By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Local authorities say an Ethiopian drone strike has killed 17 civilians in the country’s Tigray region on the day that President Joe Biden during a call with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed concern about such attacks in the ongoing war. A report by the zonal administration
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a wave of public and political outrage over allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by holding a garden party in 2020 while Britons were barred by law from meeting up with more than one person outside
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN Rachel Balkovec will become the first woman to manage a minor league team. Balkovec will manage the Tampa Tarpons, the New York Yankees’ Low-A affiliate, according to MLB.com. She confirmed the historic news to the website on Sunday night. “I’m not the first woman to have a position in baseball, but
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, Raja Razek, Amir Vera, Holly Yan and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN For the first time in a week, Chicago students are expected back in classrooms Wednesday after the city and teachers struck a deal over Covid-19 safety measures. Negotiators for the Chicago Teachers Union and the city reached a tentative agreement late Monday,
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report based on U.S. trade data shows American companies are still importing teak from Myanmar despite sanctions imposed after the military seized power. Teak is one of the most valuable hardwoods, used in yachts, home flooring and in expensive furniture. U.S. importers were still receiving
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report based on U.S. trade data shows American companies are still importing teak from Myanmar despite sanctions imposed after the military seized power. Teak is one of the most valuable hardwoods, used in yachts, home flooring and in expensive furniture. U.S. importers were still receiving
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian Orthodox Church says the Patriarch, Porfirije, has tested positive for COVID-19. The church said on Tuesday that Porfirije has developed “very mild symptoms of the virus infection” and remains in home isolation. He is in contact “through electronic communications” with his associates and performs administrative duties entirely without problems,
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni officials say forces of the internationally recognized government have reclaimed the entire southern province of Shabwa from Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The seizure of Shabwa is a blow to the rebels after government forces earlier this month made significant advances in the south. Taking Shabwa would enable
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La propagación de la variante ómicron del nuevo coronavirus está causando una interrupción generalizada en Estados Unidos a medida que las hospitalizaciones alcanzan un nivel no visto desde el repunte registrado durante la temporada de fin de año de 2020-21. Más de 141.000 estadounidenses permanecían hospitalizados con covid-19 hasta el lunes, según
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Economic Forum says cyberthreats and the growing space race are emerging risks to the global economy, on top of existing challenges posed by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. The Global Risks Report released Tuesday usually comes out ahead of the annual elite winter
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Economic Forum says cyberthreats and the growing space race are emerging risks to the global economy, on top of existing challenges posed by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. The Global Risks Report released Tuesday usually comes out ahead of the annual elite winter
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, CNN State authorities in North Carolina are investigating the killing of a man Saturday by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy, who told authorities the person had jumped on his vehicle. The man killed was identified by the Fayetteville Police Department as Jason Walker, a 37-year-old Black man. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN The question hung in the air like a bad odor, silencing the small group of fully vaccinated and boosted friends and family at my dinner table. “Why not just get Omicron and get it over with? It’s mild, right? And it can boost immunity?” The fully vaccinated, boosted, well-educated friend who
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez and Joe Sutton, CNN An Indiana lawmaker is apologizing for saying teachers should exercise impartiality when teaching about Nazism or fascism. During a committee hearing Wednesday on legislation regarding how certain lessons are taught in school, state senator and bill co-author Scott Baldwin said, “I have no problem with the education system
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer The uncertain status of top-ranked Novak Djokovic didn’t prevent Australian Open organizers from listing him as the top seed for the Grand Slam tournament beginning next Monday at Melbourne Park. Homegrown talent Ash Barty was given the No. 1 seed in the women’s draw in line with expectations. Djokovic
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary, Amir Vera and Liam Reilly, CNN All 17 victims from a fire in a Bronx apartment building on Sunday died of smoke inhalation, according to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). The manner of death was determined to be an accident for them all, said OCME director
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has become the latest European nation to reach the milestone of 100,000 deaths related to coronavirus. Nearly a quarter of those deaths — some 24,000 — have occurred in the most recent wave of infection that began in October, a period in which vaccines were
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Snowboarder Chloe Kim burst on to the Olympic scene four years ago in PyeongChang, winning a gold medal at 17. The medal was nice, but her real reward may have come when she returned home to something sweeter.
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The president of Kazakhstan has announced that a Russia-led security alliance will start pulling out its troops from the Central Asian country in two days after completing its mission. The mostly Russian troops were deployed to Kazakhstan last week by the Collective Security Treaty Organization, an alliance
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell, CNN The spread of the Omicron variant is causing widespread disruption across the US as hospitalizations reach a level not seen since the 2020-21 holiday surge. More than 141,000 Americans were hospitalized with Covid-19 as of Monday, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services, nearing the record
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