Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Three Swedish nationals have been arrested in connection with two predawn explosions in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen. Police say the blasts early Wednesday were likely caused by hand grenades. No one was injured. They say it’s unclear whether the target was the Israeli Embassy, which
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at lest six insurgents in a raid on their hideout in the country’s restive southwest. They said the raid targeted a hideout of the Baloch Liberation Army in Harnai, a district in Balochistan province. It wasn’t immediately clear when the raid took place. The interior
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Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz went head to head for the first time as vice presidential candidates Tuesday night in a debate hosted by CBS News.
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CNN Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic missiles late Tuesday most of which were apparently intercepted by anti-missile defenses employed by Israel, the United States and Jordan, according to those countries’ governments. The aerial assault, far more serious than
Continue Reading CNN Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic missiles late Tuesday most of which were apparently intercepted by anti-missile defenses employed by Israel, the United States and Jordan, according to those countries’ governments. The aerial assault, far more serious than
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — Registered voters who watched Tuesday’s debate between vice presidential nominees Tim Walz and JD Vance were closely divided over which candidate did the better job, according to a CNN instant poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS, and the event left viewers with more positive views
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen. About a dozen apartments had collapsed onto the hillside they once overlooked, burying more than 100 people. Even after 17 years with the civil
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan has killed two people and injured more than 100 people over the past few days while forcing thousands to evacuate from low-lying or mountainous areas. Fire officials said Wednesday at least 102 people were injured and two people
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. As Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack a day earlier, the region braced for further escalation.
Continue Reading Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic missiles late Tuesday most of which were apparently intercepted by anti-missile defenses employed by Israel, the United States and Jordan, according to those countries’ governments. The aerial assault, far more serious than a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum has begun her presidency the same way her predecessor concluded his: with a morning media briefing known in Mexico as a mañanera from the National Palace. Though analysts agree that Sheinbaum will try to create her own brand, she will inevitably be compared to former President Andrés
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within a week, all 6,200 sows, piglets and fattening pigs on his farm south of Milan were slaughtered under strict protocols to halt the disease threatening Italy’s 20 billion euro industry for prosciutto,
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (AP) — Un autobús que transportaba a jóvenes estudiantes y sus profesores en un viaje escolar se incendió este martes en un suburbio de Bangkok, dejando más de 20 muertos, dijeron funcionarios y rescatistas. El autobús con 45 pasajeros, seis profesores y 39 estudiantes de primaria y secundaria, viajaba desde la provincia central
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By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — CBS moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan had an important choice to make ahead of Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate: would they directly fact check the candidates’ statements live in the moment? Or would they take a hands-off approach and let the candidates fact check each other? O’Donnell and Brennan
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter. The contest, which is in its 10th year, celebrates the resiliency of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Helene. A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson said Wednesday that the agency is investigating allegations involving Impact Plastics at the direction of the local prosecutor.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — What lies beneath the Great Lakes’ waves is largely unknown, but there’s a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the bottom of the world’s largest freshwater system. Only 15% of the lakes’ bottom has been mapped, according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she’s still struggling to regain clients, with fear and stigma driving away people who’ve heard she had the virus. “It’s risky work,” Kunguja, 40, said from her small home in eastern Congo.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KOJIMA, Japan (AP) — Denim — that All-American fabric — is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima. The town’s main road is named Jeans Street, with real pairs of pants flapping like flags overhead. The area boasts about 40 jeans manufacturers and stores. Japanese jeans tend to be high-end, dark
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CNN By CNN Staff, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio faced off Tuesday night in New York City for their first – and only – vice presidential debate. The two sparred on issues including inflation, immigration, health care and the future of democracy. Here is a
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