BERLIN (AP) — German police have carried out large-scale raids in 25 cities in connection with a suspected money-laundering network alleged to have funneled more than $162 million in ill-gotten gains abroad. Some of the money made its way to Islamic militant groups. Duesseldorf police said Wednesday’s raids involved more than 1,000 officers and took
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — As South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90, recent racist graffiti on a portrait of the Nobel winner highlights the continuing relevance of his work for equality. Often hailed as the conscience of South Africa, Tutu was a key campaigner against South
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain is experiencing empty gas pumps, worker shortages and unavailable items on store shelves. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson has played to an adoring crowd during his Conservative Party’s annual conference. Johnson ends the four-day conference Wednesday with a speech promising that Britain will emerge from
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El suave tintineo de los vasos, el murmullo de la conversación, las luces suaves y los aromas que abren el apetito. Todo esto fue extrañado lastimosamente cuando los restaurantes de todo el mundo se vieron obligados a cerrar sus puertas en 2020 y 2021, los hornos se enfriaron y los propietarios
Continue Readingolivertapia Washington (CNN Business) — La semana de Facebook tuvo un comienzo tumultuoso. El lunes, Facebook, WhatsApp e Instagram cayeron durante unas seis horas. El martes, Frances Haugen, la denunciante de Facebook, testificó ante una subcomisión del Senado, luego de la publicación de miles de páginas de investigaciones y documentos internos. Haugen, la exgerente de
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A court has agreed to lift a shroud of secrecy from the trial of a spy’s lawyer that could potentially confirm that Australia bugged East Timor’s government during multibillion-dollar oil and gas negotiations. The Australian government has refused to comment on allegations that the spy, known
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ABOARD GEO BARENTS (AP) — The Libyan Red Crescent says at least 17 bodies, likely of Europe-bound migrants, have washed ashore in western Libya. They were found near the western Libyan town of Zawiya on Tuesday evening. That’s according to the Red Crescent’s branch in the town. The bodies were
Continue Reading VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has expressed “shame” for himself and the Roman Catholic Church for the scale of child sexual abuse within the church in France. The pope spoke during his Wednesday regular audience at the Vatican about a report released a day earlier that estimated some 330,000 French children were abused by
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By Carma Hassan, CNN The deadly shooting on an Amtrak train in Arizona on Monday erupted after US Drug Enforcement Administration agents recovered large amounts of marijuana on board, according to court documents filed Tuesday. DEA Special Agent Group Supervisor Michael G. Garbo was killed in the shooting while another special agent was in critical
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens say they want to hold negotiations on a new governing coalition under the leadership of outgoing Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats which narrowly won the country’s election. The Sept. 26 election left two parties as likely kingmakers. They are the Greens who finished third and the business-friendly
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens say they want to hold negotiations on a new governing coalition under the leadership of outgoing Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats which narrowly won the country’s election. The Sept. 26 election left two parties as likely kingmakers. They are the Greens who finished third and the business-friendly
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Es hora de que los demócratas elijan. Si la agenda multimillonaria de reforma social, clima e infraestructura del presidente Joe Biden va a sobrevivir, su partido dividido debe tomar decisiones desagradables sobre qué programas financiar y cuáles abandonar para llegar a un acuerdo de compromiso. Mientras buscan preservar el ambicioso esfuerzo
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By Eric Cheung, CNN China could be capable of mounting a “full-scale” invasion of Taiwan by 2025, the island’s defense minister said Wednesday — days after record numbers of Chinese warplanes flew into Taiwan’s air defense zone. “With regards to staging an attack on Taiwan, they currently have the ability. But [China] has to pay
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Police are carrying out large-scale raids in three German states in connection with a suspected money-laundering network that reportedly funneled millions to Turkey and Syria. Duesseldorf police said the raids that began early Wednesday involved over 1,000 officers in three western and northern states. Police say the activity is part of an
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Police are carrying out large-scale raids in three German states in connection with a suspected money-laundering network that reportedly funneled millions to Turkey and Syria. Duesseldorf police said the raids that began early Wednesday involved over 1,000 officers in three western and northern states. Police say the activity is part of an
Continue Reading By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in 2014 is being released early from a 10-year prison sentence. A prison official confirmed that Heather Mack, who was 18
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN There are just a handful of top level men’s football players in the world that have come out and have felt able to be open about their sexuality. Few have done so while still playing. But it’s not just football stars who worry about acceptance within their world — it’s fans,
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By Madeline Holcombe and Stella Chan, CNN The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to require patrons at indoor spaces such as restaurants, gyms and movie theaters to show proof of full Covid-19 vaccination — starting November 4. The ordinance will also apply to personal care establishments such as spas and hair salons, as well
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan has publicly reprimanded Urban Meyer for what he called the coach’s “inexcusable” behavior at an Ohio bar over the weekend. A video that surfaced Saturday night shows a young woman dancing close to Meyer’s lap as he sits on
Continue Reading By AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The son and namesake of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has registered his candidacy for next year’s presidential elections. His move sparked a protest by more than 100 activists who recalled the widespread human rights atrocities that marked the martial law era under his
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