Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest prime minister
By Joshua Berlinger and Dalal Mawad, CNN Paris (CNN) — Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old French education minister, has been named the country’s…
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5 things to know for Jan. 9: Extreme weather, Plane safety, Gaza, Taxes, Moon mission
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the…
Continue ReadingAs Bosnian Serbs mark controversial national day, US warns celebration amounts to ‘criminal offense’
By RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The United States has warned that ongoing celebrations of a Bosnian…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Jan. 9: Extreme weather, Plane safety, Gaza, Taxes, Moon mission
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Jan. 9: Extreme weather, Plane safety, Gaza, Taxes, Moon mission
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the…
Continue ReadingCable car brought down by fallen tree in Austrian skiing area, 4 people from Denmark seriously hurt
BERLIN (AP) — A cable car in a western Austrian skiing region plunged up to 10 meters in an accident apparently caused by a falling tree, police…
Continue ReadingNew rule tightens worker classification standards; Uber, Lyft say their drivers won’t be affected
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has enacted a new labor rule that aims to…
Continue ReadingDanish appeals court upholds guilty verdicts for 3 Iranians convicted on terror charges
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish appeals court has upheld guilty verdicts for three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of…
Continue ReadingHezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel but military says there’s no damage
By HUSSEIN MALLA Associated Press GHANDOURIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Hezbollah said it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army’s northern…
Continue ReadingSpain investigates contamination of Atlantic shore by countless plastic pellets spilled from ship
By MARÍA GESTOSO and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press NOIA, Spain (AP) — Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern…
Continue ReadingA US citizen has been arrested in Moscow on drug charges
MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. citizen has been arrested on drug charges in Russia, a move that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions over Ukraine. The…
Continue ReadingSpain makes face masks mandatory in hospitals and clinics after a spike in respiratory illnesses
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and healthcare centers starting Wednesday due to a surge in…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka to join US-led naval operations against Houthi rebels in Red Sea
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan navy spokesman says the debt-ridden country’s navy is preparing…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea passes bill to ban eating dog meat, ending controversial practice as consumer habits change
CNN By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Marc Stewart, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s parliament passed a bill Tuesday…
Continue ReadingFormer club president regrets attacking Turkish soccer referee but denies threatening to kill him
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The former president of a top-division soccer team in Turkey has told a court he regretted attacking a referee at the end of…
Continue ReadingA Communist candidate gets approval to run in the Russian presidential election
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s national elections commission has registered the Communist Party’s candidate to compete with President Vladimir Putin…
Continue ReadingJapan issues improved emergency measures following fatal plane collision at Haneda airport
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s transportation ministry says it has introduced improved emergency measures for the…
Continue ReadingBlinken urges Israel to engage with region on postwar plans that include path to Palestinian state
By MATTHEW LEE, NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday called on…
Continue Reading3 people mistakenly eat laundry detergent in Taiwan election giveaway gone awry
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — At least three people were hospitalized after mistakenly eating colorful pods of liquid laundry detergent that were…
Continue ReadingUS citizen detained in Russia on alleged drug charges, Moscow court says
By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A US citizen has been arrested in Moscow on drug-related charges, according to an official…
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