By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration is considering sending some of the Afghan evacuees at a US military base in Kosovo back to Afghanistan if they cannot clear the intense vetting process to come to the United States, according to three US officials familiar with the matter. A return to Afghanistan
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SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have ordered an investigation into a police raid that killed four people and led to protests from families of three of the victims. Police earlier said the two civilians among the victims died in the crossfire when government forces on Monday attacked suspected rebels in Srinagar, the
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit record highs for the second straight day. Russia’s state coronavirus task force reported Thursday that 1,251 people died of COVID-19 since the day before. The previous record of 1,247 deaths was recorded Wednesday. New daily cases appeared to be taking a
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olivertapia Berlín (CNN) — Alemania reportó su aumento más alto de infecciones por covid-19 en un solo día y la canciller Angela Merkel dijo que la “dramática” situación era el resultado de la cuarta ola “que golpeó al país con toda su fuerza”. El Instituto Robert Koch (RKI), el centro de control y enfermedades de
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN China’s test of a hypersonic missile over the summer “went around the world,” the second most senior US general said in an interview released Tuesday, shedding new details on the test and warning that China might one day be able to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the United States. “They
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By Aya Elamroussi, Amy Simonson and Paul P. Murphy, CNN There are significant delays for railways and trucks using the Canadian port city of Vancouver after severe and widespread flooding slammed the Pacific Northwest, officials said Wednesday — and the impact could be felt for days. Vancouver is Canada’s largest port and the third largest
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Biden administration is helping to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills. The money comes largely from the administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. It provides an additional $4.5 billion for the government’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which typically has funding of
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Biden administration is helping to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills. The money comes largely from the administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. It provides an additional $4.5 billion for the government’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which typically has funding of
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By Janelle Davis, CNN The most powerful telescope ever built is scheduled to launch on December 18. The James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to before. This mission has been decades in the
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN The most powerful telescope ever built is expected to launch on December 25. The James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to before. This mission has been decades in the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The highly anticipated launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is facing yet another delay before it can lift off the launchpad. Heralded to be the premier space science observatory of the next decade, the telescope is now expected to launch on December 24 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Teams
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN The most powerful telescope ever built is scheduled to launch on December 18. The James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to before. This mission has been decades in the
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By Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah, Antonia Mortensen and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Makeshift migrant camps at a checkpoint on the Belarus-Poland border, where thousands had amassed in recent weeks, were cleared by Belarusian authorities on Thursday, ending a months-long standoff that has ratcheted up tensions in the region. The move comes just two days after a
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN More than a decade before he was assigned the criminal contempt case brought against Steve Bannon, Judge Carl Nichols was a top Justice Department lawyer deeply involved in pushing sweeping arguments in favor of shielding an ex-presidential adviser from congressional testimony. Nichols — who was appointed to the bench in 2019
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden, reconvening a summit of North American leaders at the White House on Thursday, sought cross-border agreement on migration, Covid-19 and economic integration, even as his guests voiced concerns over what they say are protectionist trade policies left over from Biden’s predecessor. “We can meet all of the challenges
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks is leaning into tech with its new concept store. Essentially, it’s a mashup of a regular Starbucks pickup store and an Amazon Go store, where customers grab items without having to wait in line to pay. No freebies though — you’ll be charged when you exit. And you’ll still
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks and Amazon are teaming up on a grab-and-go store format. The Seattle-based companies will open their first Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go location on Thursday in New York. At least two more New York locations are planned for next year. The stores offer the full Starbucks menu as
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN Photographs by Yagazie Emezi for CNN Standing on the sand next to a building hollowed out by the churning sea, Sheriff Elegushi points far out into the Atlantic Ocean to where his ancestral home once stood. “Over there was where we had our tarred road before,” Elegushi said. “We also had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new study by the Better Business Bureau shows complaints against the vehicle service contract industry are on the rise. For more than 20 years, the St. Louis region has been the “epicenter” for the industry. Companies that work in the St. Louis region usually market the selling of contracts to millions
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Disney Cruise Line anunció que todos los pasajeros de 5 años en adelante en sus cruceros deberán estar vacunados contra el covid-19 a partir de enero. Con esto amplía su exigencia para cubrir a los niños que ahora son elegibles para la vacunación en EE.UU. “Mientras zarpamos de nuevo, la salud y
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