku’s Aug. 31,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Las autoridades francesas serán “inflexibles” en la aplicación de una nueva prohibición de abayas en las escuelas, dijo el viernes el presidente Emmanuel Macron, tras la decisión de prohibir esta prenda similar a una túnica en el próximo año académico. La prohibición, anunciada por el ministro francés de Educación, es
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By Nouran Salahieh and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — “Persistent bear activity” forced fire crews to leave a camp in British Columbia, Canada, authorities said Thursday. The camp near the community of Gold Bridge was housing crews working on the Downton Lake wildfire, which was reported on July 13 and has consumed more than 9,000
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — India lanzó su primera nave espacial dedicada al estudio del sol, tras un mes de éxitos históricos en los esfuerzos espaciales del país. La nave, llamada Aditya-L1, despegó de Sriharikota, una isla del golfo de Bengala, a las 11:50 hora local del sábado (2:20 hora de Miami). Y se dirige
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CNN By Tara Subramaniam, Taylor Ward, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The strongest typhoon Hong Kong has seen in five years ripped through the city and other parts of southern China, knocking down trees and scaffolding and causing hundreds of flights to be canceled. Saola had been a
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — When torrential rainfall in August 2022 pushed the Pearl River in Mississippi to surge well beyond its banks, floodwaters spilled into the suburbs of Jackson and led an already-hobbled water treatment plant to fail. It was the final stroke in what experts described as a yearslong
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — En la madrugada del 29 de agosto, enjambres de drones ucranianos sobrevolaron siete regiones rusas. Muchos fueron interceptados, otros no. Varios alcanzaron una base aérea rusa en Pskov, a unos 600 kilómetros de la frontera ucraniana, destruyendo dos aviones de transporte militar rusos y dañando otros dos. Fue la prueba
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Two soldiers and one militant have been killed in a shootout during an overnight military operation against militant activity in the northwest alongside the border with Afghanistan. A military statement late Friday said security forces initiated an operation in Miran Shah, the main town of North Waziristan, “to eliminate remaining terrorists” after
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA and AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon. The Aditya-L1 spacecraft took off on board a satellite launch vehicle from the Sriharikota
Continue ReadingCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An icebreaker is on its way from Australia to an Antarctic research station to rescue an expeditioner suffering from a medical condition, the government said on Saturday. The expeditioner is at Australia’s Casey Research Station which is on an ice cap 3,420 kilometers (2,125 miles) south of the Australian Antarctic Division
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a cabinet proposed by the country’s new prime minister, Srettha Thavisin. The announcement was published on a Thai government website, Royal Gazette on Saturday. Srettha has also been confirmed as the country’s Finance Minister. Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday voted for Thavisin to be
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