‘Historic breakthrough’: 20 countries say they will stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad
Climate Change is in the spotlight as leaders from around the world gather in Glasgow for COP26. Isabel Rosales…
Continue ReadingUS & World
7 takeaways from the first day of COP26: Biden’s apology, a forests deal and India’s net zero pledge
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports on how rising sea levels are impacting one coastal town in…
Continue Reading Israeli minister who couldn’t attend COP26 due to wheelchair access issue accepts UK leader’s apology
By Andrew Carey, Hadas Gold and Max Foster, CNN Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, who was unable to attend the COP26 climate conference Monday…
Continue Reading At least 20 killed in Kabul hospital blasts
By Ehsan Popalzai, Mahsoud Popalzai, Mia Alberti and Reuters At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded in blasts at Afghanistan’s biggest…
Continue Reading ‘All they’ve done is carry dead bodies out.’ Despair at site of Lagos luxury apartment collapse as families watch rescue effort
At least five people have died after a building with more than 20 stories collapsed in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos. CNN’s…
Continue Reading Man detained for 9 days in China for sending meme deemed ‘insulting’ to police
By Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong, CNN A man in China was reportedly detained for nine days after sending a meme to a group chat that was deemed…
Continue Reading Tonga goes into lockdown days after reporting its first ever Covid case
KOMO, UW MEDICINE, CNN By Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the…
Continue Reading Tonga goes into lockdown days after reporting its first ever Covid case
By Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the country’s first…
Continue Reading Covid vaccine for younger kids being shipped in anticipation of CDC final approval
WASHINGTON, DC — The go-ahead for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 could happen this week. The Food and Drug Administration has…
Continue Reading
California man gets prison for fatally torturing puppy
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man who fatally tortured a Chihuahua puppy and posted a video about it online has been sentenced to…
Continue Reading She was sold to a stranger so her family could eat as Afghanistan crumbles
By Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Parwana Malik, a 9-year-old girl with dark eyes and rosy cheeks, giggles with her friends as…
Continue Reading She was sold to a stranger so her family could eat as Afghanistan crumbles
CNN By Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Parwana Malik, a 9-year-old girl with dark eyes and rosy cheeks, giggles with her friends…
Continue Reading More than 100 countries agree to end and reverse deforestation by 2030 at COP26
By Ivana Kottasová and Angela Dewan, CNN More than 100 world leaders representing over 85% of the planet’s forests committed on Tuesday to…
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from the first day of COP26: Biden’s apology, a forests deal and India’s net zero pledge
By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Nearly 120 world leaders gathered in Glasgow on Monday to address what scientists and health experts say is…
Continue Reading
Mexican villages try to preserve authentic Day of the Dead
By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press AROCUTIN, Mexico (AP) — Visitors are once again thronging the famed Day of the Dead ceremonies around Mexico’s…
Continue Reading Covid-19’s global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The global death toll from Covid-19 has topped 5 million, nearly two years into a crisis that has not only…
Continue Reading
Military weighs penalties for those who refuse Covid vaccine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As deadlines loom for military and defense civilians to get mandated COVID-19 vaccines,…
Continue Reading American plagued by major flight cancellations for 4th day
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is still trying to dig out from under a blizzard of canceled flights over the…
Continue Reading At least 5 dead after multi-story building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria
A 21-story building collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria, raising fears that people may be trapped under the rubble. The building, located in the city’s…
Continue Reading Emergency vaccine rule for large employers will be issued ‘in the coming days’
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Federal Register will publish within days the Labor Department’s rule requiring private businesses with 100 or more…
Continue Reading WATCH: Biden delivers remarks at U.N. climate summit
GLASGOW, Scotland — In a marked change of tone for U.S. leaders, President Joe Biden acknowledged at a U.N. summit Monday that the United States…
Continue Reading At least 5 dead after multi-story building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria
By Stephanie Busari, Eliza Mackintosh and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN At least five people have died after a building with more than 20 stories…
Continue Reading All Saints’ Day: The history and traditions behind the holiday
By Ashley Novak, CNN Every year on November 1, many Roman Catholics and other Christians around the world observe All Saints Day, which honors all…
Continue Reading Supreme Court won’t hear case involving transgender rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is declining to wade into a case involving transgender rights and leaving in place a lower court decision…
Continue Reading ‘Vax’ is Oxford English Dictionary publisher’s 2021 Word of the Year
By Jack Guy, CNN “Vax” is the Word of the Year for 2021, according to the annual report from Oxford Languages. Defined as “a…
Continue Reading
COP26 climate talks off to an ominous start after weak G20 leaders’ meeting
As world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow for the COP26 UN climate change summit, the expectations to meet the urgency of the moment are…
Continue Reading Global Covid-19 deaths surpass five million
By Samantha Beech, Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN The number of people who have died from Covid-19 around the world has surpassed five million,…
Continue Reading Global Covid-19 deaths surpass five million
Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theories spreading on social media have been tearing families…
Continue Reading
10 ways legal discovery has changed throughout history
Legal discovery helps lawyers find and present evidence before a trial. Zapproved looks at 10 of the most significant ways discovery has changed…
Continue Reading
Three wedding guests reportedly shot dead in Afghanistan for playing music at reception
WJAR, CNN By Tim Lister and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Three guests were shot dead at a wedding reception in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night, apparently…
Continue Reading