‘No one trusts anything that comes from the Taliban’s mouth’
CNN By Nilly Kohzad, CNN Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult…
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Sydney virus outbreak spreads in Australia and New Zealand
By ROD McGUIRK and NICK PERRY Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state leader is warning that Melbourne may be losing…
Continue ReadingGreek PM, Turkish president to discuss Afghan developments
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister and Turkey’s president are to speak Friday evening to discuss…
Continue ReadingAs Covid-19 hospitalizations increase, a greater number of Americans are deciding to get vaccinated
CNN By Travis Caldwell and Dakin Andone, CNN With an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, more Americans have recently made the…
Continue ReadingChinese astronauts conduct second spacewalk outside planned space station
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronauts working on the country’s planned space station carried out their second spacewalk on…
Continue ReadingMalaysian king picks ex-deputy PM as nation’s new leader
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s longest-governing political party has reclaimed the premiership it lost in…
Continue ReadingGreek wildfire abates but hundreds of firefighters battle on
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major wildfire that has ravaged a pine forest and burned homes northwest of the Greek…
Continue ReadingWestern groups desperate to save Afghan workers left behind
By COLLEEN BARRY and KERSTIN SOPKE Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Hundreds of Western nationals and Afghan workers have been flown to safety since…
Continue ReadingHundreds of cases are being reviewed after police officers involved were relieved of duty over racist and anti-Semitic messages
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Two former officers with the Torrance Police Department were charged Thursday with vandalism for allegedly spray-painting an…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand to extend national lockdown after more Covid-19 cases identified
By Angus Watson and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Zealand will extend a nationwide lockdown for four days after uncovering several locally transmitted…
Continue ReadingStocks end higher on Wall Street, still post weekly losses
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks ended higher on Wall Street Friday but not enough to erase the market’s losses from earlier in the week.…
Continue ReadingStocks end higher on Wall Street, still post weekly losses
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks ended higher on Wall Street Friday but not enough to erase the market’s losses from earlier in the week.…
Continue ReadingMerkel, Putin spar over Navalny but vow to maintain dialogue
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have…
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Bend woman celebrates turning 100 with special visit
“I feel young. I don’t feel 100,” Bend resident Mary Westbrook said Thursday on her 100th birthday as she had a surprise visit by Bend Fire &…
Continue ReadingChina insists its zero-Covid strategy is correct. Challenging it can be dangerous
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN As the highly infectious Delta variant took hold in China last month, Zhang Wenhong, a well-respected infectious…
Continue ReadingJudge says case against former Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson can go to trial
WPLG, POOL, BROWARD SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN A Florida judge ruled Thursday that a case may proceed…
Continue ReadingJudge says case against former Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson can go to trial
By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN A Florida judge ruled Thursday that a case may proceed against former Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy…
Continue ReadingNew Chinese law tightens control over company data on users
BEIJING (AP) — China is tightening control over data gathered by companies about the public under a law approved by its ceremonial legislature. The…
Continue ReadingNew Chinese law tightens control over company data on users
BEIJING (AP) — China is tightening control over data gathered by companies about the public under a law approved by its ceremonial legislature. The…
Continue ReadingR. Kelly’s physician testifies the singer had herpes since at least 2007 as prosecutors allege he knowingly infected people
By Sonia Moghe, CNN R. Kelly’s personal physician of 25 years took the stand Thursday to testify about his treatment of the singer’s…
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