By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar has played an outsized role in U.S. efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan. The tiny Gulf Arab state is being asked to help shape what is next for Afghanistan because of its close ties with both Washington and the
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By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN The crackdown came quickly and sweepingly, wiping out some of China’s biggest stars and fan clubs in a matter of days. Over the past week, China’s entertainment industry has become the latest to fall into the crosshairs of the ruling Communist Party, following Xi Jinping’s clampdown on political
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By Amanda Sealy and Hollie Silverman, CNN With nearly 100,000 Americans hospitalized with Covid-19 and infections surging among the unvaccinated population, it’s possible another 100,000 people could die from the virus by December, according to a recent University of Washington model. “What is going on now is both entirely predictable, but entirely preventable,” Dr. Anthony
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Paul Tagliabue left his job as commissioner of the NFL in 2006 and didn’t get selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame until last year. If that seems odd for a man who guided the NFL for 17 years and oversaw labor peace, expansion, new stadiums, huge
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Paul Tagliabue left his job as commissioner of the NFL in 2006 and didn’t get selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame until last year. If that seems odd for a man who guided the NFL for 17 years and oversaw labor peace, expansion, new stadiums, huge
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters are tackling remaining hot spots in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by fire, but say there were no indications that anyone is missing inside. Questions are arising, however, about the cladding on the building and the speed of the fire. The
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press GOLEM, Albania (AP) — An Afghan evacuee is now housed in a tourist resort in Albania. But Ghazaal Habibyar can hardly rest when remembering the difficulties she and her family faced getting onto the plane and leaving her homeland. She feared the Taliban in power and for the future of
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Ivy League is returning to the playing fields this fall with plans for a full football season even as the delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread. Coaches and league officials say they will continue to follow protocols to keep the pandemic under control.
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay is proving his mettle. He might not have as many victories as other elite players. But they’re big either because of how he wins or who he beats. His victory in the BMW Championship was a little of both. It’s one thing
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By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez has been on an extended tear since the All-Star break. He now has 38 home runs on the season, just three behind major league leader Shohei Ohtani. Perez is on track to set an American League record for most homers by someone who played
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez has been on an extended tear since the All-Star break. He now has 38 home runs on the season, just three behind major league leader Shohei Ohtani. Perez is on track to set an American League record for most homers by someone who played
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La pandemia de covid-19 tiró por la ventana las rutinas diarias; los horarios de sueño cambiaron, al igual que las dietas, los regÃmenes de ejercicio, incluso la higiene. Los niveles de estrés alcanzaron niveles más altos que nunca. James Park, director general de Fitbit, afirma que los últimos 18 meses han inspirado
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Oksana Masters credits resiliency and determination for being a nine-time Paralympic medalist, including gold in her classification of a hand-cycle time trials event in Tokyo. Masters persevered through years in Ukrainian orphanages and with birth defects believed to be the aftermath of Chernobyl, the world’s worst nuclear accident. She
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Javier Báez and his New York Mets teammates get a day to cool off after the derogatory gestures they directed toward frustrated fans at Citi Field angered club management. Booed at home during a rough August, Báez said Mets players have been turning double thumbs down on the crowd in reponse.
Continue Reading By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — School bells have rung in parts of Indonesia’s capital for the first time in more than a year as schools shut by the coronavirus were allowed to begin reopening as cases decline. A total of 610 schools that passed standards set by the
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower in muted trading on continuing concerns about surging COVID-19 infections in key regional markets like Japan. Benchmarks fell Tuesday in Japan, China and South Korea in morning trading, although shares rose in Australia. Gains for several Big Tech stocks helped push
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower in muted trading on continuing concerns about surging COVID-19 infections in key regional markets like Japan. Benchmarks fell Tuesday in Japan, China and South Korea in morning trading, although shares rose in Australia. Gains for several Big Tech stocks helped push
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has criticized the country’s prime minister over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. In his monthly radio show Sunday, Murakami said Yoshihide Suga has ignored a growing COVID-19 surge and public concerns about the outbreak. Murakami quoted Suga’s comment that “an exit is
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By Joshua Berlinger, Will Ripley and Jake Kwon, CNN North Korea appears to have restarted operations at a power plant capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons, according to the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that clues, such as the discharge of cooling water, observed in early July indicated the
Continue Reading By SAM METZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire is forcing thousands of people to rush to leave South Lake Tahoe as the entire California tourist city comes under evacuation orders. Wildfire raced toward Lake Tahoe, a large freshwater lake on the California-Nevada state line. Evacuation warnings
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