‘They didn’t betray us yet,’ says stranded Afghan ally with enduring hope of US rescue
By Antonia Mortensen, Tim Lister and Phil Black, CNN Wakil’s eyes fill with tears. He has no idea whether he and his family will get out of…
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‘They didn’t betray us yet,’ says stranded Afghan ally with enduring hope of US rescue
CNN By Antonia Mortensen, Tim Lister and Phil Black, CNN Wakil’s eyes fill with tears. He has no idea whether he and his family will get out of…
Continue ReadingChina, pandemic, energy top Japan’s leadership race debate
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Four candidates vying to lead Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party _ and replacing outgoing…
Continue ReadingAdvocates fear US weighing climate vs. human rights on China
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press U.S. envoy John Kerry is on a diplomatic quest to stave off the worst scenarios of global warming, but…
Continue ReadingCommunists, observers report violations in Russian election
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Communist Party, the country’s second-largest political party, is…
Continue ReadingTop doctors say not so fast to Biden’s boosters-for-all plan
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a month ago, President Joe Biden and his health advisers announced big plans to soon deliver…
Continue ReadingYemen Houthi rebels execute 9 over senior official’s killing
By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have executed nine people for their alleged…
Continue ReadingPope to bishops: Listen to abuse victims for sake of church
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging European bishops to listen to survivors of clergy sexual abuse and consider…
Continue ReadingAfter Afghanistan pullout, US seeks NATO basing, intel pacts
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The top U.S. military officer is in Greece meeting with NATO counterparts this weekend,…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Notre Dame cathedral secured at last. Next: rebuild
PARIS (AP) — France’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it. It took more than two years…
Continue ReadingAttack on gas pipeline in Syria causes brief power outage
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s electricity minister says an attack with explosive devices laid along a natural gas pipeline southeast of…
Continue ReadingThe world’s tallest nation is getting shorter
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Netherlands has long been the world’s tallest nation — but its people are getting shorter, according to…
Continue ReadingTaliban replace ministry for women with ‘virtue’ authorities
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers have set up a ministry for the “propagation of…
Continue ReadingRomanian forest attack highlights illegal logging ‘scourge’
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say two journalists and an environmental activist have been…
Continue ReadingNew tropical depression forms; Odette well offshore
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters have announced Saturday night the formation of a new tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. National…
Continue ReadingSearch for Gabby Petito’s fiancé Brian Laundrie focuses on Florida nature reserve
By Alta Spells, Jenn Selva, Dakin Andone and Travis Caldwell, CNN The search for the now-missing fiancé of 22-year-old Gabby Petito is focused on a…
Continue ReadingThe search for Gabby Petito’s fiancé Brian Laundrie continues this week. Here’s why it’s been so hard to find him
CNN, WINK, WFTS By Amir Vera, CNN Police in Florida resumed their search this week for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito, whose remains…
Continue ReadingThe Murdaugh family saga: a tangled web of secrets and murder
By Faith Karimi, CNN A powerful family. A deadly boating accident. Two mysterious slayings. Drug addiction, stolen money and a botched shooting in an…
Continue Reading‘We’re here to help you.’ What Afghan Americans want refugees fleeing the Taliban to know
By Sahar Akbarzai and Nicole Chavez, CNN Decades after the last major exodus from Afghanistan, refugees find themselves forced to flee their homeland…
Continue ReadingIn Russian Far East city, discontent smolders amid election
By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press KHABAROVSK, Russia (AP) — In the city of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East. a few demonstrators gather nightly…
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