BERLIN (AP) — A union representing Germany’s train drivers began a 24-hour strike Thursday night, causing widespread rail cancellations and travel disruptions across the country. The strike began on Thursday at 10 p.m. for passenger services and will continue until 10 p.m. on Friday. For freight trains, the strike began at 6 p.m. Thursday. Deutsche
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces stormed into a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank to arrest Palestinian militants and unleashed fighting with local gunmen in which six Palestinians were killed. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the dead included a 14-year-old boy and a local commander
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the 2020 beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist, an attack that shocked the country and shone a light on the real-world dangers of online hate speech. Samuel Paty, a history and geography
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has visited the Notre Dame Cathedral to mark the one-year countdown to its reopening. The cathedral is undergoing extensive restoration after a blaze burned through the roof and spire on April 15, 2019. The spire’s restoration symbolizes an emotional revival
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — “You don’t need legs to leave your footprint on this planet” is a motto by which Zion Clark lives his life. Since birth, the American has continuously and ferociously defied the odds, navigating every challenge in his way and creating a legacy to be proud of. The 26-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — “You don’t need legs to leave your footprint on this planet” is a motto by which Zion Clark lives his life. Since birth, the American has continuously and ferociously defied the odds, navigating every challenge in his way and creating a legacy to be proud of. The 26-year-old was
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden has used a visit to Las Vegas to say he’s “putting high-speed rail on the fast track.” He also has used the moment to blast former President Donald Trump — his likely 2024 challenger — as a do-nothing politician. Biden told unionized carpenters
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s ascendancy in the GOP presidential race has brought new financial support, but also newfound attention from her rivals trying to topple former President Donald Trump. But in the face of increased scrutiny, Haley’s allies increasingly are thinking about the long game. She
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here. Discussions for what’s known as the Global Goal
Continue ReadingBy Dave Alsup and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Good Samaritans helped thwart a woman’s attempt to set a fire at the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, police said. Police were called to the historic home in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood around 5:45 p.m. Thursday on a vandalism report,
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Cohan, CNN (CNN) — Imagine relinquishing all sense of space and self — standing inside an area of stark darkness, interrupted by endless grids of light, and punctuated throughout by rising and falling acoustic tones, altering depth perception and consciousness. No longer left to the imagination, that experience is possible by stepping inside
Continue ReadingCNN By Michelle Cohan, CNN (CNN) — Imagine relinquishing all sense of space and self — standing inside an area of stark darkness, interrupted by endless grids of light, and punctuated throughout by rising and falling acoustic tones, altering depth perception and consciousness. No longer left to the imagination, that experience is possible by stepping
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JULIA FRANKEL and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Friday that the military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation, searching for Hamas militants, while desperate Palestinians in the south crowded into an ever-shrinking area, and the U.N. warned that its aid operation
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El paralizante distanciamiento político de Estados Unidos pronto podría cambiar el mundo hacia algo peor. Casi dos años después del inicio de la guerra en Ucrania, la línea de suministro de armas y municiones de Estados Unidos corre por primera vez peligro real de colapsar, 12 meses después de que
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi officials say a rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has caused minor damage but no casualties. Iran-backed militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks that targeted bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria since the Israel-Hamas war
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street climbed back to its best level in 20 months on Friday following a stronger-than-expected report on the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, enough to clinch a sixth straight winning week for the index, which is its longest such streak in
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Starting January 1, companies that deliver beer, wine, cider and pre-made cocktails to Oregonians will be required to obtain a Third-Party Delivery Facilitator permit from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) and to train their delivery drivers to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors and visibly intoxicated persons.
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — From trade to human rights, the leaders of China and the European Union differed on a wide range of issues at a summit this week in the Chinese capital. Separate post-summit news conferences on Thursday highlighted their divergent positions. China raised concerns about trade protectionism and “de-risking,”
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Beijing has ramped up its push to interfere in next month’s Taiwan presidential election, with a top Chinese leader urging officials to be more effective and discreet in their work at a recent high-level meeting, according to a senior Taiwanese security official. Wang Huning, the fourth-ranking leader
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse. The rare and fleeting spectacle, late Monday into early Tuesday, should be visible to millions of people
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