By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels say they’re temporarily allowing U.N. humanitarian flights to land at the airport in the capital of Sanaa. The development follows a week-long halt in flights after the Houthi rebels closed the airport, saying it was unsafe. They accused their adversary, the Saudi-led coalition, of
Continue ReadingCNN By Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country’s previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11. The new peak, according to Johns Hopkins University data, comes amid a rapid acceleration of
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country’s previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11. The new peak, according to Johns Hopkins University data, comes amid a rapid acceleration of infections
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Dwayne Johnson le dio a su madre una sincera sorpresa esta Navidad. El actor y emprendedor publicó el dulce momento cuando le regaló un auto a su madre durante el fin de semana festivo. Dwayne “The Rock”; Johnson quiere beber tequila con su “doble” Sus hijas pequeñas lo ayudaron con la
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una niña afgana de 8 años, que forma parte de un grupo de menores evacuados a Estados Unidos, solloza todas las noches después de que su tía la acuesta. Otro joven afgano de 17 años se despierta agarrándose la almohada y gritando el nombre de su hermano pequeño. Cientos de
Continue ReadingCNN By Barbara Starr and Devan Cole, CNN Richard Marcinko, a legendary military figure known for leading SEAL Team Six when the covert special operations unit was in its infancy, died Saturday, according to his son and the National Navy SEAL Museum. He was 81. “Last night, Christmas evening, we lost a hero, who’s also
Continue ReadingReuters New crystals from Irish company Waterford have joined over 2,000 sparkling triangles covering the ball that drops over New York’s Times Square every year, days before the countdown to 2022. “We’re here today replacing 192 of the Waterford crystal triangles on that ball behind me with a new design, ‘the Gift of Wisdom,’” said
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press Desmond Tutu was, for many around the world, an icon. A spiritual compass. A champion of the anti-apartheid struggle. But those who saw the Nobel Peace Prize winner up close basked in his rollercoaster laughter, reveled as his eyes widened theatrically, soaked up his pristinely enunciated remarks, and came away
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer They train at the same complex in Montreal under the same coaches. They’ve had a long-term rivalry that’s taken them around the world. Hey, even the women’s first names are the same. And when they take the ice in Nashville next week for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, they
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Heidi and Antonio Chimuku of Mulino shared this video of citizens helping an ODOT truck that got stuck near Santiam Pass Thursday as the driver tried to help other stranded cars. ‘I just loved how everyone jumped out of their cars to help,’ Heidi says.
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says he doesn’t oppose a “good” nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. Naftali Bennett spoke on Tuesday, a day after negotiators from Iran and five world powers resumed talks on restoring Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal. Bennett voiced skepticism in an
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The southern French port city of Marseille has made headlines in recent months over the deaths of several young people in drug-related shootouts, in what is often referred to as a “settling of scores.” A spate of killings this summer, including that of a 14-year-old boy named Rayanne in mid-August, prompted
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Nectar Gan China’s Xi’an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of mass testing as it reported the highest daily count of local symptomatic Covid infections in a Chinese city since March 2020. Xi’an, an ancient city in northwestern Shaanxi province, reported 175 new local symptomatic
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN Four people were killed Monday evening when an airplane crashed in the El Cajon area of Southern California, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The victims were aboard a Learjet 35 business aircraft which departed from John Wayne Airport in Orange County and was headed to Gillespie Field in San Diego,
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer New York nurse Sandra Lindsay became a vaccine activist after being hailed as the first person in the United States to get a COVID-19 shot a year ago. In the months since, Lindsay has appeared on panels, in Zoom town halls and at other events in the U.S. and
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer This basketball season is starting to feel a lot like the last one. Games are being postponed or canceled seemingly by the minute. Schedulers are scrambling to find replacements. Dozens of teams have gone on COVID-19 pause. But the week in the AP Top 25 still has some marquee
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN The defense ministers of Japan and China on Monday agreed to set up a joint communication hotline by the end of 2022, a news release from Japan’s Defense Ministry said, amid tensions between the East Asian neighbors. China’s Defense Ministry confirmed the hotline agreement in a statement without giving a date
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) — Lutheran pastors across Germany’s Saxony state have used their sermons and opened their churches to promote vaccines as the most efficient way to prevent severe illness and to end the pandemic. Several churches hosted vaccine clinics this month, hoping that offering jabs in a familiar environment
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer From South African undertakers to ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbis, an unconventional cadre of people has joined global efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates. Launching campaigns that traditionally have been the realm of public health authorities, they’re opening church doors, going door to door, village to village, touting the benefits of
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews have yet to receive their COVID-19 shots. The community has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country despite being pummeled by the virus throughout the pandemic. And now the new omicron variant has arrived. Officials scramble
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