Watford signs Turkey midfielder Ozan Tufan from Fenerbahce
LONDON (AP) — Premier League club Watford has signed Turkey midfielder Ozan Tufan from Fenerbahçe on a season-long loan with an option to buy. The…
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Kenyan guard who wrote on Qatar abuses fined, leaves country
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kenyan security guard who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living as a…
Continue Reading Hong Kong police seize meth, heroin worth $25 million
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say they have seized 195 million Hong Kong dollars ($25 million) worth of illegal drugs as part of a monthslong…
Continue Reading Indonesian police arrest 53 linked to new militant cell
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested at least 53 suspected militants in recent…
Continue Reading Bombing hits Pakistan Shiite procession, killing at least 3
By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a powerful roadside bomb has exploded among a procession of Shiite…
Continue Reading Nigerian police say 9 pupils taken in new school kidnapping
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say gunmen have abducted nine students on their way home from an Islamic…
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Florida’s largest school district votes in favor of mask mandate, defies governor
By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Leyla Santiago, Mallory Simon, Linh Tran, Amara Walker, Pamela Kirkland and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Miami-Dade County,…
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¿Eres de teflón o de velcro frente al estrés? La respuesta importa
Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Mientras luchamos un mes tras otro contra la pandemia, puede ser difícil mantener una actitud positiva con respecto al…
Continue Reading Hong Kong grants quarantine exemption to Nicole Kidman
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it has granted a quarantine exemption to an individual to perform “designated professional work”…
Continue Reading Top German court rejects appeals in neo-Nazi killings case
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has rejected the appeals of three people who were convicted in one of the country’s most high-profile…
Continue Reading Grace se debilita a tormenta tropical, pero se espera que se fortalezca en el Golfo
olivertapia (CNN) — Grace, que tocó tierra esta mañana como huracán al sur de Cancún, se ha debilitado a tormenta tropical, con vientos de…
Continue Reading La tormenta tropical Henri podría afectar el noreste de EE.UU. este fin de semana
Mariana Toro (CNN) — Algunos pronósticos de modelos de computadora muestran que la tormenta tropical Henri tocaría tierra en el noreste de…
Continue Reading Hezbollah says Iranian fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon soon
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group says that an Iranian fuel tanker…
Continue Reading Judge tosses case against 3 Honolulu police officers accused in the killing of a 16-year-old
By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN The three Honolulu police officers who faced various murder charges over the killing of a 16-year-old boy will…
Continue Reading Los talibanes quieren que el mundo piense que han cambiado. Las primeras señales sugieren lo contrario
Mariana Toro (CNN) — La toma asombrosamente rápida de Afganistán por parte de los talibanes ha causado pavor en gran parte de la nación, a…
Continue ReadingTaliban crush opposition across Afghanistan, as chaos builds at airport
CNN By Rob Picheta, Saleem Mehsud and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban have moved swiftly to crush early opposition to their rule across Afghanistan,…
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | La presidencia de Biden está bajo escrutinio como nunca antes por el caos en Afganistán
Mariana Toro (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden está luchando contra un examen cada vez más profundo de su juicio, competencia e incluso su…
Continue Reading Woman testifies R. Kelly sexually abused her when she was 16
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Federal prosecutors in New York began their case against R. Kelly with graphic testimony from a woman who says the R&B…
Continue Reading Greek wildfires: Major blaze on the wane, but not controlled
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press THEA, Greece (AP) — A Greek minister says a major wildfire that has ravaged a pine…
Continue Reading Al menos 125 turistas han sido evacuados de hoteles en Quintana Roo antes de que el huracán Grace toque tierra
olivertapia (CNN) — Al menos 125 turistas han sido evacuados de hoteles y llevados a refugios antes de la llegada del huracán Grace en el este…
Continue Reading China pushes adoption of language, cultural symbols in Tibet
BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese official says “all-round efforts” are needed to ensure Tibetans speak Chinese and share the “cultural…
Continue Reading Afghans protest Taliban in emerging challenge to their rule
By AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, KATHY GANNON AND JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan protesters have defied the Taliban for…
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Asia stocks fall as delta variant worries take center stage
By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are mostly lower as worries surrounding the spread of the delta variant…
Continue Reading Asia stocks fall as delta variant worries take center stage
By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are mostly lower as worries surrounding the spread of the delta variant…
Continue Reading Persephone, the robot guide, leads visitors in a Greek cave
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ALISTRATI, Greece (AP) — Persephone is not your ordinary robot. Billed as the world’s first robot used as a…
Continue Reading Persephone, the robot guide, leads visitors in a Greek cave
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ALISTRATI, Greece (AP) — Persephone is not your ordinary robot. Billed as the world’s first robot used as a…
Continue Reading Russia was ready for Taliban’s win due to longtime contacts
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When the Taliban swept over Afghanistan, Russia was ready for the rapid developments after…
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Rates of Covid-19 hospitalizations for children and adults under 50 reach their highest levels yet, CDC data shows
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The pace of Covid-19 hospitalizations is surging across the US, with the rates for children and adults under 50 hitting…
Continue Reading As tanks rolled in 1991, AP photographer sprang into action
By ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — On Aug. 19, 1991, a group of top Communist Party hard-liners declared they had removed…
Continue Reading Bangladesh disputes study into alleged forced disappearances
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is disputing a Human Rights Watch investigation into disappearances of government critics and others as built…
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