Survivors of Maui’s fires return home to ruins, death toll up to 67. New blaze prompts evacuations | AP News

Survivors of Maui’s fires return home to ruins, death toll up to 67. New blaze prompts evacuations | AP News

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Blackened hulks of burned-out cars, the pavement streaked with melted and then rehardened chrome. Block after block of flattened homes and businesses. Incinerated telephone poles and elevator shafts rising from ashy lots where apartment buildings once stood. A truck bed full of glass bottles, warped into surreal shapes by the furious

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A cherished weekend flea market in the Ukrainian capital survives despite war | AP News

A cherished weekend flea market in the Ukrainian capital survives despite war | AP News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Pochaina neighborhood in the Ukrainian capital comes alive every weekend as hundreds of people flock to its famous flea market, looking for finds.Antique-hunters, collectors and many others look over seemingly endless rows of trinkets and time-worn wares. It’s a dizzying array that includes Soviet-era relics such as decorative medals, ceramics

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Q&A: Kelsea Ballerini on her divorce EP and people throwing things at concerts | AP News

Q&A: Kelsea Ballerini on her divorce EP and people throwing things at concerts | AP News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Back in February, recording artist Kelsea Ballerini quietly released an EP of strikingly intimate and vulnerable songs about her recent divorce from Australian musician Morgan Evans, with no expectation of performing or promoting them in the way she would a traditional album. But after receiving an overwhelmingly positive response from fans

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Brazil’s Lula unveils $200 billion infrastructure plan as skeptics caution about spending spree | AP News

Brazil’s Lula unveils $200 billion infrastructure plan as skeptics caution about spending spree | AP News

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday unveiled a plan to spend 1 trillion reais (nearly $200 billion) on infrastructure, energy and transportation over the next four years, part of a larger effort to boost economic growth and employment in Latin America’s largest nation.The Growth Acceleration Program, known

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Na današnji dan 11. avgust

Na današnji dan 11. avgust

1456 – Umro je ugarski vojskovodja Janoš Hunjadi (Janos Hunyadi). Kao erdeljski vojvoda uspešno je ratovao protiv Turaka, a 1456. doprineo je razbijanju turske opsade Beograda. Neposredno posle toga umro je od kuge u Zemunu. U srpskim narodnim pesmama spominje se kao Sibinjanin Janko.1707 – Švedska i Pruska potpisale su sporazum “Večna alijansa” kojim su

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EPS raspisao konkurs za novog generalnog direktora

EPS raspisao konkurs za novog generalnog direktora

Akcionarsko društvo Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) objavilo je danas oglas u kojem se traži profesionalac koji bi obavljao funkciju novog generalnog direktora.”Nadzorni odbor sada traži visokosposobnog i odlučnog profesionalca koji će preuzeti veoma uglednu i uticajnu poziciju generalnog direktora”, navedeno je u oglasu u listu “Politika”.Kako je istaknuto, uspešan kandidat mora biti rukovodilac koji poseduje najviši

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