Top-seeded Karatsev loses opening match at Astana Open
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Top-seeded Aslan Karatsev and third-seeded Dusan Lajovic were among three seeded players who lost their opening…
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Nobel Prize ceremonies to be curtailed again due to pandemic
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize ceremonies will be reined in for a second year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The winners of this year’s…
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EU legal advisor: Diesel software faces strict limits
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union legal adviser says software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their…
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‘Brothers in blue’: One fallen officer’s kidney was a match to a fellow officer who was injured in the line of duty
By Amy Simonson, CNN Police officers are supposed to protect and serve. One officer’s service is living beyond his time. Officer Mark Priebe,…
Continue Reading Fears of global shockwaves from Chinese builder’s debts ease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Fears that a Chinese real estate developer’s possible default on multibillion-dollar debts…
Continue Reading Floods, books & kids: Highlights of German election campaign
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s election campaign has largely focused on the three candidates hoping to succeed…
Continue Reading Lava spread raises fears of more damage on Spanish island
By RENATA BRITO and BARRY HATTON Associated Press TODOQUE, Canary Islands (AP) — The advance of lava from a volcanic eruption on one of Spain’s…
Continue Reading Dubai real-estate firm DAMAC approved to take firm private
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai real-estate company known for its deals with former President Donald Trump says it has received…
Continue Reading Dubai real-estate firm DAMAC approved to take firm private
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai real-estate company known for its deals with former President Donald Trump says it has received…
Continue Reading Boeing to build military aircraft drones in Australian city
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing has announced plans to build a new type of drone military aircraft in Australia.…
Continue Reading EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of highly…
Continue Reading Norway ups key policy rate, cites normalized economy
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.25%, citing the…
Continue Reading What dinosaur diseases — which might seem familiar — can tell us about how they lived and died
By Katie Hunt, CNN Tyrannosaurus rex battled parasites and got gout from its meat-rich diet. Duck-billed hadrosaurs suffered cancerous tumors, and a…
Continue Reading Brian Laundrie left home without phone or wallet and his parents were concerned he might hurt himself, source says
By Jenn Selva, Dakin Andone and Madeline Holcombe, CNN A source close to the family of Brian Laundrie told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday that…
Continue Reading Taiwan asks to join trade group, says China might interfere
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan officials say the island has applied to join an 11-nation Pacific trade group. That sets up a potential clash with…
Continue Reading China’s Ant Group to share credit data with central bank
BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank will soon have access to the private credit information of hundreds of millions of users of Ant Group’s…
Continue Reading China’s Ant Group to share credit data with central bank
BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank will soon have access to the private credit information of hundreds of millions of users of Ant Group’s…
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El Paso FBI sees disturbing trend of online school threats
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has seen a disturbing trend of online threats against public…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed on China developer, virus concerns
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed amid concerns over troubled Chinese real estate developer Evergrande and…
Continue Reading Woman plans to help fellow Rwandan amputees get prosthetics
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A Rwandan woman who was orphaned during her country’s genocide and lost part of her leg…
Continue Reading Several students sent home from South Carolina’s second-largest school district for not wearing masks
By Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Several students in South Carolina’s second-largest school district were sent home Wednesday for not…
Continue Reading Woman plans to help fellow Rwandan amputees get prosthetics
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A Rwandan woman who was orphaned during her country’s genocide and lost part of her leg…
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the world needs to ‘grow up’ and deal with climate change
Humanity needs to “grow up” and deal with the issue of climate change, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told world leaders at the United Nations…
Continue Reading After Northeast flooding, insurance woes swamp residents
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As residents across the Northeast U.S. recover from the catastrophic…
Continue Reading Wildfire victims left with nothing get hope from donated RVs
By NOAH BERGER Associated Press QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — A man and his daughter are bringing donated motorhomes to people who have lost everything in…
Continue Reading Democrats see tax ‘framework’ to pay for huge $3.5T package
By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional Democrats say they and the White House have agreed to a…
Continue Reading For many Haitian migrants, journey to Texas started online
By JUAN A. LOZANO, MARIA VERZA and JULIE WATSON Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — A confluence of factors caused the sudden arrival of…
Continue Reading What is COP26? How the pivotal UN conference could avert global climate ‘catastrophe’
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow, which begin on October 31, couldn’t come at a more crucial time. A…
Continue Reading Florida governor says parents can send asymptomatic kids exposed to Covid-19 back to school
By Rebekah Riess and Leyla Santiago, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced that the state has put out a revised rule which follows a…
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the world needs to ‘grow up’ and deal with climate change
By Niamh Kennedy, Amy Cassidy and Deborah Bloom, CNN Humanity needs to “grow up” and deal with the issue of climate change, British Prime…
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