BANGKOK (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has sacked two Cabinet members, including one who was widely reported to have unsuccessfully plotted for him to lose a parliamentary no-confidence vote last week. Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao was deeply controversial even before the alleged mutiny attempt for being imprisoned for four years in Australia
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El último miembro conocido de la comunidad judía de Afganistán abandonó el país el viernes y se llevó a otras 30 personas con él, incluidas 28 mujeres y niños, en una misión de cinco días a un lugar seguro, según el grupo que llevó a cabo la evacuación. Zebulon Simentov vivió y
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN US Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday that she had been diagnosed and was successfully treated for breast cancer this year. In a post on Medium, the Minnesota Democrat said doctors discovered “white spots called calcifications during a routine mammogram” in February, leading to her having a biopsy done at Piper Breast
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The University of Michigan is being sued by 10 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a campus doctor. The school is accused of violating Michigan law by limiting the number of people who can speak at public meetings held by its governing board. Victims of
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By Angela Dewan, CNN The president of the UN climate change conference COP26 insisted Tuesday that the event scheduled for November in Glasgow “must go ahead in person,” after a network of 1,500 civil society groups dialed up pressure on the UK to postpone the event. The Climate Action Network (CAN), which includes groups from
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of workers still on furlough in Britain has fallen to its lowest level since a salary support program was first introduced at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic 18 months ago. HM Revenue and Custom, which compiles the data, said Thursday that 1.6 million people
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of workers still on furlough in Britain has fallen to its lowest level since a salary support program was first introduced at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic 18 months ago. HM Revenue and Custom, which compiles the data, said Thursday that 1.6 million people
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, Elizabeth St. Philip, Avis Favaro Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — In some regions of the world, rapid tests, also known as lateral flow tests, have been a regularly used tool in the pandemic toolbox. But in Canada, these tests are scarce, except for in a
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Ford is ending auto production in India after logging accumulated operating losses of more than $2 billion over the past 10 years. An end to production in India comes less than a year after Ford said it would close its three plants in Brazil, ceasing operations in a country
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The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 107 new COVID-19 cases. There are currently 627 active cases in the county, an increase of 65 from Wednesday. The county now has a reported total number of 23,581 COVID-19 cases. The county reported 22,808 cases removed from isolation, an increase of 42. Boone County
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell has a plan in place to recycle some of the 8 billion pounds of used sauce packets that go into US landfills every year. The fast food chain is rolling out a nationwide pilot program for customers to send used sauce packets back through the mail. The program,
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Dragonflies are some of the most resilient insects on the planet. They’ve been on this planet for more than 200 million years and inhabit every continent except Antarctica. Experts say climate change is allowing many dragonfly species in Canada and around
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas City, Kansas, youth volleyball coach has been arrested after turning himself in on a warrant charging him with sexual exploitation of a child. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that 27-year-old Levinson “Levi” Gibson drove from his home in Indianapolis on Wednesday to
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas City, Kansas, youth volleyball coach has been arrested after turning himself in on a warrant charging him with sexual exploitation of a child. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that 27-year-old Levinson “Levi” Gibson drove from his home in Indianapolis on Wednesday to
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian court has upheld the convictions of two former senior officials on sedition and other charges connected to an alleged plot against the kingdom involving the half-brother of King Abdullah II. Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid were sentenced to 15 years in prison in July by a state
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s already thin supply of COVID-19 vaccines has taken another significant hit. The World Health Organization’s Africa director says that for various reasons, including the rollout of booster shots, “we will get 25% less doses than we were anticipating by the end of the year.” The
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Investigators have carried out searches at the German finance and justice ministries in a probe of suspected obstruction of justice by employees of a unit of the country’s customs service that fights money laundering. Word of the searches comes just over two weeks ahead of a parliamentary election in which Finance Minister
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ripped off the stimulus band-aid and confirmed that it would start to scale back its bond-buying program this month despite concerns about the impact of the Delta coronavirus variant on the economy. The European Central Bank followed suit on Thursday, saying that it
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tehran has died. The report Thursday did not elaborate on the cause of death of Christopher Mapanga, but reportedly he had suffered from liver disease. It said the Iranian foreign ministry coordinated with police and judicial authorities for legal procedures and identification of the
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Corea del Sur se ha convertido en el último país de la región de Asia Pacífico que considera abandonar su estrategia de erradicación del coronavirus, anunciando planes para levantar potencialmente las restricciones de covid-19 a pesar del aumento del número de casos. Seúl está intentando controlar el
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