Indian state battered by COVID now on alert for Nipah virus
NEW DELHI (AP) — The southern Indian state of Kerala is ramping up efforts to stop a potential outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus, even as the…
Continue ReadingNews
Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage
By LORI HINNANT and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Survivors of Islamic State group’s 2015 attack on Paris and those who…
Continue ReadingIsrael strikes Gaza as Palestinians celebrate prison break
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military says it has launched airstrikes on what it said was a Hamas…
Continue ReadingToddler lost in Australian woods for 3 days out of hospital
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 3-year-old boy who spent three nights lost in rugged Australian woodland is home…
Continue ReadingTwo decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias
By MARIAM FAM, DEEPTI HAJELA and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim Americans who grew up under the shadow of 9/11 have…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed after lackluster day on Wall Street
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are mixed in Asia after shares closed mostly lower on Wall Street as traders returned…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed after lackluster day on Wall Street
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are mixed in Asia after shares closed mostly lower on Wall Street as traders returned…
Continue ReadingMyanmar opposition calls for national uprising against army
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The main underground group coordinating resistance to Myanmar’s military rulers has called for a…
Continue ReadingDelta variant outbreak threatens Singapore’s ‘living with Covid’ model
By Ben Westcott, CNN Singapore has warned it may need to reimpose Covid-19 restrictions if a new outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant is…
Continue ReadingDelta variant outbreak threatens Singapore’s ‘living with Covid’ model
CNN, CDC By Ben Westcott, CNN Singapore has warned it may need to reimpose Covid-19 restrictions if a new outbreak of the highly infectious Delta…
Continue ReadingChildren make up more than a quarter of the weekly US Covid-19 cases, pediatricians’ group says
By Jacqueline Howard, Amir Vera and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Children now represent more than a quarter — or 26.8% — of weekly Covid-19…
Continue ReadingFlorida shooter may have first pounded on neighbor’s door
By CURT ANDERSON, TERRY SPENCER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A man who lives near the Florida home where three adults…
Continue ReadingChina-to-Hong Kong travelers will no longer need quarantine
HONG KONG (AP) — Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from mainland China will no longer need to quarantine. The semi-autonomous city’s top official…
Continue ReadingLEADING OFF: Franco ties a Mantle mark, Civale returns
By The Associated Press Rays rookie Wander Franco has reached base safely in 36 straight games. That’s the longest active streak in the majors and…
Continue ReadingUS-built databases a potential tool of Taliban repression
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent hundreds of millions of dollars building…
Continue ReadingChina’s trade accelerates in August despite coronavirus
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s import and export growth accelerated in August despite disruptions due to the spread of…
Continue ReadingChina’s trade accelerates in August despite coronavirus
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s import and export growth accelerated in August despite disruptions due to the spread of…
Continue ReadingFrom Nobel laureate to global pariah: How the world got Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia so wrong
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN ”Abiy, Abiy,” the crowd chanted, waving Ethiopia’s tricolor flag and cheering as the country’s…
Continue ReadingOfficial: Wildfire near Lake Tahoe largely kept from towns
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A huge California wildfire near the Lake Tahoe resort region is about half contained. The head of the state’s…
Continue ReadingUS-built databases a potential tool of Taliban repression
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent hundreds of millions of dollars building…
Continue Reading