By Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said Sunday that he opposes a Democratic plan to combine a temporary government funding bill with a suspension of the debt ceiling. “So I will certainly be voting no if the Democrats insist on combining the debt ceiling increase or suspension with the continuing operations of the
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By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed, died in a hospital in Mali on Saturday. His son Achille Bagosora announced the death
Continue ReadingBy Daniele Hamamdjian, CTV National News London Bureau Correspondent and Anthony Vasquez-Peddie, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — The project to restore an unfinished sculpture that was abandoned by Renaissance master Michelangelo has finally been completed. The Deposition, also known as the Bandini Pietà , is over two
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — A team of scientists have developed a painless way to deliver a vaccine shot without the use of a needle while offering a better immune response, they say. Researchers from Stanford University and the University of North Carolina
Continue Reading By MARIA VERZA Associated Press CIUDAD ACUÑA, México (AP) — Some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who briefly formed a camp in the Texas border town of Del Rio have found a helping hand across the river in the Mexican city of Ciudad Acuña. While U.S. officials announced the camp on the U.S. side
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Supporters of a Missouri man who has been jailed for 30 years in his wife’s death are hoping a new state law will allow him to prove his innocence, but so far the prosecutor says there’s no reason to take another look at the case. Ken
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SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Raul Jimenez conjured a moment of magic to claim his first goal since suffering a career-threatening fractured skull and earn Wolverhampton a 1-0 Premier League victory at winless Southampton. The Mexico striker wears protective head gear following his clash with David Luiz at Arsenal last year. He ended a 336-day wait
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By Priscilla Alvarez and Chandelis Duster, CNN About 4,000 migrants apprehended by US Customs and Border Protection in Del Rio, Texas, over the last weeks have been expelled under a public health authority, known as Title 42, and 10,000 to 12,000 migrants have been released into the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez and Chandelis Duster, CNN About 4,000 migrants apprehended by US Customs and Border Protection in Del Rio, Texas, over the last weeks have been expelled under a public health authority, known as Title 42, and 10,000 to 12,000 migrants have been released into the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — On this rainy Sunday morning, the fashion crowd filed into a richly upholstered movie theater for a full-immersion runway show by Francesca Liberatore, combining real models, hologram images and a film projected on the main screen.  The diaphanous looks borrowed richly from the Renaissance, from the
Continue Reading LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) — Julian Alaphilippe has claimed a second straight gold medal at cycling’s road world championship after escaping from a breakaway group. The Frenchman relentlessly attacked and made his decisive move on a sharp climb with 17 kilometers to go. He then took all the risks in the technical bends and short downhills
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By Michael Warren Herschel Walker flashed his megawatt smile and shook hands with adoring Georgia Bulldog football fans before the team’s recent home game, and then did what he is most famous for: he ran like hell. The legendary running back who won the 1982 Heisman Trophy is avoiding public events and questions from the
Continue Reading OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Unseeded Anett Kontaveit has cruised past fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-2, 7-5 to win the Ostrava Open for her third WTA title. Both players held their serve in the second set until the Estonian built a 40-0 lead in the 12th game before converting her first match-point with a forehand winner.
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business The United States and China have each taken turns powering the global economic recovery from the pandemic. Is Europe next? The European economy rebounded more strongly than expected after lockdown restrictions were eased earlier this year. And it has avoided some of the big risks now clouding the outlook for
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — They spent weeks in the captivity of gunmen in forests ringing Nigeria’s troubled northwest region before being freed. Now at least 25 students in northwest Kaduna State have sent in applications for scholarships and admission to schools abroad through a local school committee overseeing the application
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By Laura Smith-Spark, Nadine Schmidt and Rob Picheta, CNN Germans were heading to the polls Sunday to vote in a closely fought federal election that will, in the coming days or weeks, result in a new chancellor taking the helm of the world’s fourth-largest economy. Chancellor Angela Merkel, 67, has been a symbol of stability
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By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN Five Palestinians have been killed and two arrested Saturday night as part of a days-long operation targeting Hamas in the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces said. Overnight Saturday, security forces including members of the IDF, Shin Bet, the Israel Security Agency and the Yamam counterterrorism unit, attempted
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in two Indian coastal states are on high alert with evacuations and preparations underway as a cyclone hit the eastern seaboard. The Indian Meteorological Department says Cyclone Gulab, coming in from the Bay of Bengal, began to make landfall late Sunday evening with wind speeds of up to 59 miles
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they’re confident there will be enough for every American who qualifies. A spike in demand is expected after the Centers and Disease Control and Prevention endorsed boosters of the
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they’re confident there will be enough for every American who qualifies. A spike in demand is expected after the Centers and Disease Control and Prevention endorsed boosters of the
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