olivertapia (CNN) — Otra noticia bienvenida para los viajeros que claman por ingresar a Estados Unidos se produjo el martes con el anuncio de que las fronteras terrestres con Canadá y México reabrirán a los visitantes completamente vacunados en noviembre. La nueva política se alinea estrechamente con las nuevas reglas de viajes aéreos internacionales de
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By Eric Cheung, CNN At least 46 people died and dozens were injured after a major fire broke out in a building in southern Taiwan on Thursday, authorities said. The blaze started in the 13-story commercial and residential building at 2:54 a.m. local time (2:54 p.m. ET) in Kaohsiung city’s Yancheng district, according to Taiwan’s
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN While the rate of Covid-19 infections nationwide is slowing, health care systems in some parts of the country are struggling with hospital wings still packed with patients. Montana, for instance, is facing new highs this week in coronavirus hospitalizations, with 533 Covid-19 patients in hospitals as of Wednesday, according to the
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By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Officials say the death toll from a fire in southern Taiwan that engulfed a building overnight has further risen to 46 people. Fire authorities Thursday said at least another 41 people were injured. The 13-story building caught fire around 3 a.m. Thursday, fire officials in the
Continue Reading By PAAL NORDSETH, JAN M. OLSEN and MARK LEWIS Associated Press KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) — Police say a Danish man suspected of a bow-and-arrow attack on a small Norwegian town that killed five people and wounded two others is a Muslim convert who was previously flagged as having been radicalized. Police chief Ole B. Saeverud
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — Armed clashes have broken out during a protest in Beirut against the lead judge investigating last year’s massive blast in the city’s port. The protest outside the Justice Palace was called by the powerful Hezbollah group and its allies who are demanding the removal of the judge. It was not clear what
Continue Reading DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s defense ministry says one of its soldiers has been killed and three injured in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a telecommunication tower in the central province of Homs. Syrian air defenses responded to the incoming missiles, which the defense ministry said originated from the Tanf region in southeast Syria. Iran-backed
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira has hit record lows against the dollar after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired three senior central bank officials. The move Thursday heightened concerns over the Turkish leader’s interference in the bank’s activities. The lira weakened by 1% overnight to reach 9.19 against the dollar. It was trading at
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China is preparing to send three astronauts to live on its space station for six months — a new milestone for a program that has advanced rapidly in recent years. The launch expected early Saturday will start China’s longest crewed space mission and set a record for the most time spent in
Continue Reading FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — United Airlines employees who are suing the airline over its vaccine mandate will get more time to make their case. A federal judge in Texas ordered United not to place unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave if they are seeking a medical or religious exemption from mandatory vaccination against COVID-19. The
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By Emiko Jozuka, CNN Suicides among Japanese schoolchildren hit a record high during the last school year, according to an education ministry report published Wednesday. Japan recorded 415 suicides among schoolchildren aged 6 to 18 during the 2020 school year — the highest number since records began in 1974. A range of factors were behind
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By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN If the first step to becoming a sporting icon is a distinctive moniker, rising MotoGP star Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia got a helping hand from birth. “My sister is only 20 months older than me,” the Italian tells CNN from the media center at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas. “When we were
Continue Reading Samantha Chaney, CNN On a sticky September Saturday, Linwood Dillard and Shakeya Mervin work tirelessly on two of their regulars. Both barbers and business partners, Dillard and Mervin bring haircuts to the residents of Harlem, New York seven days a week on a reassembled white minibus on Lenox Avenue. And while the essence of a
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police in Norway are holding a 37-year-old man from Denmark suspected in a bow-and-arrow attack in a small town that killed five people and wounded two others. The man, who was not further identified, has confessed he went on a rampage in Kongsberg, southwest of
Continue Reading By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian resort island of Bali has reopened for international travelers to visit its shops and white-sand beaches after more than a year. They must be vaccinated, test negative, hail from certain countries, quarantine for five days and heed restrictions in public. No international flights were
Continue Reading By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian resort island of Bali has reopened for international travelers to visit its shops and white-sand beaches after more than a year. They must be vaccinated, test negative, hail from certain countries, quarantine for five days and heed restrictions in public. No international flights were
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The option, called “test to stay,” allows students and workers to take frequent COVID-19 tests to avoid quarantine after exposure to the virus in school. The guidance is optional, so some districts might decide not to change their policies.
Continue Reading CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates says challenging China on its human rights record as Beijing prepares to host the 2022 Winter Games is “not in our remit.” There has been widespread criticism of China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang as well as its crackdown
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Dean Cain, uno de los actores que ha interpretado a Superman, dio su postura acerca de que la última versión del personaje del cómic de DC es bisexual. Cain, quien interpretó al superhéroe en la serie de televisión de la década de 1990 “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, apareció
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As coronavirus vaccines trickle into some of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, data suggest some women are consistently missing out, in another illustration of how the doses are being unevenly distributed around the world. Experts fear women in Africa may be
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