By BOUBACAR DIALLO and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — International pressure mounted Friday on the junta that seized power in Guinea after the African Union suspended the country and as a delegation of West African officials from the regional economic bloc came to mediate the crisis. The African Union says it suspended
Continue ReadingBy Paul Workman Click here for updates on this story ISLAMABAD / TORONTO (CTV Network) — Afghans accepted for settlement in Canada are beginning to make their way to safety through Pakistan. It’s a fearsome, uncertain journey from Kabul to the Pakistan border through winding mountain roads and Taliban checkpoints. The capital of Pakistan has
Continue Reading By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Parliament has approved a constitutional amendment changing how lawmakers are elected, a move expected to allocate more seats to big parties at the expense of smaller ones. The amendment is a legacy of the long and bitter political struggle between supporters and opponents of former Prime
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Transportation Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty along with Springfield Mayor Sean VanGordon and CEO of Travel Portland, Jeff Miller, unveiled the name of the recently-completed pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Interstate 405. Ned Flanders Crossing got its namesake from the beleaguered friend
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Imagine if one day the internet was down not just in your neighbourhood, but across the globe, knocked out by a threat from space: an enormous solar superstorm. It sounds like science fiction, but a new study says it could
Continue ReadingBy Drew Marine Click here for updates on this story TIGARD, Oregon (KPTV) — Tigard Police say two men robbed a couple near Fanno Creek Trail Tuesday evening just after 8 o’clock and they haven’t been caught. “I really didn’t think we were going to live through that,” the robbery victim said. One of the
Continue Reading By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s health minister has resigned nearly two days after a fire tore through a COVID-19 field hospital killing 12 patients and two visiting relatives. He made the announcement Friday, shortly after his deputy minister and two senior two hospital administrators also stepped down. There
Continue Readingherbertholguin (CNN Español) — Casa 10 de septiembre se conmemora el Día Internacional de la Prevención del Suicidio. Solo en Estados Unidos, el suicidio es una de las 10 causas principales de muerte cada año. Dentro de una mente deprimida: así se siente vivir con depresión (interactivo) Si te encuentras en Estados Unidos, hay muchas
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has started vaccinating some children and adolescents as part of the global Phase 3 clinical trials of China’s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 6 months and 17 years. The global study will enroll 2,000 participants in South Africa and 12,000 others will
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two patients at a Veterans Affairs clinic in St. Louis County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 62-year-old William Luchtefeld, of Edwardsville, pleaded guilty Thursday in St. Louis County Circuit Court to second-degree sodomy and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse. Prosecutors
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Back in the spring, as the pace of vaccinations increased rapidly and growth predictions improved, businesses were hopeful that by the fall economic activity would largely be back to normal. Well, September has arrived but the return to normal that many expected remains elusive. What’s happening: Developments over the past
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Back in the spring, as the pace of vaccinations increased rapidly and growth predictions improved, businesses were hopeful that by the fall economic activity would largely be back to normal. Well, September has arrived but the return to normal that many expected remains elusive. What’s happening: Developments over the past
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sunil Perera, a versatile Sri Lankan singer, musician, composer and entertainer, has died of apparent complications from COVID-19. He was 68. Perera entertained generations of Sri Lankans with captivating songs, but won their minds and hearts with his outspoken comments against social injustice, corruption, racism
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 8.3% last month from August 2020, the biggest annual gain since the Labor Department started calculating the 12-month number in 2010. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index — which measures inflationary pressures before they reach consumers
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 8.3% last month from August 2020, the biggest annual gain since the Labor Department started calculating the 12-month number in 2010. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index — which measures inflationary pressures before they reach consumers
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By Sara Spary, CNN A team of researchers behind an experiment that involved hanging rhinoceroses upside down, suspended in the air by their feet, has been awarded an Ig Nobel Prize. The spoof accolade borrows its name from, but is not connected with, the world-famous Nobel Prize. Created by the science magazine Annals of Improbable
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Cristiano Ronaldo will make the first appearance of his second spell at Manchester United in the English Premier League against Newcastle on Saturday. It may be from the bench. United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Ronaldo “will definitely be on the pitch at some point.” Solskjaer says Ronaldo is
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey manager Senol Gunes has resigned from the job following a humbling defeat to the Netherlands in a World Cup qualifier this week. The Turkish Football Federation says in a statement it and Gunes reached a “mutual decision to part ways” following a 6-1 loss on Tuesday in Amsterdam. The defeat
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By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team are quietly working to prop up some of the GOP incumbents targeted by former President Donald Trump, putting the California Republican directly in the crosshairs of the right as he seeks to win back the majority. Half
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By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team are quietly working to prop up some of the GOP incumbents targeted by former President Donald Trump, putting the California Republican directly in the crosshairs of the right as he seeks to win back the majority. Half
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