By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Preparing and packing for a trip is a different ballgame with all the changes in the travel world since the pre-pandemic days. For example, you’ll want to start thinking about masks like you do about packing clothes, so bring multiple ones with you. Plus, be prepared to prove your vaccination
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By MEHMET GUZEL TATVAN, Turkey (AP) — Fearing a new refugee crisis, Turkey is reinforcing its border with Iran to stop a potential influx of Afghans fleeing the Taliban insurgency. Irregular arrivals are already up as Afghans who fled weeks and months ago show up at the rugged border area after a long trek across
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Freshmen at the University of Missouri are preparing to move in to the dorms Wednesday and Thursday, and compared to this time last year, MU student COVID-19 cases have decreased significantly. On Aug. 28, 2020 there were 228 student cases. According to the latest data from Monday, there were only 18 student
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By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Little by little, life appears to be creeping back to normal in Kabul, even though no one seem to know quite what this new normal — life under the Taliban — will look like once the dust settles and the last US troops leave the country.
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Target’s streak of strong results extended into its latest quarter but its skyrocketing online sales growth has come back to earth. The Minneapolis retailer reported Wednesday that sales at its stores that have been open for at least a year rose 8.7% in the three-month
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Major retail chains are having trouble finding workers, but not necessarily for jobs in the store — it’s the positions in warehouses that they’re struggling to fill. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Major retail chains are having trouble finding workers, but not necessarily for jobs in the store — it’s the positions in warehouses that they’re struggling to fill. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Major retail chains are having trouble finding workers, but not necessarily for jobs in the store — it’s the positions in warehouses that they’re struggling to fill. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
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By Kay Jones and Andy Rose, CNN The Supreme Court of Texas refused Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to intervene Thursday in the case of mask mandates established by several local jurisdictions. As a result, the lower court ruling allowing school districts to require masks in their schools still stands. The decision is the latest in
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Major retail chains are having trouble finding workers, but not necessarily for jobs in the store — it’s the positions in warehouses that they’re struggling to fill. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
Continue Reading By DANIEL COLE and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BORMES-LES-MIMOSAS, France (AP) — A wildfire near the French Riviera has killed two people and is still burning out of control. Over 1,100 firefighters were battling flames fueled by wind and drought in the forests of the popular tourist region and over 7,000 people have been forced
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has deployed hundreds of troops and is laying barbed wire along its border with Belarus amid a surge of migrants seeking to enter the country. The defense minister said Wednesday that more than 900 Polish troops are involved in the operation. It’s believed that most
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Helaina Alati was browsing the spice aisle of an Australian supermarket when she came face-to-face with a huge snake. The head of the 3-meter-long (10-foot-long) non-venomous diamond python emerged through a space in a shelf above the spice jars in the Sydney store. The trained snake
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Small children are among those held amid a new wave of detentions of ethnic Tigrayans suspected of supporting Tigray forces in Ethiopia’s growing war, one detainee says, while witnesses and a human rights watchdog describe fresh disappearances in recent weeks. In an interview with The Associated
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN On July 20, Chinese authorities detected a cluster of Covid-19 cases in the eastern city of Nanjing. The virus soon spread across the country, with dozens of cities reporting infections fueled by the highly infectious Delta variant. At its peak, China was reporting more than 140 new symptomatic cases a day,
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major wildfire burning northwest of the Greek capital is devouring large tracts of pine forest for a third day and threatening a large village. The blaze in the Vilia area broke out Monday shortly after another wildfire started to the southwest of Athens. Several other villages and a nearby nursing
Continue Reading By MARK CARLSON Associated Press KORTRIJK, Belgium (AP) — A Belgian-British teenager has started the first leg of her quest to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo. Zara Rutherford set out Wednesday from an airstrip in western Belgium in gusty, overcast conditions. The 19-year-old aviator is looking to break the record
Continue Reading By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — More than a hundred Australian citizens have left the Indonesian tourist island of Bali aboard a special repatriation flight organized by the Australian government. Many Australians have been stranded on Bali because flights connecting Indonesia to Australia have been limited since the spread of COVID-19 in
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced accusations of needlessly abandoning Afghanistan to the whims of the Taliban and of undermining Britain’s position in the world. During a heated emergency debate Wednesday in Parliament, lawmakers, including many from Johnson’s Conservative Party, voiced their regrets
Continue Reading By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants have attacked protesters in eastern Afghanistan who dared to take down their banner and replace it with the country’s flag. At least one person was killed in the attack that fueled fears about how the insurgents would
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