By Jonny Hallam and Mick Krever, CNN The Taliban on Wednesday showed off dozens of American-made armored vehicles along with newly seized weapons at victory celebrations in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. In videos posted on social media, the Taliban paraded hardware left behind by both Afghan and US forces after the withdrawal of
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BEIJING (AP) — U.S. envoy John Kerry says China needs to expand its efforts to reduce carbon emissions to hold back the rise in global temperatures. The State Department says Kerry told Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng in a virtual meeting that there is “no way” for the world to solve the climate crisis without
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BEIJING (AP) — U.S. envoy John Kerry says China needs to expand its efforts to reduce carbon emissions to hold back the rise in global temperatures. The State Department says Kerry told Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng in a virtual meeting that there is “no way” for the world to solve the climate crisis without
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Columbia Public Schools is reporting all four high schools, all seven middle schools and 17 out of 21 elementary schools currently have students out due to COVID-19.
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Joe Rogan, uno de los presentadores de podcasts más influyentes y mejor pagados del mundo, anunció el miércoles que dio positivo por covid-19 y dijo que se habÃa embarcado en un régimen de tratamiento marginal. En un video publicado en su cuenta oficial de Instagram, Rogan dijo que se
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Gameday at Memorial Stadium will include coronavirus precautions. Fans are required to wear masks when they’re not seated. Barriers will be up and social distancing in place at concession areas.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A German regional official’s plan to let authorities receive anonymous online tip-offs about potential tax evaders has prompted a flood of hate mail. Some critics accuse Danyal Bayaz of reviving habits from Germany’s totalitarian past. The finance minister in southwestern Baden-Wuerttemberg state on Thursday retweeted some of the messages sent to him
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A German regional official’s plan to let authorities receive anonymous online tip-offs about potential tax evaders has prompted a flood of hate mail. Some critics accuse Danyal Bayaz of reviving habits from Germany’s totalitarian past. The finance minister in southwestern Baden-Wuerttemberg state on Thursday retweeted some of the messages sent to him
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero has had his life ban from soccer cut to 20 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Del Nero was indicted by federal prosecutors in the United States in 2015 on bribery charges but has avoided being extradited from Brazil. He has been
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — España alcanzó este miércoles el objetivo del 70% de la población vacunada completamente contra el covid-19. En total, 33.376.693 personas, equivalente al 70,3% de la población total, finalizaron hasta este martes 31 de agosto su vacunación contra al coronavirus, tal y como refleja el informe de vacunación compartido
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Hong Kong has reclaimed its status as the host of a marquee Asian tech conference it lost last year, as organizers cite the city’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic. Rise, an annual tech conference whose recent speakers have included executives from Uber, Alibaba and Stripe, said Thursday that it
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Mikis Theodorakis, the beloved Greek composer whose rousing music and life of political defiance won acclaim abroad and inspired millions at home, has died. He was 96. His death Thursday at his home in central Athens was announced on state television and followed multiple hospitalizations in
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Tierney Sneed, CNN Access to abortion was curtailed significantly in Texas on Wednesday, with the state’s extreme and novel ban on abortions at six weeks going into effect. Clinics across the state — the second most populous in the country — drastically limited their services, as the law prohibits physicians from conducting the procedure when
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Tierney Sneed, CNN Access to abortion was curtailed significantly in Texas on Wednesday, with the state’s extreme and novel ban on abortions at six weeks going into effect. Clinics across the state — the second most populous in the country — drastically limited their services, as the law prohibits physicians from conducting the procedure when
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Victoria state is drafting legislation that would make it the first in the country to ban the public display of Nazi symbols as local neo-Nazi activity increases. The proposed ban on Nazi symbols such as the swastika, except for educational or historical purposes, will be
Continue Reading By DANIEL COLE Associated Press LE CANNET-DES-MAURES, France (AP) — Winemakers are taking stock of the damage after a wildfire blazed through a once-picturesque nature reserve near the French Riviera. Rows of charred grapevines stand next to a vast expanse of steaming black vegetation devastated by the fire, which raged for a week in late
Continue Reading By DANIEL COLE Associated Press LE CANNET-DES-MAURES, France (AP) — Winemakers are taking stock of the damage after a wildfire blazed through a once-picturesque nature reserve near the French Riviera. Rows of charred grapevines stand next to a vast expanse of steaming black vegetation devastated by the fire, which raged for a week in late
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Lora Webster is five months pregnant and going for her fifth medal in sitting volleyball in her fifth Paralympics. This is the second Paralympics in which she’s been pregnant, and the third time during a competition. Webster and her American teammates face Brazil in the sitting
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities say attackers believed to be West Papua rebels killed four soldiers and wounded two others at a military post in Indonesia’s troubled easternmost region. A military spokesman says about 50 attackers believed to be from the West Papua Liberation Army stormed the post and attacked the six soldiers with arrows,
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even a retractable roof at the U.S. Open was no match for the heavy rain and wind the remnants of Hurricane Ida carried to Flushing Meadows. The storm knocked down tree limbs, caused flooding around the tournament grounds and forced a match to shift from
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