IMF deal with Pakistan would revive $6 billion bailout
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement with Pakistan, toward…
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IOC call with Chinese tennis star Peng raises more questions
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer A video call between Olympic officials and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was meant to reassure the world that she…
Continue ReadingSailboats packed with migrants seek Italy in latest tactic
By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press ROCCELLA JONICA, Italy (AP) — Officials in southern Italy are seeing a sharp increase in the number of migrant…
Continue ReadingFormer Netanyahu aide testifies in ex-PM’s corruption trial
JERUSALEM (AP) — A one-time spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu has taken the stand against him in a corruption trial in Jerusalem. Nir Hefetz, a…
Continue ReadingHombre que se declaró culpable de violación y abuso sexual de cuatro adolescentes no irá a prisión
Mariana Toro (CNN) — Un hombre que se declaró culpable de la violación y agresión sexual de cuatro adolescentes evitará la pena de prisión…
Continue ReadingInterpol election raises rights concerns about fair policing
By BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The world police agency meets in Istanbul this week to elect new leadership. But human rights groups…
Continue ReadingChet Holmgren is the center of attention for No. 1 Gonzaga
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Chet Holmgren is a special talent unlike any that’s come through the program for No. 1…
Continue ReadingNBA laid key foundation during 1960s amid off-court chaos
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — It was the decade Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, the Celtics-Lakers rivalry took flight and…
Continue ReadingLeBron James suspended for one game after a strike to an opposing player’s face leads to an on-court scuffle
By Jacob Lev and Travis Caldwell, CNN Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James on Monday was suspended for a game without pay for the first time for…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about what happened at the Wisconsin Christmas parade
CNN, WISN By Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton, Keith Allen and Kelly McCleary, CNN The celebratory sounds of a Wisconsin Christmas parade were interrupted…
Continue ReadingJobs lost, middle class Afghans slide into poverty, hunger
By LEE KEATH Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Many Afghan families who once had steady, stable incomes have plummeted into desperation,…
Continue ReadingA member of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies and a beloved grandmother were among those who were killed in Waukesha parade
CNN By Claudia Dominguez and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Five people were killed and 48 were injured after a red SUV sped into Waukesha’s Christmas…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about what happened at the Wisconsin Christmas parade
CNN, WISN By Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton, Keith Allen and Kelly McCleary, CNN The celebratory sounds of a Wisconsin Christmas parade were interrupted…
Continue ReadingPolice identify the driver they say plowed into a Waukesha Christmas parade, leaving 5 dead and 48 injured
By Joe Sutton, Keith Allen, Travis Caldwell, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN Authorities in Wisconsin have identified the driver of a red SUV who they…
Continue ReadingThis Week: Home sales, Best Buy earns, consumer spending
The Associated Press The National Association of Realtors reports its October tally of U.S. home sales Monday. Best Buy serves up its third-quarter…
Continue ReadingBodies pile up outside hospital morgue as Romania struggles with fourth wave of Covid
CNN By Cristiana Moisescu and Ben Wedeman, CNN “It’s relentless — relentless,” sighed nurse Claudiu Ionita, standing in front…
Continue ReadingBodies pile up outside hospital morgue as Romania struggles with fourth wave of Covid
By Cristiana Moisescu and Ben Wedeman, CNN “It’s relentless — relentless,” sighed nurse Claudiu Ionita, standing in front of…
Continue ReadingSUV driver ID’d in parade crash; was he fleeing a crime?
By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A person taken into custody after an SUV plowed into a…
Continue ReadingAfter slow starts, some Asian vaccination rates now soaring
By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — After slow starts, vaccination campaigns in several countries in…
Continue ReadingMaking Covid-19 vaccines mandatory was once unthinkable. But European countries are showing it can work
CNN By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Europe is considering a step once unthinkable among Western democracies: Making Covid-19 vaccinations compulsory for the…
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