By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Officials from almost 200 nations have worked through the night at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, trying to hammer out agreements on a range of tricky topics in time for a Friday deadline. Among the outstanding issues was international carbon trading, a subject that’s nagged
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Officials from almost 200 nations have worked through the night at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, trying to hammer out agreements on a range of tricky topics in time for a Friday deadline. Among the outstanding issues was international carbon trading, a subject that’s nagged
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Though Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, Travis Moffatt and his fiancée, Britnie Walston, have already purchased three apple pies for their family dinner and socked them away in the freezer. The Baltimore couple wanted to make sure they could secure the dessert before grocery prices rise any more or the
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Though Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, Travis Moffatt and his fiancée, Britnie Walston, have already purchased three apple pies for their family dinner and socked them away in the freezer. The Baltimore couple wanted to make sure they could secure the dessert before grocery prices rise any more or the
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By Megan Thomas, CNN The 2021 Country Music Association Awards were presented Wednesday. See below for a full list of nominees with the winners indicated in bold. Entertainer of the Year Eric Church Luke Combs *WINNER Miranda Lambert Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Female Vocalist of the Year Gabby Barrett Miranda Lambert Ashley McBryde Maren Morris
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Se descubrió una especie de dinosaurio décadas después de que desenterraran sus huesos, según un nuevo estudio. Los cientÃficos han nombrado al antiguo reptil Brighstoneus simmondsi, que se cree que data del perÃodo Cretácico Inferior, hace unos 125 millones de años. El género Brighstoneus recibió su nombre de Brighstone, una ciudad
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM and CARA ANNA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa’s last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country’s white minority rule, has died at the age of 85. The F.W. de Klerk Foundation confirmed on Thursday that
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — For 30 years, Nancy Chen ate lunch every day with her parents at their apartment. After her parents caught COVID-19 and her father died, she now eats lunch alone with her mother. The island has been hailed as a pandemic success story. But Chen and other
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By Rob Picheta, CNN FW de Klerk, the last leader of apartheid-era South Africa who shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela after working to end racial segregation in the country, has died at 85, his foundation said on Thursday. De Klerk released Mandela, his subsequent successor, from prison and laboriously negotiated with him
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Julia Buckley, CNN Overtourism is regularly blamed for choking historic cities, covering world-famous sights in trash, and killing local life in tourist hotspots across the world. Now tourists having sex is said to be behind the gradual destruction of a beach and nature reserve in Europe. The Dunas de Maspalomas Special Nature Reserve, on the
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Boxing Association says the women’s world boxing championships have been postponed from next month to March 2022 because of restrictions in place amid the coronavirus pandemic. AIBA says teams were finding it difficult to compete at the traditionally amateur world championships in Turkey. The event offers prize money for
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By Laura Studley and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf moved swiftly Wednesday in appealing a state court ruling that struck down the face mask requirement in schools, effectively keeping the mandate in place temporarily. Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon ruled the acting secretary of Pennsylvania’s health department, lacked the authority to implement the school
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national disease control center has reported a record-high number of more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases. The infections spike comes as German lawmakers are mulling new legislation that would pave the way for new coronavirus measures. The Robert Koch Institute registered 50,196 new cases on Thursday,
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has been hired as Aston Villa manager. Gerrard was one of Liverpool’s greatest players and coached in the team’s academy before taking over Rangers in 2018. He ended the dominance of Glasgow rival Celtic by leading Rangers to the Scottish league title last season
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party have set the stage for President Xi Jinping to extend his rule next year, praising his role in China’s rise as an economic and strategic power and approving a political history that gives him status alongside the most important party figures.
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Security forces in Poland are being tasked with securing the nation’s eastern border amid a migration fight with Belarus while also protecting the capital and other cities during Independence Day marches organized by far-right groups. Poland has objected since the summer to the increasing number of refugees and migrants trying to
Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Commission has raised its growth forecast for the year for the 19 countries using the euro. The EU’s executive branch said Thursday that the economy was bouncing back from the worst of the pandemic as people went back to work in customer-facing jobs. But it lowered the forecast for
Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Commission has raised its growth forecast for the year for the 19 countries using the euro. The EU’s executive branch said Thursday that the economy was bouncing back from the worst of the pandemic as people went back to work in customer-facing jobs. But it lowered the forecast for
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Nueva York (CNN Business) — Probablemente te hayas dado cuenta de que comprar alimentos y artÃculos básicos del hogar es más caro por estos dÃas. Y espera seguir pagando más por la comida en 2022. La inflación en EE.UU. podrÃa empeorar, advierte Goldman Sachs 0:53 Los precios que los compradores pagaron por los
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 14 people have died in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu during days of heavy rains. Several districts in the state are on high alert, bracing for more torrents as a depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is set to cross northern Tamil Nadu on Thursday evening.
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