Beirut’s worst street violence in more than a decade kills at least 6
By Tamara Qiblawi and Mostafa Salem, CNN A fierce political dispute over a probe into Beirut’s August 2020 port blast prompted the worst…
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Mali’s Timbuktu fears jihadis as France reduces troops
By BABA AHMED Associated Press TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Many residents of Timbuktu are worried that when French troops pull out of the city in…
Continue ReadingJanuary 6 investigators recommended a contempt charge against Steve Bannon. Here’s what that means.
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Members of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol have shown they’re willing to…
Continue ReadingStrongest quake since volcano erupted shakes Spanish island
MADRID (AP) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken Spain’s La Palma island off northwest Africa in what was the strongest recorded since a local…
Continue ReadingStrongest quake since volcano erupted shakes Spanish island
MADRID (AP) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken Spain’s La Palma island off northwest Africa in what was the strongest recorded since a local…
Continue ReadingJanuary 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot…
Continue ReadingDC police warned other agencies before January 6 rally that attendees were urged to ‘come armed,’ according to new document
By Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN Local police in Washington warned their law enforcement partner agencies a day before the January 6 pro-Trump…
Continue ReadingWage theft hits immigrants — hard
By SUSAN FERRISS and JOE YERARDI The Center for Public Integrity Immigrants perform some of America’s lowest-paying, most arduous jobs, and are…
Continue ReadingAl menos 46 personas murieron en el incendio de un edificio de 13 pisos en Taiwán
olivertapia Taipei, Taiwán (CNN) — Al menos 46 personas murieron y decenas resultaron heridas en un gran incendio en un edificio en el sur de…
Continue ReadingEconomic institutes slash Germany’s growth forecast
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading economic institutes have slashed their forecast for Europe’s biggest economy. They said Thursday that output is…
Continue ReadingEconomic institutes slash Germany’s growth forecast
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading economic institutes have slashed their forecast for Europe’s biggest economy. They said Thursday that output is…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s Alisal Fire threatens power outages, prompts evacuations and sparks concerns over Ronald Reagan’s Rancho del Cielo
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The heavy winds that have been fanning the Alisal Fire — which already closed part of Highway 101 and shuttered Amtrak…
Continue ReadingLo que sabemos sobre las nuevas políticas de viaje a Estados Unidos
olivertapia (CNN) — Otra noticia bienvenida para los viajeros que claman por ingresar a Estados Unidos se produjo el martes con el anuncio de…
Continue ReadingSuspect in Norway attack named as police say they’re treating it as terrorism
By James Frater and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Norwegian police have named the suspect in Wednesday’s bow-and-arrow attack in the southern town of…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 infections are declining in the US. But hospitalizations are still high in some hot spots
By Travis Caldwell, CNN While the rate of Covid-19 infections nationwide is slowing, health care systems in some parts of the country are struggling…
Continue ReadingGunbattles erupt during protest of Beirut blast probe; 6 die
By ZEINA KARAM and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — At least six people have been killed and dozens wounded in armed clashes in Beirut.…
Continue ReadingAt least 46 people killed after fire tears through 13-story residential building in Taiwan
By Eric Cheung, CNN At least 46 people died and dozens were injured after a major fire broke out in a building in southern Taiwan on Thursday,…
Continue ReadingSyrian allies vow response to Israeli strike, also blame US
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s defense ministry says one of its soldiers has been killed and three injured in an overnight Israeli airstrike…
Continue ReadingTurkish lira at new lows after Erdogan fires bank officials
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira has hit record lows against the dollar after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired three senior central bank…
Continue ReadingChina set to send 3 astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
BEIJING (AP) — China is preparing to send three astronauts to live on its space station for six months — a new milestone for a program that has…
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