F1 drivers defend Netflix series after Verstappen ‘fake’ snub
Story by Reuters Leading Formula One drivers defended the popular Netflix “Drive to Survive” fly-on-the-wall series on Thursday after Red…
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Thailand easing tourist quarantine rules in November
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is accelerating plans to reopen the country to foreign tourists, slashing mandatory quarantines beginning Nov. 1 for…
Continue ReadingPolish miners protest top EU court’s order to shut mine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 2,000 Polish coal miners staged a noisy protest in Luxembourg against a decision by the European Union’s top court…
Continue ReadingWarrant: Baldwin didn’t know weapon contained live round
By MORGAN LEE, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Court records show that an assistant director…
Continue ReadingD’Ernest Johnson: Three years ago, he was working on a fishing boat. Now, Cleveland Browns running back is a match-winning NFL player
By Ben Morse, CNN In 2018, D’Ernest Johnson wasn’t signed by any NFL team after failing to be drafted. So, he took up a job on a fishing…
Continue ReadingEU leaders seek to halt migrant crossings from Belarus
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are discussing the sensitive topic of migration to the bloc and how to…
Continue ReadingEthiopian airstrikes in Tigray force UN flight to turn back
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian military airstrikes have forced a United Nations humanitarian flight to abandon its…
Continue ReadingAward-winning teenage rapper shot to death in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) — An award-winning 19-year-old Swedish rapper has been shot to death in southern Stockholm in an incident that media reports suggest…
Continue ReadingTehran holds first public Friday Prayers in almost 2 years
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian capital Tehran has held its main public Friday prayer service for the first time in 20 months, after it was halted…
Continue ReadingA jab in each arm: France vaccinates against flu and COVID
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Worried that the flu and COVID-19 could together trigger a winter-time double-whammy of new…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II back at castle following hospital visit
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is back at Windsor Castle and in good spirits after revelations that…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Putin hosts Israeli PM Bennett
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali…
Continue ReadingMan City fan in ‘stable’ condition in hospital after attack
BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Prosecutors say the Manchester City supporter who was attacked on his way home from the team’s Champions League match…
Continue ReadingGermany: Train driver hit by falling branch in storm dies
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a train driver in Germany has died after being hit by a falling branch during a storm that swept across a swath of central…
Continue ReadingChina vows no concessions on Taiwan after Biden comments
BEIJING (AP) — China is saying there is “no room” for compromise or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by U.S. President…
Continue Reading6 Rohingya die in clashes between two groups in Bangladesh
JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Two groups of Rohingya refugees have clashed in a camp in southern Bangladesh, leaving at…
Continue Reading1 dead after jumping from 19th floor to escape Mumbai fire
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire official in Mumbai says at least one person died after jumping from the 19th floor to…
Continue ReadingAlabama death row inmate is executed nearly 30 years after murder conviction
By Andy Rose and Rebekah Riess, CNN Alabama death row inmate Willie B. Smith III was executed Thursday night, the state attorney general’s…
Continue Reading2 dead after a former employee opens fire at a Nebraska grain services facility
By Dave Alsup and Raja Razek, CNN A man who was fired Thursday from a grain services company in Nebraska returned to the facility later in the day…
Continue ReadingWarhol in Tehran: Iranians flock to American pop art exhibit
By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians are flocking to Tehran’s contemporary art museum to marvel at American pop…
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