By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Last year’s pandemic style saw people put on pajamas and their hair up in a bun. But 2021 is more about mascara and lip liners. And makeup sales in the multi-billion-dollar Mideast market are beginning to improve. For women in the region, particularly in
Continue ReadingBy MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Last year’s pandemic style saw people put on pajamas and their hair up in a bun. But 2021 is more about mascara and lip liners. And makeup sales in the multi-billion-dollar Mideast market are beginning to improve. For women in the region, particularly in
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants businesses, their employees and their families to move to the kingdom. The landlocked, once ultraconservative capital, Riyadh, now promises a lifestyle where concerts, movie theaters, world class sporting events and deal-making are in abundance. Cultural heritage sites are also being
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants businesses, their employees and their families to move to the kingdom. The landlocked, once ultraconservative capital, Riyadh, now promises a lifestyle where concerts, movie theaters, world class sporting events and deal-making are in abundance. Cultural heritage sites are also being
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants businesses, their employees and their families to move to the kingdom. The landlocked, once ultraconservative capital, Riyadh, now promises a lifestyle where concerts, movie theaters, world class sporting events and deal-making are in abundance. Cultural heritage sites are also being
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants businesses, their employees and their families to move to the kingdom. The landlocked, once ultraconservative capital, Riyadh, now promises a lifestyle where concerts, movie theaters, world class sporting events and deal-making are in abundance. Cultural heritage sites are also being
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, CNN At the start of the pandemic, much of the Western world followed a similar playbook for tackling Covid-19. Spikes in transmission were met with lockdowns; international travel was heavily restricted; and though domestic constraints frequently proved controversial, hygiene measures like social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing were strongly encouraged — if
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN At the start of the pandemic, much of the Western world followed a similar playbook for tackling Covid-19. Spikes in transmission were met with lockdowns; international travel was heavily restricted; and though domestic constraints frequently proved controversial, hygiene measures like social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing were strongly encouraged — if not
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Election officials delivered a relatively smooth Election Day after a year of dealing with false claims and death threats. There were few reports of voting or equipment problems Tuesday other than minor issues such as power outages or polling places opening late. Much
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Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center with 15 clinics across Central Oregon, held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Monday to mark the opening of the Conners Health Center, located at 2065 NE Tucson Way on Bend’s eastside.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Christina Carrega, CNN Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson was discharged from the hospital Tuesday, one day after a fall, and has returned to Howard University to continue negotiations on campus, according to a statement released by the Rainbow Push Coalition. According to the statement, Jackson had been meeting with Howard
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 32 points, Reggie Jackson added 15 and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a nine-point deficit late in the fourth quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 99-94. The Clippers trailed 91-82 after Josh Giddey’s jumper with 2:44 remaining before closing on
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT JABLON and DONALD THOMPSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Top drug manufacturers have won a round in a California lawsuit that blamed them for the opioid crisis and sought billions of dollars to cover the costs of dealing with it. A judge in Orange County made a tentative ruling Monday that said
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden targeted planet-warming methane emissions on Tuesday from the UN climate summit, announcing strong new US regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency and launching a Global Methane Pledge, in partnership with the European Union, that has been signed by around 100 countries. At the center of Biden’s US methane
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has launched a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. Methane packs a stronger short-term climate punch than even carbon dioxide. The plan was announced Tuesday as President Joe Biden wraps up a two-day
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has launched a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. Methane packs a stronger short-term climate punch than even carbon dioxide. The plan was announced Tuesday as President Joe Biden wraps up a two-day
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — President Joe Biden says historic progress on addressing global warming was achieved at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. He is expressing optimism for a similar outcome in Washington, where his legislative agenda has been stalled by intra-party disagreements. Biden
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Verry Elleegant has surged home to win Melbourne Cup from pre-race favorite Incentivise and Spanish Mission. It was the New Zealand-bred mare’s 10th Group 1 win and gave trainer Chris Waller a first victory in Australia’s most famous horse race. A crowd capped at 10,000 was at the Flemington Racecourse to
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge says Kobe Bryant’s widow won’t have to undergo psychiatric testing in her lawsuit over graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, her 13-year-old daughter and seven others. The judge made the ruling Monday in Los Angeles. Kobe and the others died in January 2020
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge says Kobe Bryant’s widow won’t have to undergo psychiatric testing in her lawsuit over graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, her 13-year-old daughter and seven others. The judge made the ruling Monday in Los Angeles. Kobe and the others died in January 2020
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