By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of workers still on furlough in Britain has fallen to its lowest level since a salary support program was first introduced at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic 18 months ago. HM Revenue and Custom, which compiles the data, said Thursday that 1.6 million people
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, Elizabeth St. Philip, Avis Favaro Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — In some regions of the world, rapid tests, also known as lateral flow tests, have been a regularly used tool in the pandemic toolbox. But in Canada, these tests are scarce, except for in a
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Ford is ending auto production in India after logging accumulated operating losses of more than $2 billion over the past 10 years. An end to production in India comes less than a year after Ford said it would close its three plants in Brazil, ceasing operations in a country
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell has a plan in place to recycle some of the 8 billion pounds of used sauce packets that go into US landfills every year. The fast food chain is rolling out a nationwide pilot program for customers to send used sauce packets back through the mail. The program,
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Dragonflies are some of the most resilient insects on the planet. They’ve been on this planet for more than 200 million years and inhabit every continent except Antarctica. Experts say climate change is allowing many dragonfly species in Canada and around
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch launched her campaign for governor by likening herself to former President Donald Trump and deriding the Democratic incumbent as a weak failure. Kleefisch is seeking to take on Gov. Tony Evers next year in a top race for Republicans who
Continue ReadingCABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Olaf is closing in for a strike on the Los Cabos resort region at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. As the storm approached Thursday, authorities closed ports in the area, prepared temporary shelters and urged people to monitor public announcements. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 310,000, a pandemic low and a sign that the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant has yet to lead to widespread layoffs. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she has been treated for breast cancer and the treatment “went well.” The 61-year-old says Thursday that the cancer was found in February during a routine mammogram, and she had a lumpectomy to remove it. She says she completed radiation treatment in
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted their second spacewalk in less than a week as they continue configurations for the new Nauka module for operations on the International Space Station. The spacewalk began Thursday at 10:51 a.m. and ended at 6:16 p.m. ET, lasting for seven hours and 25
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ripped off the stimulus band-aid and confirmed that it would start to scale back its bond-buying program this month despite concerns about the impact of the Delta coronavirus variant on the economy. The European Central Bank followed suit on Thursday, saying that it
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tehran has died. The report Thursday did not elaborate on the cause of death of Christopher Mapanga, but reportedly he had suffered from liver disease. It said the Iranian foreign ministry coordinated with police and judicial authorities for legal procedures and identification of the
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Corea del Sur se ha convertido en el último país de la región de Asia Pacífico que considera abandonar su estrategia de erradicación del coronavirus, anunciando planes para levantar potencialmente las restricciones de covid-19 a pesar del aumento del número de casos. Seúl está intentando controlar el
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN New images are shining a spotlight on a game of fetch that’s out of this world. Astronomers have captured the most detailed observations yet of the asteroid 216 Kleopatra — an asteroid with two moons that just happens to look a lot like a dog bone. The new observations were made
Continue ReadingAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian court has upheld the convictions of two former senior officials on sedition and other charges connected to an alleged plot against the kingdom involving the half-brother of King Abdullah II. Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid were sentenced to 15 years in prison in July by a state
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Country stars Chris Stapleton and Eric Church will go toe-to-toe with each other at this year’s Country Music Association Awards, with both vying in the same five categories, including entertainer of the year. In nominations announced on Thursday, Stapleton has nominations in male vocalist, album of the year,
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s already thin supply of COVID-19 vaccines has taken another significant hit. The World Health Organization’s Africa director says that for various reasons, including the rollout of booster shots, “we will get 25% less doses than we were anticipating by the end of the year.” The
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A year ago on Thursday, Greece’s notoriously squalid refugee camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos burnt down, leaving nearly 12,000 people in need of emergency housing as winter approached. European leaders then vowed such squalid facilities would be a thing of the past. But
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Authorities in southern Spain say one firefighter has died and nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated as a worsening wildfire is tearing through forest land. The blaze in a mountain range of the Malaga province broke out late Wednesday and grew, fanned by winds of up to 50 kilometers per hour with
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British airline easyJet said it has rejected an unsolicited takeover approach as it announced plans to raise another 1.2 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) from shareholders to shore up its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Thursday, the company said its board had “unanimously” rejected the
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