Serbia suspends lithium mine plans after protests
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Local authorities in western Serbia have suspended a plan that would allow mining…
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Tokyo finds omicron case in US arrival isolating at home
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo has confirmed its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in a traveler from the…
Continue ReadingSoaring infections rattle Europe, fuel dread about holidays
By DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Soaring infections in Britain driven in part by the omicron variant of the…
Continue ReadingBritish surge seen as warning on omicron but responses vary
By DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Spiraling infections in Britain driven in part by the new omicron variant of the…
Continue ReadingMercedes withdraws its appeal into chaotic F1 finale and congratulates Max Verstappen on first world title
By Ben Church and Amanda Davies, CNN Max Verstappen’s first Formula One world title panned out “way more intense” than he could…
Continue Reading‘I cannot escape’: New abuses alleged in Ethiopia’s Tigray
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — New witness accounts allege that thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been forcibly expelled,…
Continue ReadingTaniela Moa: Former Tonga rugby international dies aged 36
By Ben Morse, CNN Former Tonga rugby international Taniela Moa has died at the age of 36, the Tongan Rugby Union announced on Thursday. “A…
Continue ReadingFDA says abortion pills can be sent by mail
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it is lifting a requirement that patients seeking medication…
Continue ReadingAt least 5 dead as Midwest rocked by hurricane-force winds
By MARGERY A. BECK and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say at least five people died when a powerful storm system…
Continue ReadingExclusive: ‘Cyber is the most dangerous weapon in the world,’ JPMorgan council warns
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Business leaders and former policymakers are sounding the cyber alarm. The JPMorgan International Council on Thursday…
Continue ReadingA 90-year-old was serving life for marijuana despite serious illness. Now he’s going home
By Casey Tolan, CNN In a dramatic reversal, a 90-year-old, seriously ill federal inmate serving life in prison for a nonviolent marijuana trafficking…
Continue ReadingTurkish lira dips to new low after another interest rate cut
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Central Bank has again cut interest rates despite soaring consumer prices that…
Continue ReadingTurkish lira dips to new low after another interest rate cut
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Central Bank has again cut interest rates despite soaring consumer prices that…
Continue ReadingHow to find the world’s roomiest airplane seats
John Walton, CNN One of the greatest luxuries when we fly is space: the space to stretch out, relax, work and sleep while flying seven miles above…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into our…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into…
Continue ReadingHouse panel demands information on federal execution drug
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee is demanding the Justice Department provide answers about…
Continue ReadingGerman prosecutors close probe of racist shootings of 9
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have closed an investigation into a racist attack last year after finding no evidence that the gunman who killed…
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