VIENNA (AP) — Unvaccinated people in Austria who also haven’t had COVID-19 will no longer be allowed to enter restaurants, hotels, hairdressers or events of more than 25 people starting Monday. Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg outlined the new rules Friday night after a meeting with state-level leaders to discuss the country’s response to rapidly rising
Continue ReadingCNN, WJXT By Travis Caldwell, CNN The first police officer to respond to the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick, Georgia, testified in court Monday he did not render first aid to Arbery due to the danger of the situation as well as his lack of medical training and equipment. Former Glynn County Police Officer
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN When Perrysburg School Superintendent Thomas Hosler sent a survey to parents in his Toledo-area district to see how many wanted to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19, he got more than 20,000 “no” responses. His district only has 5,700 students in it. “Clearly someone spent a lot of time in
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN It was a big day for Sesame Street’s 5-year-old Rosita, who recently got her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. “My mommy and my papi said that it will help keep me, my friends, my neighbors, my abuela all healthy,” Rosita tells CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN To many in Washington, the criminal contempt case against Steve Bannon appears cut and dried: The podcaster and former Trump adviser has openly spurned a congressional subpoena to testify in an investigation into the January 6 US Capitol attack, claiming to be covered by executive privilege even though
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN Spanish police had an unusual encounter on Friday night when a number of camels and a llama escaped from a circus and wandered onto the Madrid streets. The animals were from the Gran Circo Quiros in the Spanish capital, and were located at around 5 a.m. local time and guided back
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Enjoy your extra hour of sleep this weekend, but don’t forget to turn back your clocks when you rise and shine Sunday morning. Daylight Saving Time is ending this Sunday, November 7, at 2 a.m. Most digital clocks and electronics automatically change the time, but some clocks may need to be
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Tens of thousands of climate activists are marching through Glasgow, Scotland, for a second day of protests outside the U.N. climate summit. Climate protests were also held Saturday in other cities across Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, Copenhagen, Zurich and
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s COVID-19 cases have hit another one-day record as the country struggles to contain a wave of infections that has persisted for more than a month. The national coronavirus task force on Saturday reported 41,335 new cases since the previous day, exceeding the previous daily record set on Oct. 31. The task
Continue ReadingBy TAMEEM AKHGHAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Taliban security official says two suspects have been arrested in connection with the killings of four women whose bodies were found in a house in northern Afghanistan. A co-worker of one of the victims identified her as a 29-year-old civil society activist who had been
Continue ReadingBy FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month’s coup. It called for two days of nationwide strikes, starting on Sunday. The call comes as a leader of the country’s main political
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Bavarian Red Cross says a knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany left three people severely wounded. Bavarian state police told The Associated Press that a 27-year-old Syrian man was arrested in connection with the Saturday morning attack when the train stopped in Seubersdorf, The train in question, one of
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN The New York City Marathon returns on Sunday following a two-year hiatus, and at the front of the field, legendary distance runner Kenenisa Bekele is primed to “make more history” in his storied career. Bekele, a three-time Olympic gold medalist over 5,000 and 10,000 meters, is the headline name competing in
Continue ReadingCNN, KPRC, KTRK, KHOU By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and gasping for air, struggling to survive against a wall of people pressing forward toward the stage. Police are investigating the potential causes of the surge, which
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Liam Reilly, CNN A former athletics official at the University of Southern California pleaded guilty Friday in an admissions scandal for allegedly helping students cheat their way for acceptance into the prestigious college. Donna Heinel, who was USC’s senior associate athletic director, pleaded guilty to one count of honest services wire
Continue ReadingBy Aleks Klosok and Kevin Dotson, CNN Barcelona has announced the appointment of club legend Xavi Hernández as the club’s new coach on a deal that includes the remainder of the current season plus two additional seasons. He replaces Ronald Koeman, who was sacked last month following a dismal start to the season. The club
Continue ReadingANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Morinari Watanabe has been re-elected to a new three-year term as president of the International Gymnastics Federation after seeing off a challenger. FIG says Watanabe won the vote 81 to 47 against Farid Gayibov of Azerbaijan at a conference in Turkey. Watanabe has a background in business and was first elected
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN Mochi “Mo” Rickert, holder of the record for the longest tongue on a living dog, has died, according to Guinness World Records. The female Saint Bernard’s tongue measured 18.58 cm (7.3 in), Guinness says. Mochi held the record for five years. Mochi was a rescue dog in Colorado. She made more
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, CNN A man is missing after a reported shark attack at a beach in North Fremantle, Western Australia according to police and the state government. Police and surf rescue helicopters as well as water police and surf lifesaving personnel responded to reports of the “serious shark bite incident” at Port Beach around
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Police in western India say 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward. There were 17 patients in the ward where the fire started Saturday. Police say the remaining six patients are now in stable condition. While the fire has been brought under control, the
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