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MOSCOW, May 30 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck a tanker at Russia’s port of Taganrog overnight and hit an oil depot in the city of Armavir, authorities in the southern regions of Rostov and Krasnodar said on Saturday. Rostov region Governor Yury Slyusar said on Telegram that fires on the tanker and in the port …
BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers in Laos Saturday worked to safely free the villagers found alive in a flooded cave after being trapped there for 10 days, a day after the first of the five survivors was safely evacuated. Rescuers hope to extract the remaining four men later Saturday after saying they were not ready …
Larry Veray had a plan to bring cheaper, cleaner energy to his townhome complex in Pearl City at no cost to residents. As president of the Waiau Gardens Kai B homeowners’ association, Veray prides himself on keeping association fees low while building reserve funds, and he wasn’t about to ask homeowners to bear the cost …
NEW YORK (AP) — The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 11 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released this week. The preliminary findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were based on survey responses from more than …
A proposed pumped-water electricity storage facility at Seminoe Reservoir could decimate the prized Miracle Mile trout fishery on the North Platte River and jeopardize a bighorn sheep herd that wildlife officials rely on to support the species’ populations in other areas, critics of the $4 billion project say. Anglers, business owners and wildlife biologists joined …
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey state police set up designated protest zones and vehicle checkpoints outside an immigration detention center in Newark on Friday, relieving federal immigration enforcement agents who have been clashing with protesters for days. Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she sent in state police to bring order outside Delaney Hall as the …
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks they face from global warming. The climate-disclosure rule has been on hold since last year, after …
Jackson State University’s new president will receive a year of outside leadership training as she transitions into the job, which has been tumultuous for her predecessors. Denise Jones Gregory took the permanent role of president on May 1 after holding the interim role for a year. She is entering a position that has been held …
MEXICO CITY, May 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Mexico trade negotiators on Friday concluded their first bilateral negotiating round to revise the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade, discussing automotive rules of origin, steel and aluminum trade and economic security, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said. “The United States concluded discussions with the goals of reducing …
By Claire Fu and Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE, May 30 (Reuters) – The big question hanging over this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defence forum, is: “Where is China?” For the second year running, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has given the free-wheeling Singapore security meeting a miss, skipping opportunities to meet U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …