BERLIN (AP) — German police say an Albanian man who disappeared after serving part of a sentence for his role in the killing of a high-ranking police officer in his homeland two decades ago has been arrested at Frankfurt Airport. Federal police said Tuesday that the 42-year-old was arrested on New Year’s Day as he
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN After you finish your fries, eat the ketchup packet. When you add your pasta to boiling water, toss the bag into the pot, too. If these instructions sound confusing to you, it’s only because you haven’t yet heard of Notpla, a London-based startup company that is designing a seaweed-based replacement for single-use
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Tara John, CNN Armed with homemade explosives, fueled by conspiracy theories and fermented during the pandemic, French authorities say “The Overthrow” was a potentially dangerous creation. According to documents seen by CNN from the DGSI, France’s internal intelligence agency, the group was a far-right network with diverse ideological roots but a
Continue ReadingBy Yong Xiong and Karla Cripps, CNN After nearly four years of construction, China’s longest underwater highway tunnel is now open to vehicle traffic. At a length of 10.79 kilometers (6.65 miles), the Taihu tunnel stretches under Lake Taihu in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province, about 50 kilometers east of Shanghai. According to government officials in
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Mientras que decenas de millones de estadounidenses no vacunados se encuentran en mayor riesgo de contraer una enfermedad grave por infección de covid-19, doctores y centros de atención médica en todo el país informan que hay un número creciente de niños hospitalizados, algunos de los cuales son demasiado jóvenes para ser vacunados.
Continue ReadingTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s health minister says same-sex couples will be able to have children through surrogate mothers in Israel as of next week. The announcement on Tuesday follows a court decision made last year that expanded surrogacy to gay couples. Under the previous regulations, Israeli same-sex couples looking to become parents could
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens have come out in favor of a second term for President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. That leaves the head of state well-placed to win another five years in office. The Greens on Tuesday became the last of the three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s new government to endorse Steinmeier. He was
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese have flooded the streets in the capital of Khartoum and other cities in anti-coup protests as the country plunges further into turmoil following the prime minister’s resignation earlier this week. The premier was ousted in the October coup, only to be reinstated a month later following
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Walmart has been swept up in controversy in China after one of its retailers was accused of removing products sourced from Xinjiang. It’s more evidence of how difficult it has become for Western businesses to navigate international politics in China. The firestorm began late last month when people on Chinese
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Todos los estadounidenses se han visto obligados a considerar cuánto riesgo es aceptable para que la nación vuelva a ponerse de pie mientras la variante ómicron del nuevo coronavirus se sale de control. El país está siendo sepultado por una avalancha de nuevas infecciones, pero después de dos años agotadores y desmoralizadores,
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Tuesday for her part in organizing an unauthorized vigil to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Chow is a former vice chairwoman of the now-disbanded organization Hong Kong Alliance, which since
Continue ReadingCNN By Deidre McPhillips and Derrick Hinds, CNN More than 103,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, the first time the total has reached six figures in nearly four months, according to the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Covid-19 hospitalizations reached a record high of more than 142,000 about
Continue ReadingCNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster on Wednesday to include children as young as 12, at least five months after they finish the primary vaccine series. On Monday, the FDA expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Travis Caldwell, CNN More children are getting hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before as the Omicron variant’s dominance intensifies. An average of 672 children were admitted to hospitals every day with Covid-19 during the week ending Sunday, the highest such number of the pandemic, according to data from the Centers for
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A landslide at a construction site in southwestern China has killed 14 people and injured three others. Official reports say the cause of the landslide Monday evening in Guizhou province is under investigation. Workers were building a training facility for a hospital at the time of the landslide. Mountainous, inland Guizhou is
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S.-led coalition official in Iraq says two explosives-laden drones that targeted a military base housing U.S. troops in western Anbar province have been destroyed. The official says the fixed-wing drones rigged with explosives were engaged by defensive capabilities at the Ain al-Asad airbase, and that the
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Troubled Chinese real estate developer Evergrande is trying to reassure investors about the impact of an official order to demolish a few dozen buildings in China. Chinese media reported over the weekend that authorities in Hainan province — a tropical resort island off the coast of southern China — had
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Residents of the Chinese city of Xi’an are enduring a strict coronavirus lockdown, with business owners suffering yet more closures and some people complaining of difficulties finding food. That’s despite assurances from authorities that they are able to provide necessities for the 13 million people largely confined
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 25 Texas Tech is diving into a challenging stretch of games to open its Big 12 schedule. The Red Raiders first visit No. 11 Iowa State on Wednesday before returning home to host sixth-ranked Kansas on Saturday. There’s also a looming matchup with top-ranked and reigning national champion
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Canada has ruled that Iran should pay 107 million Canadian dollars — about $84 million — in punitive damages to families of six people with Canadian citizenship or residency who were killed in the Iranian military’s downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020. The military’s
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