By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria has ended lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people across most of the country. Sunday’s relaxation of the strict rules comes three weeks after reimposing them to combat a rising wave of coronavirus infections. The measures vary by region within the country. They largely allow for the reopening
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By Andy Rose, CNN Anne Rice, author of the best-selling Vampire Chronicles novel series, died Saturday, her son announced on social media. She was 80 years old. She passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke, Christopher Rice said. Rice’s biggest success was her first novel, “Interview with the Vampire,” which was published in
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By Laura Smith-Spark, Sugam Pokharel and George Engels, CNN A photo of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosting a Christmas quiz party at 10 Downing Street last year that allegedly broke Covid-19 restrictions at the time has been published by British newspaper The Mirror. In the photo, Johnson is pictured on a screen, where he
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By Hadas Gold, CNN The sparkling Red Sea has some competition this weekend. A sea of 80 women, competing for the glittering Miss Universe crown, has taken over the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat with all of their stilettos and sequins. On arrival, the venue — Eilat’s port — doesn’t seem nearly as glamorous
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is coming to Warsaw Sunday afternoon for talks with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki about migration, energy, European Union matters and tensions east of the bloc’s border. Germany has voiced support for Poland which has sealed its eastern frontier to migrants it says are encouraged by
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Firefighters in Sicily are digging through rubble in the search for missing people after an explosion apparently caused by a gas leak killed at least three people. Firefighters said two women were rescued overnight while six people remain missing in the town of Ravanusa. All those in the building were members of
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By Casey Barber, CNN Can’t find cream cheese, graham cracker crusts, Cool Whip or peppermint extract? Time to think outside the box — or cookie tin, as the case may be. Creativity might be the first item on the grocery list this holiday season. As supply chain issues and higher costs continue to wreak havoc
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By Andy Rose, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed his “outrage” Saturday at a Supreme Court decision to allow the Texas six-week abortion ban to remain in effect and said he would use similar legal tactics to tackle gun control in his state. “I am outraged by yesterday’s US Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed his “outrage” Saturday at a Supreme Court decision to allow the Texas six-week abortion ban to remain in effect and said he would use similar legal tactics to tackle gun control in his state. “I am outraged by yesterday’s US Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban
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By Akanksha Sharma, Susanna Capelouto and Sana Noor Haq, CNN A stolen Hublot watch that belonged to Diego Maradona has been recovered by police in India‘s northeastern state Assam, one year on from the Argentinian football legend’s death. Calling it “an act of international cooperation,” Assam state police announced on Twitter on Saturday that the
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By Faith Karimi, CNN Wendy Wein wanted her ex-husband dead. In July of 2020 the Michigan woman came across a website, Rent-A-Hitman, that promised to “handle your delicate situation” privately and in a timely manner. The site boasts having almost 18,000 field operatives who can do a job anywhere in the United States. It features
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By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph, Claudia Dominguez, Susannah Cullinane, Eric Levenson and Amir Vera, CNN More than 100 people are feared dead after a series of tornadoes ripped through several states in the Midwest and South and transformed homes and businesses into piles of rubble late Friday into Saturday. In Kentucky alone, the death toll
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will travel to the United Arab Emirates, the first visit to the country by an Israeli premier. The trip Sunday is part of a blitz of regional diplomacy amid the backdrop of struggling nuclear talks with Iran. Israel has watched
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By Laura Studley, CNN A decades-old family photo from a home in Kentucky turned up more than 150 miles away in Indiana on Saturday after apparently being whipped up into the debris of deadly tornadoes that tore through the region. “Walked out to my car in New Albany, Indiana and found this picture stuck to
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By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Leonardo Nourafchan wanted to do something different. After trying out jobs in real estate, the California native knew he wanted to break into the food industry, starting with catering from his home and creating blogs. He worked long hours in the kitchens of New York restaurants, including Mike’s
Continue Reading By CHARLOTTE ANTOINE-PERRON Associated Press NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — Voters in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia voted overwhelmingly Sunday to stay part of France in an independence referendum marred by a boycott from separatist forces. They had called for the vote to be delayed because of the pandemic and were angry over
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says he wil make the first official visit by a sitting premier to the United Arab Emirates as part of a blitz of regional diplomacy amid the backdrop of struggling nuclear talks with Iran. Naftali Bennett’s office said he will be meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed on
Continue Reading Gothic novelist Anne Rice has died due to complications from a stroke. Rice’s son Christopher Rice announced her death late Saturday on her Facebook page and his Twitter page. Rice was widely known for her bestselling novel “Interview With the Vampire.” The 1976 book was adapted into a movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt
Continue Reading By KATIE TAM and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — More than a thousand men and women plunged into the cool water of Hong Kong’s Victoria Bay on Sunday morning, competing to see who could swim the fastest across the harbor in open water. The New World Harbour Race has been suspended the
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Event organizers say the Foo Fighters rock band has called off its concert at the Formula One race in Abu Dhabi due to “unforeseen medical circumstances.” The organizers offered no further details about the medical issue, other than to say that Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters were “unable
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