By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit a record for the third time this month. And new infections once again exceeded 25,000 a day in a surge that comes as vaccination rates in the country remain stagnant. The government has also shunned imposing tough restrictions to stem the
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Paris as the Biden administration seeks to repair damage to relations caused by excluding America’s oldest ally from a new Indo-Pacific security initiative. Blinken was meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and President Emmanuel Macron’s national
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian actor and a film director have rocketed into space to make the world’s first movie in orbit. Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and docked 3 1/2
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The British government says it will bring in tough new laws against disruptive protesters after environmental campaigners blocked roads, highways and bridges to highlight climate change. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the government would “close down the legal loopholes” used by protesters, whom she labeled “criminals.”
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Global shares are mixed after a broad slide on Wall Street led by technology companies. Shares rose in Paris, London and Hong Kong but fell in Tokyo. China-U.S. tensions regained attention after U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said she plans frank conversations with officials in Beijing about an interim
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Global shares are mixed after a broad slide on Wall Street led by technology companies. Shares rose in Paris, London and Hong Kong but fell in Tokyo. China-U.S. tensions regained attention after U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said she plans frank conversations with officials in Beijing about an interim
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian actor and a film director have rocketed to space on a mission to make the world’s first movie in orbit. Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov. Their Soyuz MS-19 lifted off
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By Aleks Klosok, CNN Asisat Oshoala has a confession to make. The Barcelona striker, who was born in the Nigerian city of Ikorodu, leans into the microphone and says: “Growing up I never wore a jersey with a female player’s name at the back.” Then the moment of epiphany when life comes full circle for
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, Simon Bouvier and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to a damning report published Tuesday that said the Church had prioritized the protection of the institution over victims who were urged to stay silent. The number
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN Since trust is fundamental to relationships, trying to restore the feeling once it’s lost might seem impossible. But if you’re the offender in a breakdown of trust, know that all hope might not be lost. Trust is “often defined, sort of abstractly, as a willingness to be vulnerable to another or
Continue Readingolivertapia París (CNN) — Miembros del clero católico abusaron sexualmente de más de 200.000 menores en Francia durante las últimas siete décadas, estima una encuesta realizada como parte de una investigación independiente sobre abusos dentro de la iglesia, según el jefe de la comisión que produjo el reporte. El histórico informe, que se publicará el
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Many people spend hours each day on the social media platforms, while others are dependent on them for work. However, others eschew or limit their time on social media, citing the potential harm the services can cause.
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcome a historic turning point after report released Tuesday revealed that an estimated 330,000 children were sexually abused over the past 70 years. It provides the country’s first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The head of France’s Catholic bishops
Continue ReadingBy 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
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By Madeline Holcombe and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Child deaths from a preventable illness like Covid-19, no matter how few, are motivation for authorizing a vaccine in children, the US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official said Tuesday. “In this latest wave of Covid-19, particularly down south, there have been thousands of children hospitalized. And,
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc has sought to win over the environmentalist Greens for a possible governing coalition. The parties that hope for a share of power on Tuesday wrapped up their first meetings on forming Germany’s new government. The Union bloc’s only hope of
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A major French report says there have been an estimated 330,000 victims of child sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church over the past 70 years. The president of the commission that issued the report said the estimate, based on scientific research, includes abuses committed by priests and
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By Saskya Vandoorne, Simon Bouvier and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to a damning report published Tuesday that said the Church had prioritized the protection of the institution over victims who were urged to stay silent. The number
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By George Ramsay, CNN With another round of international matches looming in the football calendar, questions about players being released to represent their countries remain a headache for the Premier League. Under new guidelines announced last week, several Premier League footballers returning from international duty face 10 days in “bespoke quarantine facilities” — a move
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Paris as the Biden administration seeks to repair damage to relations caused by excluding America’s oldest ally from a new Indo-Pacific security initiative. Blinken is meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and President Emmanuel Macron’s national
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