By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African photographer John Parkin has died at the age of 63. During his years as a photojournalist, Parkin covered the country’s anti-apartheid struggle, its first democratic elections, and the presidency of Nelson Mandela, He trained as a photographer in the South African air force, then worked
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TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Paralympics medalist Marcin Polak of Poland has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for doping. The International Cycling Union says Polak tested positive for the banned endurance-booster EPO. His sample was taken in Poland three weeks before the Tokyo Paralympics opened. Polak could be stripped of the bronze medal he won
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A 37-year-old lawyer accused of injecting food items with syringes of blood at three London supermarkets has made a court appearance. Leoaai Elghareeb didn’t enter a plea during his preliminary hearing on Friday. Prosecutors said he was arrested after a man entered a Waitrose store in west London’s Hammersmith area on Wednesday
Continue Reading SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has handed a mandate to form a government to the third-largest political party in parliament following the failure of two previous attempts. Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova, said Friday that her party would invite three groups that emerged from anti-corruption protests last year to discuss creating a coalition government.
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The Missouri State High School Activities Association released guidance ahead of fall sports and activities beginning for high schools across the state.
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A new exhibition at a Polish state museum features the works of provocative artists in what organizers describe as a celebration of free speech, and a challenge to political correctness and “cancel culture.” But some critics are accusing the show’s organizers of using arguments about artistic
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Apple CEO Tim Cook just celebrated 10 years on the job. He also marked the occasion this week by collecting — and selling off — three quarters of a billion dollars’ worth of stock. The transactions were revealed in a regulatory filing Thursday, which showed that Cook had acquired and
Continue Reading PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro say they have seized over 1 ton (2,000 pounds) of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas. Authorities said officers discovered the cocaine, which was divided into 1,250 packages, on Thursday night in Mojanovici, a village near the capital. Police tweeted on Friday that is the biggest seizure
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By Jill Disis and CNN’s Beijing bureau, CNN Business China is putting companies that overwork their employees on notice. The country’s top court on Thursday issued a lengthy condemnation of what’s commonly known in China as “996,” the practice of working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week that is said to
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo and each one has unique differences that have to be classified. Lines have to be drawn to group similar impairments or impairments that yield similar results in the quest for fairness. It’s a confusing maze. The Paralympics are
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo and each one has unique differences that have to be classified. Lines have to be drawn to group similar impairments or impairments that yield similar results in the quest for fairness. It’s a confusing maze. The Paralympics are
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — En el suroeste del océano Pacífico, hay una enorme región de agua inusualmente cálida que cubre un área del tamaño de Australia, conocida como “la Mancha del Sur”. A varios miles de kilómetros de distancia, en Sudamérica, Chile ha estado experimentando una megasequía durante más de una década, con una disminución
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FRIDAY: We’re going to get hot again this afternoon. Highs will top out in the upper 90’s with a heat index approaching the familiar 105 neighborhood. A few of us might get lucky enough to pick up a shower this afternoon again. Coverage will be widely isolated, however. TONIGHT: Anything up and going this afternoon
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN In the southwest Pacific Ocean, there’s a huge region of unusually warm water covering an area about the size of Australia, known as “the Southern Blob.” Several thousand miles away, the South American nation of Chile has been experiencing a megadrought for more than a decade, with dwindling rain and water
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By Andy Rose, CNN A Connecticut woman who walked directly on thermal features at Yellowstone National Park in July was sentenced to seven days in jail, prosecutors said. Madeline S. Casey, 26, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor offense, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming. “Although a criminal
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.N. human rights investigators have asked North Korea to clarify whether it has ordered troops to shoot on sight any trespassers who cross its northern border in violation of the country’s pandemic closure. The border shared with China and Russia was a transit point for
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El nuevo tráiler del relanzamiento de la serie de ABC “The Wonder Years” (conocida en Latinoamérica como Los años maravillosos y en España como Aquellos años maravillosos), toca todas las notas correctas, pues comienza con la canción icónica de Joe Cocker. A partir de ahí, el narrador Don Cheadle y un elenco
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Abania (AP) — Albania is housing its first group of Afghan evacuees who made it out of their country despite days of chaos near the Kabul airport, including an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. A government statement said an Egyptian Almasria Universal Airlines plane landed at Tirana’s
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer What does your dream college football road trip look like? Would you travel the whole country or stick to one region? Do you want to see the traditional powers, or explore some of the sport’s lesser-known venues? The AP’s version of college football’s ultimate season-long trip comes with only
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Coastal Carolina has a new challenge ahead after its breakthrough season a year ago in staying just as focused as it did in going 11-1 and finishing No. 14 nationally. The Chanticleers were picked last in the Sun Belt East Division in 2020 before starting
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