Strengthening Tropical Storm Rai to hit the Philippines as a typhoon Thursday
CNN By Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist Tropical Storm Rai is steadily strengthening east of the southern Philippines and is on the verge of becoming a…
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FAO: Virus hits Asian food security, as millions go hungry
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A United Nations report says the prolonged pandemic and surging prices are undermining food…
Continue ReadingFAO: Virus hits Asian food security, as millions go hungry
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A United Nations report says the prolonged pandemic and surging prices are undermining food…
Continue ReadingKremlin: Xi supports Putin’s pursuit of guarantees from West
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Chinese President Xi Jinping is supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin in…
Continue ReadingDisney World fire may have sprung from fireworks debris
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a small fire at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom started in a tree and may have been caused by…
Continue ReadingMalta se convertirá en el primer paÃs de la Unión Europea en legalizar el cannabis para uso recreativo
olivertapia (CNN) — Malta se convertirá en el primer paÃs de la Unión Europea en legalizar el cannabis para uso recreativo. Se espera que el…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s leader seeks Russia sanctions before it’s too late
By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging European Union leaders to swiftly…
Continue ReadingStickers and superheroes: EU starts vaccinating kids 5-11
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece, Italy and a handful of other European Union members have…
Continue ReadingSole survivor of India helicopter crash dies in hospital after almost a week on life support
By Rhea Mogul and Vedika Sud, CNN The only survivor of a helicopter crash that killed India’s top military official has died from his injuries…
Continue ReadingOmicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-January
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official says omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus…
Continue ReadingOmicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-January
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official says omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus…
Continue ReadingUK inflation hits decade high, pressuring Bank of England
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom are rising at their highest rate in over a decade as a result of…
Continue ReadingUK inflation hits decade high, pressuring Bank of England
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom are rising at their highest rate in over a decade as a result of…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Scholz vows that ‘we will win’ fight against COVID
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is vowing that his new government will win the fight against the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Scholz vows that ‘we will win’ fight against COVID
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is vowing that his new government will win the fight against the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingVaccine alliance chief: Omicron could trigger ‘Inequity 2.0’
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press CHAVANNES-DE-BOGIS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of vaccine alliance Gavi says in an interview he’s seen early…
Continue ReadingVaccine alliance chief: Omicron could trigger ‘Inequity 2.0’
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press CHAVANNES-DE-BOGIS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of vaccine alliance Gavi says in an interview he’s seen early…
Continue ReadingCOVID case in Blinken press curtails his Southeast Asia tour
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A positive COVID-19 test among U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s traveling party has…
Continue ReadingWatchdog says UN monitors needed in violence-hit Darfur
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A human rights watchdog has urged the United Nations to deploy monitors to Sudan’s western region of…
Continue ReadingHappy 100th, bloody mary: Paris marks cocktail’s birthday
By ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the bloody mary, the vodka-tomato juice…
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