By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Job vacancies in the United Kingdom hit a record high last month and wages soared by 7.4% between April and June, adding to fears of a prolonged period of rising prices as companies pass on higher costs to consumers. The strong recovery in the labor market was highlighted in data
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News sat down with the Superintendent of Southern Boone School District Christopher Felmlee to talk about the upcoming school year and how it might differ from the last. Felmlee covered topics including vaccines, COVID-19 precautions, masking and academic changes for the approximately 1,900 students who attend Southern Boone. The first day
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By MARK CARLSON Associated Press KORTRIJK, Belgium (AP) — A Belgian-British teenager has started the first leg of her quest to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo. Zara Rutherford set out Wednesday from an airstrip in western Belgium in gusty, overcast conditions. The 19-year-old aviator is looking to break the record
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte de Estados Unidos (TSA, por sus siglas en inglés) extenderá su mandato de uso de mascarilla en el transporte federal hasta el 18 de enero, confirmó la agencia el martes por la tarde. El mandato expiraba el 13 de septiembre. La TSA dijo que el
Continue Reading By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — More than a hundred Australian citizens have left the Indonesian tourist island of Bali aboard a special repatriation flight organized by the Australian government. Many Australians have been stranded on Bali because flights connecting Indonesia to Australia have been limited since the spread of COVID-19 in
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By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese President Xi Jinping this week issued a bold new pledge to redistribute wealth in the country, piling more pressure on the country’s richest citizens and businesses. Xi told top leaders from the ruling Chinese Communist Party on Tuesday that the government must establish a system to redistribute wealth in
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Kabul, Afganistán (CNN) — Fawad es uno de los cientos y probablemente miles de afganos cuyas solicitudes de visas para ingresar a Estados Unidos están en el limbo. Ahora, sin poder llegar al aeropuerto de Kabul, él y su familia viven con miedo, demasiado asustados para aventurarse a salir. Durante el último día,
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TOKYO (AP) — This year’s Japanese Grand Prix has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The race in Suzuka had been scheduled for Oct. 10. The decision creates another dent in F1′s calendar of Asia-based races following the cancellation of the Australian and Singapore GPs and the indefinite postponement of the Chinese GP in
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced accusations of needlessly abandoning Afghanistan to the whims of the Taliban and of undermining Britain’s position in the world. During a heated emergency debate Wednesday in Parliament, lawmakers, including many from Johnson’s Conservative Party, voiced their regrets
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WEDNESDAY: We’re going to see close to a repeat of yesterday setting up today. Highs will top out in the upper 80’s with a chance for a few showers/storms by the afternoon. Coverage will be tough to come by later today and they should fizzle pretty quickly after sunset. TONIGHT: That will leave us quiet
Continue Reading By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants have attacked protesters in eastern Afghanistan who dared to take down their banner and replace it with the country’s flag. At least one person was killed in the attack that fueled fears about how the insurgents would
Continue Reading By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are retreating after U.S. central bank policymakers made no firm decision on when to unwind their support measures for the economy. This follows broad losses on Wall Street. Tokyo slipped 0.7% and Hong Kong was down 1.6% on Thursday. Benchmarks in Shanghai, South Korea
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By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are retreating after U.S. central bank policymakers made no firm decision on when to unwind their support measures for the economy. This follows broad losses on Wall Street. Tokyo slipped 0.7% and Hong Kong was down 1.6% on Thursday. Benchmarks in Shanghai, South Korea
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has criticized the Roman Catholic Church for its refusal to bless same-sex unions but says his religious faith remains strong. Health Minister Jens Spahn married his husband in 2017. German news agency dpa reported Wednesday that Spahn described his relationship with the church as difficult at times but said
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Miguel Cabrera’s next attempt to reach 500 career home runs comes Wednesday night at home in Detroit against Shohei Ohtani and the Angels. The two-way sensation is 7-1 with a 2.93 ERA on the mound and leads the majors with 39 homers this season. Meanwhile, the Oakland Athletics hope for good
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — La profundidad del lío en que se encuentra Estados Unidos en Afganistán se resume con el hecho de que ahora efectivamente debe confiar en sus enemigos, los talibanes, mientras se libera del humillante final de su guerra más larga. Cuando el presidente Joe Biden regresó a Washington el martes, interrumpiendo sus
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Prosecutors are arguing the former head of the Khmer Rouge shared joint culpability for the regime’s atrocities in Cambodia in the 1970s, rejecting defense arguments that he should not be held responsible. Khieu Samphan is appealing his 2018 conviction on charges of
Continue Readingolivertapia Washington (CNN) — El gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, dio positivo por covid-19, informó su oficina el martes. Abbott, republicano, está completamente vacunado contra el virus, dijo su oficina en un comunicado, y agregó que se le hacen pruebas a diario y este es su primer resultado positivo. Actualmente se encuentra aislado en la
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The move to OK a third shot could come as early as this week. Federal regulators last week authorized a third shot for people with weakened immune systems.
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By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN The chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan has presented Beijing with a propaganda boost, with Chinese state media capitalizing on the crisis to trumpet the supposed decline of America and taunt Taiwan with threats of invasion. The jingoistic rhetoric coincided with air and naval drills launched Tuesday by the
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