By Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the country’s first Covid case since the start of the pandemic. The Tongan government ordered a weeklong lockdown for the main island Tongatapu, which includes an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew with residents told
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By Susannah Cullinane, Jason Hanna and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN About 9,000 of New York City’s 378,000 municipal employees were on leave without pay as of Monday because they haven’t complied with a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city workers, the mayor said Monday. Members of the fire and police departments and other city workers had until
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Parwana Malik, una niña de 9 años con ojos oscuros y mejillas rosadas, se ríe con sus amigos mientras juegan a saltar la cuerda en un claro polvoriento. Pero la risa de Parwana desaparece cuando regresa a casa, una pequeña choza con paredes de tierra, donde se le recuerda su destino:
Continue Reading By Susannah Cullinane, Jason Hanna and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN About 9,000 of New York City’s 378,000 municipal employees were on leave without pay as of Monday because they haven’t complied with a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city workers, the mayor said Monday. Members of the fire and police departments and other city workers had until
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By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Last year’s pandemic style saw people put on pajamas and their hair up in a bun. But 2021 is more about mascara and lip liners. And makeup sales in the multi-billion-dollar Mideast market are beginning to improve. For women in the region, particularly in
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By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Last year’s pandemic style saw people put on pajamas and their hair up in a bun. But 2021 is more about mascara and lip liners. And makeup sales in the multi-billion-dollar Mideast market are beginning to improve. For women in the region, particularly in
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants businesses, their employees and their families to move to the kingdom. The landlocked, once ultraconservative capital, Riyadh, now promises a lifestyle where concerts, movie theaters, world class sporting events and deal-making are in abundance. Cultural heritage sites are also being
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants businesses, their employees and their families to move to the kingdom. The landlocked, once ultraconservative capital, Riyadh, now promises a lifestyle where concerts, movie theaters, world class sporting events and deal-making are in abundance. Cultural heritage sites are also being
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA LARSON and EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press JIAOZUO, China (AP) — China is the largest contributor to global warming, but meanwhile, China’s people are already suffering the brunt of climate change. Historic floods that destroyed farms this summer in the country’s agricultural heartland are a preview of the kind of extreme conditions the
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By Rob Picheta, CNN At the start of the pandemic, much of the Western world followed a similar playbook for tackling Covid-19. Spikes in transmission were met with lockdowns; international travel was heavily restricted; and though domestic constraints frequently proved controversial, hygiene measures like social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing were strongly encouraged — if not
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN At the start of the pandemic, much of the Western world followed a similar playbook for tackling Covid-19. Spikes in transmission were met with lockdowns; international travel was heavily restricted; and though domestic constraints frequently proved controversial, hygiene measures like social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing were strongly encouraged — if not
Continue Reading By ROBERT JABLON and DONALD THOMPSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Top drug manufacturers have won a round in a California lawsuit that blamed them for the opioid crisis and sought billions of dollars to cover the costs of dealing with it. A judge in Orange County made a tentative ruling Monday that said
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voters began casting ballots across the U.S. early Tuesday in the first wave of elections to test new Republican restrictions on the ballot and give elections officials a chance to counter a year’s worth of misinformation about voting security. Officials said demonstrating secure,
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By Amy Simonson and Christina Carrega, CNN Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson was discharged from the hospital Tuesday, one day after a fall, and has returned to Howard University to continue negotiations on campus, according to a statement released by the Rainbow Push Coalition. According to the statement, Jackson had been meeting with Howard
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. Methane packs a stronger short-term climate punch than even carbon dioxide. The plan was announced Tuesday as President Joe Biden wraps up a two-day
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. Methane packs a stronger short-term climate punch than even carbon dioxide. The plan was being announced as President Joe Biden wraps up a two-day
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK, ELLEN KNICKMEYER AND ZEKE MILLER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — President Joe Biden is seeking to whip up climate change-fighting efforts abroad at a time when his own climate legislation at home is again in limbo. Biden is attending a U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, for a second and final
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters are battling a structure fire at a state building in Jefferson City. The fire happened at a building in the 1700 block of E. Elm Street. Firefighters were on the scene before 10 p.m. About 80 app developers with the state’s Information Technology Services Division work at the building, according
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge says Kobe Bryant’s widow won’t have to undergo psychiatric testing in her lawsuit over graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, her 13-year-old daughter and seven others. The judge made the ruling Monday in Los Angeles. Kobe and the others died in January 2020
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Amir Vera, Amy Simonson and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended granting clemency to Julius Jones, a man sentenced to death for a murder he says he did not commit. Jones pleaded his case to the board less than three weeks before he’s set to be executed. The
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