By Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, a former soccer star, called Boakai after the country’s National Elections Commission (NEC) released provisional results on Friday. Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice president of Liberia, won 51% of the votes,
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say that they have arrested and pressed charges against a 38-year-old Polish woman with Islamic extremist sympathies who planted an explosive device on a street in central Warsaw earlier this month. There were no injuries. Police said in a statement published on Monday that the woman placed the device
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is vowing to keep supporting Ukraine’s efforts to win its war against Russia, pledging further military aid worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion). The new aid is reportedly to include further Iris-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems as well as anti-tank mines
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Cabinet has approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be proposed to Parliament next month. A deputy government spokesperson said the amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code will change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — In a sport where the aim is to shoot as low a score as possible, one golf venue in North Wales is shooting lower than anywhere else on the planet. Fasten your mining helmet and plunge 152 meters (498 feet) below ground into a disused cavern at Llechwedd slate
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Good Monday evening Central Oregon. Expect cloudy and cool weather Tuesday, with mild temperatures during the day, then it gets chilly by the evening. There’s a slight chance of showers by Wednesday. The mountains will begin to see more snow by Tuesday evening. 50/50 on the sunshine and clouds by Thanksgiving day. No rain or
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A majority of South African lawmakers have voted in favor of a motion calling for the closure of the Israeli embassy and the cutting of diplomatic ties until Israel agrees to a cease-fire in Gaza. The vote on the motion supported by the ruling African National Congress
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — The first images of dozens of men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel have emerged, as a complex and frustrating operation to free them enters its tenth day. Video captured by a camera fed through a pipe by rescuers on the surface shows the men wearing helmets and standing
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Cuatro personas resultaron heridas después de que un atacante abriera fuego en un Walmart cerca de Dayton, Ohio, antes de quitarse la vida este lunes por la noche, dijo la policía. El sospechoso, descrito solo como hombre, entró a la tienda alrededor de las 8:35 pm ET y disparó a cuatro
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Qatar on Wednesday announced a truce-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas that would bring a four-day halt in fighting in a devastating six-week war, win freedom for dozens of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, and also lead to the release of dozens of
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Tonks and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A storm system pushing across the eastern US ahead of Thanksgiving is delivering widespread impacts on Tuesday, threatening to disrupt holiday travel with severe thunderstorms, drenching rain and snow. Live Updates: See the latest on delays and disruptions as Thanksgiving travel gets underway At
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Wednesday, tracking a decline on Wall Street a day after stocks there hit their highest level since the start of August. Tokyo and Mumbai advanced while most other major markets declined. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices edged lower.
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas hotel union workers have overwhelmingly voted to approve their contract agreement with casino giant Caesars Entertainment. The decision Monday ends months of labor disputes that had brought the threat of a historic strike to the Strip. The Culinary Workers Union says the vote was
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti El expresidente Donald Trump afirmó en discurso que fue acusado tres veces más que el infame gángster Al Capone . No es verdad. Trump, el favorito para la nominación presidencial republicana, hizo uso de la afirmación sobre Al Capone mientras intenta presentarse como víctima de procesamientos infundados y con motivaciones políticas. En un
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mt. Bachelor says it needs a healthy amount of snow from a new storm — roughly a foot, at least – if it’s to make its hoped-for day-after-Thanksgiving season opening.
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of killing three people and seriously wounding a fourth in rural Colorado has been arrested, the Custer County Sheriff’s Office said. Hanme K. Clark, 45, is accused of shooting four people Monday in a wooded part of Custer County after an apparent dispute
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world must “must act urgently” to stem the conflict in Gaza, China’s top diplomat said Monday during a meeting with officials from Arab and Muslim majority nations, as Beijing steps up its efforts to play a role in establishing a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for over a week are finally getting hot meals, provided through a newly installed steel pipe, as rescuers work on an alternate plan of digging toward them vertically. The meals, made of rice and lentils, were
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Peligrosas tormentas eléctricas cobraron vida con estruendo en partes del sur este lunes mientras más de 20 millones de personas desde el este de Texas hasta el sureste enfrentaban la amenaza de vientos dañinos, granizo y tornados potencialmente fuertes. Las severas tormentas se desplazaron por el este de Texas y el
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon Senators Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley and Senate colleagues announced Monday they introduced legislation that would prevent domestic violence abusers from buying firearms. Federal law protects domestic violence survivors from gun violence by preventing their abusers from buying or having a firearm – but only once the court has issued a final
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