By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The nation’s two newest passenger airlines are showing signs of growth — raising money and announcing new destinations. But at the same time, they’re worried about the surge in COVID-19 cases, and hoping that the virus is only a short-term obstacle for their success. On Thursday, Avelo Airlines announced
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LONDON (AP) — Premier League club Watford has signed Turkey midfielder Ozan Tufan from Fenerbahçe on a season-long loan with an option to buy. The 26-year-old Tufan has played his whole professional career in Turkey and has made 63 appearances for his country. Watford says it has “beaten a host of Premier League and European
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kenyan security guard who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living as a low-wage worker in Qatar and advocated for their rights has been freed from his monthslong detention. Activists say Malcolm Bidali faced a $6,800 fine and had his mobile phone and social
Continue Reading HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say they have seized 195 million Hong Kong dollars ($25 million) worth of illegal drugs as part of a monthslong investigation, the largest seizure of the year. Police said the drugs, including 148 kilograms (326 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine and 86 kilograms (189 pounds) of heroin, were uncovered
Continue Reading By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested at least 53 suspected militants in recent weeks believed to have links to banned extremist groups, in a nationwide crackdown on a new cell of Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for a string of past bombings. Police say the arrests were made
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El líder opositor venezolano Juan Guaidó dijo que un referéndum revocatorio para definir el destino del cuestionado presidente Nicolás Maduro “puede ser una figura”, al tiempo que explicó que el objetivo de la plataforma unitaria que participa en los diálogos con el Gobierno en Ciudad de México es lograr “una
Continue Reading By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a powerful roadside bomb has exploded among a procession of Shiite Muslims in central Pakistan, killing at least three and wounding over 50 people. Videos circulating on social media showed police and ambulances rushing toward the site of the explosion. Several wounded people
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say gunmen have abducted nine students on their way home from an Islamic school in the country’s northwest, two days after a mass school abduction took place in a neighboring state. Police spokesman Isah Gambo told The Associated Press that the students were kidnapped
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business In almost 40 years with Tata Consultancy Services, N. Ganapathy Subramaniam and his team hardly ever worked remotely. But when India announced its coronavirus lockdown in March 2020 — the toughest in the world at the time — his company undertook the enormous challenge of enabling hundreds of thousands of
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By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Leyla Santiago, Mallory Simon, Linh Tran, Amara Walker, Pamela Kirkland and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Miami-Dade County, Florida’s largest school district, voted 7-1 in favor of a mask mandate Wednesday, in defiance of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order on masks in schools and the threat of severe state penalties. The mask mandate does
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The Jefferson City School District superintendent will join ABC 17 News This Morning on Thursday.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Mientras luchamos un mes tras otro contra la pandemia, puede ser difícil mantener una actitud positiva con respecto al presente y el futuro. Incluso en pandemia, la psiquiatra Samantha Boardman sugiere que el mejor enfoque podría ser desarrollar fuerza y positividad desde adentro. En su nuevo libro, “Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Nando’s has been forced to close dozens of restaurants in the United Kingdom due to shortages of the chain’s signature peri peri chicken. Some 45 outlets were shuttered across England, Scotland and Wales, a spokesperson for Nando’s told CNN Business on Wednesday. The company has dispatched some of its employees
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden está luchando contra un examen cada vez más profundo de su juicio, competencia e incluso su empatía por la caótica salida de Estados Unidos de Afganistán. Y cada intento que hace la administración para sofocar un furor que está empañando la imagen de Estados Unidos solo provoca
Continue Reading HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it has granted a quarantine exemption to an individual to perform “designated professional work” following reports that Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman did not have to spend time in quarantine when she arrived in the city to film a TV series. It did not identify Kidman by name.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has rejected the appeals of three people who were convicted in one of the country’s most high-profile murder trials involving a far-right group. The decision announced Thursday by the Federal Court of Justice confirms the life sentence given three years ago to Beate Zschaepe, the only known survivor of
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Algunos pronósticos de modelos de computadora muestran que la tormenta tropical Henri tocaría tierra en el noreste de EE.UU. Pero no todos los modelos concuerdan, y el pronóstico oficial dice que Henri permanecerá en alta mar. Aún así, el cono de incertidumbre incluye partes de Nueva Inglaterra donde, incluso si no
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker will sail toward Lebanon “within hours,” warning Israel and the United States not to intercept it. The delivery organized by Lebanon-based Hezbollah would be an apparent violation of U.S. sanctions imposed on
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By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN The three Honolulu police officers who faced various murder charges over the killing of a 16-year-old boy will not stand trial after a judge ruled Wednesday that there was no probable cause to proceed with the case. Iremamber Sykap was shot eight times through the rear window of
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PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Officials say dredging work has halted the Dorena-Hickman ferry for a few days. The ferry carries vehicles across the Mississippi River between Kentucky and Missouri. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said service halted Wednesday and won’t resume for three or four days while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does dredge work
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