ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Foreign Ministry says a high-level delegation from Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers has arrived in the country for opening talks. The meetings Thursday in Ankara are the first between the Taliban and senior Turkish government officials after the group seized control of Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman said the visiting delegation is
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Katie Couric’s book tour, which begins in two weeks, will have some have well known guests. Live Nation announced Thursday that Jennifer Garner, “Saturday Night Live” performers Chloe Fineman and Melissa Villaseñor and Brad and Kimberly Paisley will be among those joining Couric for appearances around the
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican fundraising committee dedicated to flipping the House in next year’s midterm elections says it raised more than $105 million this year through September. The record haul marks a 74% increase over last cycle and includes $25.8 million raised in the third quarter of the
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — The trial of four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces has started in a Rome courtroom. The Egyptians weren’t on hand Thursday to face charges they were involved in the abduction, torture and killing in Cairo of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni. His body was found on a highway days after he
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Disney is coming after Netflix in Asia. The owner of Disney+ announced a major expansion into Asian content on Thursday, with plans to greenlight more than 50 original titles from the region by 2023. Disney is commissioning new shows from South Korea, Japan, Australia, Taiwan and Indonesia. Many of the
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — ¿Qué significa Halloween? ¿Cuál es su origen? Aquí hay información de fondo espeluznante sobre esta festividad, que se celebra anualmente en Estados Unidos el 31 de octubre. En 2021, Halloween cae en domingo. Hechos La palabra Halloween es una versión abreviada de las frases All Hallows’ Eve o All Hallows’ Evening (Víspera
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Austrian news agency APA has reported that former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been sworn as a member of parliament after resigning last week amid corruption allegations. Kurz is also keeping his role as party leader and became the head of its parliamentary group. That keeps him at the heart of Austrian politics
Continue Reading By BABA AHMED Associated Press TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Many residents of Timbuktu are worried that when French troops pull out of the city in northern Mali, jihadis will return to impose strict Shariah law including public whippings and amputations. The Islamic extremists ruled Timbuktu in 2012 and banned music and destroyed historic mausoleums, saying
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Members of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol have shown they’re willing to pursue criminal contempt referrals against witnesses who refuse to comply with the panel’s subpoenas. But what does that mean? Criminal contempt is one of the three options the congressional panel can
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MADRID (AP) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken Spain’s La Palma island off northwest Africa in what was the strongest recorded since a local volcano began erupting 26 days ago. Spain’s National Geographic Institute said the quake was one of around 60 recorded overnight. The Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to spew fiery rivers of lava
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken Spain’s La Palma island off northwest Africa in what was the strongest recorded since a local volcano began erupting 26 days ago. Spain’s National Geographic Institute said the quake was one of around 60 recorded overnight. The Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to spew fiery rivers of lava
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By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot announced Thursday it is moving forward to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena, as his game of chicken with the House panel now enters
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By Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN Local police in Washington warned their law enforcement partner agencies a day before the January 6 pro-Trump rally that there were social media reports urging attendees to “come armed” but said there was no credible threat for the event, according to an email obtained by a government watchdog
Continue Reading By SUSAN FERRISS and JOE YERARDI The Center for Public Integrity Immigrants perform some of America’s lowest-paying, most arduous jobs, and are among those most victimized by employers failing to pay them fairly. Even if they have support to file a lawsuit or a claim — with a state labor agency or the U.S. Department
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By Tamara Qiblawi and Mostafa Salem, CNN A fierce political dispute over a probe into Beirut’s August 2020 port blast prompted the worst violence Lebanon has witnessed in more than 10 years on Thursday, after a protest descended into deadly street battles. At least six people were killed. Hundreds of supporters of Iran-backed Hezbollah and
Continue Readingolivertapia Taipei, Taiwán (CNN) — Al menos 46 personas murieron y decenas resultaron heridas en un gran incendio en un edificio en el sur de Taiwán el jueves, dijeron las autoridades. El incendio comenzó en el edificio comercial y residencial de 13 pisos a las 2:54 am hora local (2:54 pm ET) en el distrito
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By James Frater and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Norwegian police have named the suspect in Wednesday’s bow-and-arrow attack in the southern town of Kongsberg that left five people dead and three injured, in what they are treating as suspected terrorism. Espen Andersen Bråthen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, is due to appear in court on Friday, but
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading economic institutes have slashed their forecast for Europe’s biggest economy. They said Thursday that output is being held back by global supply bottlenecks and lingering restraints on personal contact amid the pandemic. The experts cut their growth forecast for this year to 2.4% from the 3.7% they had forecast earlier
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading economic institutes have slashed their forecast for Europe’s biggest economy. They said Thursday that output is being held back by global supply bottlenecks and lingering restraints on personal contact amid the pandemic. The experts cut their growth forecast for this year to 2.4% from the 3.7% they had forecast earlier
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The heavy winds that have been fanning the Alisal Fire — which already closed part of Highway 101 and shuttered Amtrak railways in Santa Barbara County, California, are likely to continue, possibly hindering progress in battling the blaze — and triggering power outages. “When the winds are strong and they shift,
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