By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers as fuel shortages frustrate motorists lining up at empty pumps. The Conservative government said late Friday that temporary visas for nearly 5,000 foreign truck drivers it hoped to recruit would run into 2022 instead of
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers as fuel shortages frustrate motorists lining up at empty pumps. The Conservative government said late Friday that temporary visas for nearly 5,000 foreign truck drivers it hoped to recruit would run into 2022 instead of
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey and Abeer Salman, CNN Five Jewish settlers, among them two juveniles, were detained by Israeli police after an attack on a Palestinian village in the West Bank. The assault, the latest in what human rights groups say is a constant pattern of aggressive acts by settlers in the Masafer Yatta area southeast
Continue ReadingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatari citizens have voted for the first time in elections for an advisory council. It’s a long-delayed step that aims to give people in the autocratic sheikhdom slightly more say over how they’re ruled. The “experiment,” as Qatari officials have described the vote, comes as the 2022 World Cup casts a
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Argentina, Mauricio Macri, fue citado a declaración indagatoria con prohibición de salida del país, en el marco de una causa en la que se investigan presuntas prácticas de espionaje ilegal a familiares de fallecidos en el hundimiento del submarino ARA San Juan. La decisión fue
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¡Buenos días, Lenny! Lenny Kravitz, vestido con una camisa de leopardo desabrochada y gafas de sol, deleitó a sus seguidores con una sexy selfie en su cocina, donde estaba preparando café. En realidad era por la tarde, aunque Kravitz se quedó dormido hasta tarde, cuando escribió: “2:37pm. Buenos días. Estuve toda la
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CNN By Nimi Princewill, CNN News that fully vaccinated travelers from India and many African countries will face mandatory quarantine in the UK, despite a relaxation of the country’s inbound travel rules, has caused an outcry and accusations of discrimination. The UK’s revised travel advisory will take effect on October 4 and visitors from its
Continue Reading CNN By Nimi Princewill, CNN News that fully vaccinated travelers from India and many African countries will face mandatory quarantine in the UK, despite a relaxation of the country’s inbound travel rules, has caused an outcry and accusations of discrimination. The UK’s revised travel advisory will take effect on October 4 and visitors from its
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN News that fully vaccinated travelers from India and many African countries will face mandatory quarantine in the UK, despite a relaxation of the country’s inbound travel rules, has caused an outcry and accusations of discrimination. The UK’s revised travel advisory will take effect on October 4 and visitors from its list
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Las ventas de automóviles nuevos se desplomaron en los últimos tres meses en Estados Unidos a pesar de la fuerte demanda, ya que la escasez de chips de computadora y otros problemas en la cadena de suministro provocaron paros en las fábricas automotrices y obstaculizaron el suministro de
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN It was World Tourism Day on September 27 this week, but it’s safe to say it’s been another bad year for tourism globally. If you’re wondering where it’s safe to go and when, and what you need to do to get there, CNN Travel is on hand with these weekly round-ups.
Continue Reading CNN By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson should be in trouble. There are very real challenges to everyday life unfolding all over Britain. Drivers have been lining up at gas stations hoping to fill their cars, something made difficult by widespread fuel shortages. There are fears that that the cost of heating is about to
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees says that his organization is facing an “existential” budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, healthcare and other services running. Philippe Lazzarini was speaking Friday when he said it
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is backing out of an announced plan to run for vice president in next year’s elections and will retire from politics after his term ends. That decision clears the way for his daughter politician to take a
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A former Chinese justice minister has become a target of President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign. The Communist Party’s discipline commission announced Saturday that former Justice Minister and Vice Minister of Public Security Fu Zhenghua is under investigation for severe violations of party discipline and law. It did not provide details. It’s unclear
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Denis Lapin, CNN Ukrainian hockey authorities have been widely criticized for the lenient punishment it handed out to one of the league’s players for performing a racist gesture. The incident occurred on September 26 during a match between HC Kremenchuk and HC Donbass, when Kremenchuk player Andriy Deniskin mimed peeling and
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community earlier in the week in the northwestern city of Peshawar. An IS statement issued late Friday described Satnam Singh, 45, as “polytheist” and said he was shot dead by IS members. Pakistani officials have denied any
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Abu Dhabi air ambulance flown by the emirate’s police has crashed, killing four people. The Abu Dhabi police gave no details Saturday on the location or cause of the crash. Police said the dead included two pilots, a civilian doctor and a nurse. Abu Dhabi is the capital
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Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN When Italy first went into a coronavirus lockdown last year, Khabane Lame had just lost his job at a factory near the northern city of Turin. He spent his days holed up at his parents’ home in Chivasso with his three siblings, looking for other jobs. One day,
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