COWETA, Okla. (AP) — Severe storms brought suspected tornadoes and baseball-sized hail to parts of Oklahoma, but there were no reports of deaths or injuries. The severe weather system that hit Oklahoma late Sunday also brought heavy rain, lightning and wind to parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas, and more stormy weather is predicted
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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, has died in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, according to the country’s Ministry of Information. He was 85 years old. Khan was given a state funeral at Islamabad’s Faisal Mosque on Sunday. The funeral, attended by thousands of
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By FADI TAWIL Associated Press ZAHRANI, Lebanon (AP) — State media reports that a huge fire has broken out at an oil facility in southern Lebanon, sending a thick column of smoke into the sky. The state-run National News Agency said Monday that the fire ignited in a giant gasoline tanker in the coastal village
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El panorama general del covid-19 en EE.UU. se ve un poco más brillante a medida que disminuyen las nuevas infecciones y las hospitalizaciones. “Esa es la buena noticia. Y es de esperar que continúe en esa trayectoria descendente”, dijo el Dr. Anthony Fauci, director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say a roadside bomb has killed a regional television reporter in the country’s southwest. Police said Monday that journalist Shahid Zehri of Metro 1 News TV was traveling in his car when a bomb apparently targeting him exploded in the town of Hub in the Baluchistan province. Hours after
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Officials say an Afghan army deserter who murdered three Australian soldiers has been released from custody in Qatar and his whereabouts are not known. The soldier known as Hekmatullah fled after shooting dead the Australian soldiers and wounding two others on a base in 2012 and
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The glassblowers of Murano have survived plagues and pandemics. They transitioned to highly prized artistic creations to outrun competition from Asia. But surging energy prices are shattering their economic model. Dozens of furnaces that remain on the lagoon island where Venetian rulers transferred glassblowing 700 years
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Italian glassblowers of Murano have survived plagues and pandemics. They transitioned to highly prized artistic creations to outrun competition from Asia. But surging energy prices are shattering their economic model. Dozens of furnaces that remain on the lagoon island where Venetian rulers transferred glassblowing 700
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A small bird rescued from Kabul by a French diplomat is starring in a rare, feel-good tale about evacuations from Afghanistan. The story of “Juji” the talkative mynah bird, has gone viral on social media as a symbol of survival amid the tumult
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s electoral committee says preliminary results show turnout from Sunday’s election was 41 percent. That’s a record low, down from 44 percent in the 2018 election. The result signals widespread dissatisfaction and distrust in the vote. The election was held months ahead of schedule as a concession
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — En vivo desde Nueva York, era sábado por la noche y a Kim Kardashian West le fue mejor de lo que algunos pensaban. Incluso Kardashian West señaló en su monólogo que ella parecía una extraña elección para presentar “Saturday Night Live”. Fue uno de sus muchos momentos divertidos en “SNL”: Bromas sobre
Continue Reading By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Most Americans across party lines have serious concerns about cyberattacks on U.S. computer systems and view China and Russia as major threats. That’s according to a new poll by The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finding that about 9 in
Continue Reading By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Most Americans across party lines have serious concerns about cyberattacks on U.S. computer systems and view China and Russia as major threats. That’s according to a new poll by The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finding that about 9 in
Continue Readingolivertapia (Reuters) — La tormenta tropical Pamela se formó el domingo en aguas del Pacífico mexicano y amenaza con ganar fuerza de huracán, mientras avanza rumbo a las costas del norteño estado Sinaloa, donde azotaría en los próximos días. Con vientos máximos sostenidos de 75 kilómetros por hora (km/h), el ciclón se localizaba a 425
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Talks between Indian and Chinese army commanders to disengage troops from key friction areas along their border have ended in a stalemate and failed to ease a 17-month standoff. The failure of Sunday’s talks means the two nations will keep troops in the forward areas of
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Najla Bassim Abdulelah creció en una guerra. La visión regular de cadáveres y el recuerdo de su amiga siendo asesinada junto a ella mientras caminaban a la escuela mancharon su infancia. La risa de los niños fue reemplazada por una banda sonora incesante de bombas que explotaban, y vivía con
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By Madeline Holcombe, Maggie Fox and Holly Yan, CNN The nation’s top infectious disease expert says vaccine mandates work and they’ll help get more people vaccinated against Covid-19. About a quarter of the eligible US population remains unvaccinated against coronavirus and the rate of people getting booster shots is now outpacing the rate of people
Continue Reading The Associated Press The Labor Department serves up its September reading of inflation at the consumer level Wednesday. UnitedHealth Group reports its third-quarter results Thursday. The Commerce Department issues its monthly tally of U.S. retail sales Friday.
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Most of New Zealand’s health care workers and teachers will soon be legally required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. A new government mandate compels doctors, pharmacists, community nurses and many other health care workers to be fully vaccinated by December. Teachers and other education
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Most of New Zealand’s health care workers and teachers will soon be legally required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. A new government mandate compels doctors, pharmacists, community nurses and many other health care workers to be fully vaccinated by December. Teachers and other education
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