Stiff EPA emission limits to boost US electric vehicle sales
By MATTHEW DALY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits…
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Stiff EPA emission limits to boost US electric vehicle sales
By MATTHEW DALY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits…
Continue ReadingVolcano spews ash cloud for 2nd day on Russia’s Kamchatka
MOSCOW (AP) — A volcano spewed out ash for a second day Wednesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, throwing clouds of dust high into…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Emerging Drug Threat story
In an April 12 story about the emerging drug threat designation for substances containing xylazine and fentanyl, The Associated Press erroneously…
Continue ReadingPope evokes cold-war replay, says leaders should avoid arms
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has evoked memories of the 1960s Cold War and urged world leaders to…
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Biden touts dividends of peace in Belfast, even as tensions persist
By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden spoke here Wednesday to mark a quarter-century of the Good Friday Agreement, it wasn’t from the…
Continue ReadingEPA proposes new tailpipe rules that could push EVs to make up two-thirds of new car sales in US by 2032
By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed ambitious new car pollution rules that could require electric vehicles…
Continue ReadingBiden administration declares fentanyl laced with xylazine ‘an emerging threat’ in the US
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The White House has declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with xylazine — an animal…
Continue ReadingTaliban say there’s no obstacles for UN work in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s chief spokesman denies there are obstacles for the U.N. to do its work in Afghanistan, even after barring…
Continue ReadingGerman officials seize cooked bats near Belgian border
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say German officials seized cooked bats and nearly a ton of unrefrigerated fish after police stopped a van that had…
Continue ReadingAfter being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, ‘The King Of Chemo’ decided to cycle across the US
By Ben Church, CNN When he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020, Iain Ward was sure about one thing — he wasn’t interested in any…
Continue ReadingEjercicios militares sugieren que China se está “preparándose para lanzar una guerra contra Taiwán”, dice el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de la isla a CNN
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un día después de que China simuló “ataques conjuntos de precisión” en Taiwán durante ejercicios…
Continue ReadingChina warns as US, Philippines stage combat drills
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China has warned that a deepening security alliance between the United States and the…
Continue ReadingIMF slashes cash-strapped Pakistan’s growth outlook to 0.5%
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has slashed the growth outlook for cash-strapped Pakistan, forecasting the South Asian country’s…
Continue ReadingIn Kerala, an aging trend bucks India’s booming population
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press KOCHI, India (AP) — When 82-year-old Vasanthi Baby almost tripped while climbing down the stairs in her home in…
Continue ReadingUkraine seeks medical, war recovery assistance from India
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Ukraine has asked India to supply medicines and medical equipment and help it rebuild war-damaged…
Continue ReadingWhat is autism? An expert explains
CNN By Matt Villano, CNN Some individuals with autism have challenges processing senses. Others struggle to communicate. Still others might have a…
Continue ReadingWhat is autism? An expert explains
By Matt Villano, CNN Some individuals with autism have challenges processing senses. Others struggle to communicate. Still others might have a tough…
Continue ReadingKentucky has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the US
Josh Campbell, Jack Hannah & Elizabeth Joseph A 25-year-old man in Kentucky legally purchased an AR-15-style rifle at a local gun dealership.…
Continue ReadingZelensky slams ‘beasts’ who purportedly beheaded Ukrainian soldiers after video emerges
CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Andrew Carey, Josh Pennington and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday condemned as…
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