By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer This is not exactly a winning weekend upcoming of NFL football. The Monday night matchup between Buffalo and Cincinnati is the only one in Week 17 that features two teams with winning records. That marks just the seventh time since the merger that one of the final two
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Airlines has resumed scheduled flights to Tigray’s capital, Mekele, as the result of a peace agreement signed between the federal government and Tigray officials in November. The resumption of flights on Wednesday came a day after a federal government delegation led by the speaker of
Continue ReadingA 97-year-old woman is appealing her conviction in Germany of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders when she was a secretary to the commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. In a Dec. 20 verdict, the Itzehoe state court gave Irmgard Furchner a two-year suspended sentence for being an
Continue ReadingSEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has won a gripping duel with Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami in a women’s World Cup giant slalom to earn her second win in two days. It marked career victory No. 79. Shiffrin trailed leader Gut-Behrami by 0.22 seconds after the opening leg but the pair swapped places after a
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line Israeli government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its priority list on Wednesday, vowing to legalize dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory as part of its coalition deal with ultranationalist allies. The coalition agreements, released
Continue ReadingBy Delia Gallagher and Rob Picheta, CNN Pope Francis has said that his predecessor Pope Benedict, the 95-year-old former pontiff who resigned from the post nine years ago, is “very sick” after a deterioration in his health on Wednesday. “I want to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict who sustains
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Luka Dončić put up a historic triple-double in the Dallas Mavericks’ thrilling 126-121 overtime win over the New York Knicks on Tuesday. The 23-year-old recorded a career-high 60 points and a career-high 21 rebounds to go with 10 assists, helping the Mavericks come from nine points down with just 33 seconds
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘s health has worsened over the past hours due to advanced age and doctors are constantly monitoring his condition, the Vatican said Wednesday, as Pope Francis appealed to the faithful to pray for his “very ill” predecessor “until the end.” Vatican spokesperson
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is scrapping some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues. The move comes as Hong Kong is preparing to reopen its borders with mainland China next month. China had imposed harsh restrictions and snap
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is scrapping some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues. The move comes as Hong Kong is preparing to reopen its borders with mainland China next month. China had imposed harsh restrictions and snap
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and VIRGILE AHISSOU Associated Press COTONOU, Benin (AP) — It’s been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah’s town in northern Benin but the priest still lives in fear. His once peaceful life is now marked by threatening phone calls and Islamic extremist diatribes tacked on church doors demanding
Continue ReadingBy Tara Mulholland, CNN Kabosu, the internet-famous dog who inspired the “doge” meme and influenced digital culture for a decade, is seriously ill with leukemia and liver disease. The 17-year-old shiba inu stopped “eating and drinking voluntarily” on Christmas Eve, and has been diagnosed with acute cholangiohepatitis and chronic lymphoma leukemia, according to a series
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has bought some 1,400 drones, mostly for reconnaissance, and plans to develop combat models that can attack the exploding drones Russia has used during its invasion of the country, according to the Ukrainian government minister in charge of technology. In a recent interview with The
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has bought some 1,400 drones, mostly for reconnaissance, and plans to develop combat models that can attack the exploding drones Russia has used during its invasion of the country, according to the Ukrainian government minister in charge of technology. In a recent interview with The
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN A 45-year-old Irish tourist died in Thailand on Tuesday after falling from a moving train, Thai police said. Patrick Ward fell from the train in Kanchanburi province, west of the capital Bangkok, as it passed a scenic view at low speed, according to Sai Yok district Pol. Maj.
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN Arizona Cardinals defensive end JJ Watt, one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, will retire after the 2022 season, he announced on Tuesday. Watt, the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, said he played his “last ever” home game this past Sunday, a 19-16 overtime loss to the
Continue ReadingBy Tara Mulholland, CNN Kabosu, the internet-famous dog who inspired the “doge” meme and influenced digital culture for a decade, is seriously ill with leukemia and liver disease. The 17-year-old shiba inu stopped “eating and drinking voluntarily” on Christmas Eve, and has been diagnosed with acute cholangiohepatitis and chronic lymphoma leukemia, according to a series
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said government forces killed four suspected militants in a gunbattle on Wednesday. Troops intercepted a truck moving unusually on a highway in the outskirts of Jammu city and when they began searching it, gunfire came from inside the vehicle. Police said four suspected militants were killed in
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Thursday after benchmarks fell more than 1% on Wall Street in the middle of a mostly quiet and holiday-shortened week. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices declined. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.3% to 25,990.68. The Hang Seng in Hong
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Thursday after benchmarks fell more than 1% on Wall Street in the middle of a mostly quiet and holiday-shortened week. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices declined. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.3% to 25,990.68. The Hang Seng in Hong
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