TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s health minister says same-sex couples will be able to have children through surrogate mothers in Israel as of next week. The announcement on Tuesday follows a court decision made last year that expanded surrogacy to gay couples. Under the previous regulations, Israeli same-sex couples looking to become parents could
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens have come out in favor of a second term for President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. That leaves the head of state well-placed to win another five years in office. The Greens on Tuesday became the last of the three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s new government to endorse Steinmeier. He was
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese pro-democracy groups are calling for mass anti-coup protests as the country plunges further into turmoil following the prime minister’s resignation earlier this week. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was ousted in Sudan’s October coup, only to be reinstated a month later following a deal with the military
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By Laura He, CNN Business Walmart has been swept up in controversy in China after one of its retailers was accused of removing products sourced from Xinjiang. It’s more evidence of how difficult it has become for Western businesses to navigate international politics in China. The firestorm began late last month when people on Chinese
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olivertapia (CNN) — Todos los estadounidenses se han visto obligados a considerar cuánto riesgo es aceptable para que la nación vuelva a ponerse de pie mientras la variante ómicron del nuevo coronavirus se sale de control. El país está siendo sepultado por una avalancha de nuevas infecciones, pero después de dos años agotadores y desmoralizadores,
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mostly higher despite worries about rising numbers of cases of the coronavirus. Benchmarks in France, Germany and Britain are rising in early trading, while U.S. futures are also gaining. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.8% in Tokyo’s first trading day of 2022. Among
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mostly higher despite worries about rising numbers of cases of the coronavirus. Benchmarks in France, Germany and Britain are rising in early trading, while U.S. futures are also gaining. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.8% in Tokyo’s first trading day of 2022. Among
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — A landslide at a construction site in southwestern China has killed 14 people and injured three others. Official reports say the cause of the landslide Monday evening in Guizhou province is under investigation. Workers were building a training facility for a hospital at the time of the landslide. Mountainous, inland Guizhou is
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S.-led coalition official in Iraq says two explosives-laden drones that targeted a military base housing U.S. troops in western Anbar province have been destroyed. The official says the fixed-wing drones rigged with explosives were engaged by defensive capabilities at the Ain al-Asad airbase, and that the
Continue Reading Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Xi’an say they can provide food, health care and other necessities for the roughly 13 million people under an almost two-week old lockdown. But some residents describe difficulties obtaining supplies and frustration over the economic impact on the city that is home to the famed Terracotta Army, along
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster on Wednesday to include children as young as 12, at least five months after they finish the primary vaccine series. On Monday, the FDA expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine boosters
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Canada has ruled that Iran should pay 107 million Canadian dollars — about $84 million — in punitive damages to families of six people with Canadian citizenship or residency who were killed in the Iranian military’s downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020. The military’s
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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 25 Texas Tech is diving into a challenging stretch of games to open its Big 12 schedule. The Red Raiders first visit No. 11 Iowa State on Wednesday before returning home to host sixth-ranked Kansas on Saturday. There’s also a looming matchup with top-ranked and reigning national champion
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 25 Texas Tech is diving into a challenging stretch of games to open its Big 12 schedule. The Red Raiders first visit No. 11 Iowa State on Wednesday before returning home to host sixth-ranked Kansas on Saturday. There’s also a looming matchup with top-ranked and reigning national champion
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By Jason Hanna, Steve Almasy and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in eastern Virginia reopened Tuesday night after a severe winter storm left some motorists stranded on the highway for more than 24 hours. All disabled vehicles were removed from I-95 in that stretch in the Fredericksburg area between Richmond and
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By Laura He, CNN Business Troubled Chinese real estate developer Evergrande is trying to reassure investors about the impact of an official order to demolish a few dozen buildings in China. Chinese media reported over the weekend that authorities in Hainan province — a tropical resort island off the coast of southern China — had
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher despite worries about rising numbers of cases of coronavirus in the region. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.8% in Tokyo’s first trading day of 2022. Among the gainers were Toyota, Sony and SoftBank. Shares rose in Australia and South Korea, but
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher despite worries about rising numbers of cases of coronavirus in the region. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.8% in Tokyo’s first trading day of 2022. Among the gainers were Toyota, Sony and SoftBank. Shares rose in Australia and South Korea, but
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The fraud conviction of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could offer Silicon Valley some valuable lessons about the dangers of hype and hiding problems. Will anyone take them to heart? Don’t count on it. Holmes was convicted of duping investors into believing her startup
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The fraud conviction of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could offer Silicon Valley some valuable lessons about the dangers of hype and hiding problems. Will anyone take them to heart? Don’t count on it. Holmes was convicted of duping investors into believing her startup
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