HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish police say the two bodies found in a burnt Danish-registered car in the city of Malmo during the weekend haven’t been identified yet and they are currently unable to confirm whether the victims are two British citizens reported missing. A police spokesman told the Swedish news agency, TT, “We can neither
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean land mines could be swept into South Korea by swelling rivers, South Korea’s military warned Wednesday, as the North places tens of thousands of the deadly explosives along its heavily fortified border. North Korea has laid tens of thousands of new mines since April, the military
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress has been postponed for more arguments, as he faces expulsion for campaigning against the organization he once led as head of a new political party. The hearing could see Zuma, 82, become the first
Continue ReadingBy Amy Gunia, CNN (CNN) — As a child in Ivory Coast, West Africa, Tidiane Ouattara would gather with friends in his village to stargaze. The group, who dubbed themselves “the Moon Club,” would lay on the ground, looking up at the cosmos. “We believed we could talk to the moon,” he told CNN in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Federal transportation officials are providing $5 billion to replace or improve aging bridges in 16 states. The grants announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden’s administration come from a $1 trillion infrastructure package he signed into law in 2021. The largest project provides an additional $1.4 billion to help replace two bridges carrying Interstate
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Heat is normal during the summer, but this year’s has been anything but, and halfway through the season’s hottest month it’s clear this one is for the record books. Hundreds of cities in nearly every US state – including parts of Alaska and Hawaii – are on track
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus while trying to shore up support among disenchanted voters key to his reelection chances. That prompted him to cancel a meeting with members of a Latino civil rights organization in the battleground state of Nevada. After testing positive, Biden was
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The social media industry’s tepid response this week to the conspiracy theories floating wildly on their platforms about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was part of a purposeful shift away from actively policing online speech – even in the face of potentially dangerous rhetoric. The
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Within 30 minutes of the shooting at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, federal law enforcement used a byzantine paper records system to track down decade-old gun sales records to help identify the 20-year-old would-be assassin. Law enforcement agents initially ran into roadblocks as they attempted to name the
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By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Landing somewhere between sequel and reboot, “Twisters” introduces new characters and an extra letter to the 1996 disaster movie but not much else, leaving its stars stranded in a vehicle with roughly the weight of a stiff breeze. Impressive visual effects only go so far, though they at least
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los grupos armados dirigidos por Hamas cometieron “numerosos crímenes de guerra y crímenes contra la humanidad” contra civiles durante el ataque del 7 de octubre en el sur de Israel, según un informe de Human Rights Watch (HRW) publicado este miércoles. “El brazo militar de Hamas –las Brigadas Qassam– y al
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TODAY: Humidity will fall today, but you’ll still likely notice it. With a high in the low-to-mid 80s, we can expect to feel like upper 80s under partly cloudy skies with a north breeze around 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Lows fall into the 60s with mostly clear skies amid a continued north breeze around 5 mph.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El apuñalamiento mortal de dos personas por un hombre en un complejo residencial del sur de China ha encendido un debate en Internet que se ha amplificado durante un verano marcado por una oleada de crímenes similares en todo el país. Dos días después de los asesinatos del 28 de
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By Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, and Manveena Suri, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Six people, including two US citizens, who were found dead inside a luxury hotel room in central Bangkok likely drank from tea and coffee cups laced with cyanide following a dispute linked to bad investments, Thai police said Wednesday. The grisly discovery was made
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday, with Tokyo’s benchmark dipping more than 2%, after Wall Street’s record-breaking rally slammed into a wall of worries over potentially worsening trade tensions with China. By early afternoon, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down 1.9% at 40,324.17. The markets’ spotlight was squarely on
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By Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The memory of Russia invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022, is lodged in Ukrainian Olympic diver Anna Pysmenska’s mind. “When the invasion happened at 4 a.m., I was so shocked and didn’t know what to do, so at 7 a.m., I went to the swimming pool to train,”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU general court says the European Commission did not allow the public enough access to information about COVID-19 vaccine purchase agreements it secured with pharmaceutical companies during the pandemic. The decision Wednesday comes a day ahead of a vote at the European Parliament at which European Commission President Ursula
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MLB’s All-Star Game was held on Tuesday. Did you watch the game? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Most Americans know the No. 1 rule in real estate: “location, location, location.” But for some developers, there’s a new winning strategy: “recycle, recycle, recycle.” A growing number of office buildings have found second lives as apartments, boosted by the Covid-era work-from-home movement that slashed office attendance and thinned
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — A faint burst of applause broke out from the Republican National Convention floor as Sen. JD Vance took the stage Tuesday afternoon in Milwaukee for the first time as Donald Trump’s running mate. The Gettysburg Address was loaded into the teleprompters, adjusted for Vance’s towering frame. Arms crossed over
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