By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major maritime industry association has backed plans for a global surcharge on carbon emissions from shipping to help fund the sector’s shift toward climate-friendly fuels. The International Chamber of Shipping said Monday that all vessels trading globally above a certain size should pay a set amount
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major maritime industry association has backed plans for a global surcharge on carbon emissions from shipping to help fund the sector’s shift toward climate-friendly fuels. The International Chamber of Shipping said Monday that all vessels trading globally above a certain size should pay a set amount
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN “Boy Meets World” star Danielle Fishel has welcomed her second child with husband Jensen Karp. The 40-year-old actress, best known for playing Topanga Lawrence in the ’90s sitcom, announced the arrival of her baby boy in an Instagram post on Sunday, adding that she had given him a very special name.
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Coach Luis Enrique has called up Sergio Reguilón to replace the injured José Luis Gayà for Spain’s World Cup qualifier against Kosovo on Wednesday. Gayà was substituted in the 75th minute of the 4-0 win over Georgia on Sunday because of a muscle injury. The Spanish soccer federation said the left back
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced two leading opposition activists to lengthy prison terms, the latest move in the relentless crackdown Belarusian authorities have unleashed on dissent after last year’s anti-government protests. Maria Kolesnikova, a top member of the opposition Coordination Council, has been in custody
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government has created a new ministry to address the impact of climate change. The government has named former European Union commissioner Christos Stylianides as minister. Stilianides served as commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management between 2014 and 2019. He was named to his
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN American tennis player Sloane Stephens revealed harassing and threatening messages she received following her third-round loss to Angelique Kerber at the US Open on Friday. Stephens wrote on her Instagram story Saturday: “I am human, after last night’s match I got 2K + messages of abuse/anger from people upset by yesterday’s
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La salud humana ya está siendo dañada por la crisis climática y los impactos podrían volverse catastróficos e irreversibles a menos que los gobiernos hagan más para abordar el calentamiento global, dijeron los editores de más de 230 revistas médicas en un editorial conjunto el lunes. El editorial señala vínculos establecidos entre
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Los talibanes se adjudicaron la victoria en la provincia afgana de Panjshir, y un portavoz dijo que la región había sido “completamente conquistada” tras dos semanas de feroces combates con un grupo de resistencia. Panjshir ha sido el último bastión entre las 34 provincias de Afganistán que se ha resistido a
Continue ReadingBy Umaro Djau, Kareem Khadder and David McKenzie, CNN A Guinean military officer broadcast a statement Sunday announcing that Guinea’s Constitution has been dissolved in an apparent coup. “We will no longer entrust politics to a man. We will entrust it to the people. We come only for that; it is the duty of a
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the more contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 sweeping across the country this summer, health care workers and officials are finding themselves returning to a crisis experienced last year when hospitals struggled to handle an influx of patients. In the Southeast, Georgia is now seeing its highest number of hospitalizations
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN With the more contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 sweeping across the country this summer, health care workers and officials are finding themselves returning to a crisis experienced last year when hospitals struggled to handle an influx of patients. In the Southeast, Georgia is now seeing its highest number of hospitalizations since
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 3-year-old boy wearing a sweat shirt and diapers has been found sitting in a creek and cupping water in his hands to drink three days after he was lost in rugged Australian woodlands. Hundreds of people had been searching for Anthony “AJ” Elfalak, who has
Continue ReadingBy BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s new military leaders are seeking to tighten their grip on power and are ordering the deposed president’s soldiers to join them. Col. Mamady Doumbouya also barred government officials from leaving the West African nation, ordering them to hand over their passports and
Continue ReadingBy Ben Westcott, CNN Business Tensions between China and Australia have taken a $4 billion toll on the important trading partnership, but Canberra says its economy has proven “remarkably resilient” as other countries moved to fill in the gaps. Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Monday claimed the Chinese government has failed to seriously impact the
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Jenn Selva, CNN About 14,000 people in one Louisiana parish are without homes after Hurricane Ida damaged or destroyed 75 percent of the structures there, Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson said Monday. “We are working feverishly, as hard as we can to get all people what they need to
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Toronto Blue Jays have won four in a row entering their big series this week in New York against the Yankees. No matter how that turns out, the future looks bright for Canada’s lone major league team. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 22 and very much living up to
Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie, CNN Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole due to ill health, the government’s correctional services department said Sunday. Zuma, 79, has been serving a 15-month prison sentence since July for contempt of court after defying a summons to appear at an inquiry into corruption
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN Marking the return of a months-long movement that has posed a unique challenge to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, farmers gathered in the predominantly agricultural state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday to protest controversial agricultural laws they say could ruin their livelihood. District official Amit Singh told
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El embajador de Alemania en China, Jan Hecker, murió repentinamente a los 54 años, después de solo unas pocas semanas en el cargo, según un comunicado publicado en el sitio web de la embajada de Alemania en China el lunes. Hecker había trabajado como asesor de política exterior de la canciller alemana
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