5 things to know for October 4: Congress, Covid-19, Facebook, Brazil, oil spill
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The Supreme Court today begins a new term that could usher in landmark decisions on big issues like gun legislation and…
Continue ReadingNews
5 things to know for October 4: Congress, Covid-19, Facebook, Brazil, oil spill
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The Supreme Court today begins a new term that could usher in landmark decisions on big issues like gun legislation and…
Continue Reading5 things to know for October 4: Congress, Covid-19, Facebook, Brazil, oil spill
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The Supreme Court today begins a new term that could usher in landmark decisions on big issues like gun legislation and…
Continue Reading5 things to know for October 4: Congress, Covid-19, Facebook, Brazil, oil spill
By AJ Willingham, CNN The Supreme Court today begins a new term that could usher in landmark decisions on big issues like gun legislation and…
Continue Reading
Lebanon resumes contacts with IMF over bailout program
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Finance Ministry says it has resumed “interactions” with the International Monetary Fund about pulling the small…
Continue Reading Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont freed temporarily in Sardinia
By GLORIA CALVI, COLLEEN BARRY and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SASSARI, Sardinia (AP) — Catalonia’s former separatist leader has walked out of…
Continue Reading Pope Francis plans to attend youth jamboree in Portugal
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis plans to attend a youth jamboree in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2023. Pontiffs traditionally attend World Youth Day,…
Continue ReadingHow chili peppers helped Nobel Prize winners understand how we feel heat
By Ivana Kottasová and Katie Hunt, CNN The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for…
Continue Reading Russia test-fires new hypersonic missile from submarine
MOSCOW (AP) — A prospective Russian hypersonic missile has been successfully test-fired from a nuclear submarine for the first time. The Russian…
Continue Reading Muslims recall questionable detentions that followed 9/11
By GARY FIELDS and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years since the Sept. 11 attacks brings a different kind of anniversary…
Continue Reading Officials in Thailand see signs of flood threat easing
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand say widespread flooding is easing, allowing the capital…
Continue Reading Muslims recall questionable detentions that followed 9/11
By GARY FIELDS and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years since the Sept. 11 attacks brings a different kind of anniversary…
Continue Reading UK military begins fuel delivery amid driver shortage
LONDON (AP) — British military personnel have begun delivering fuel to gas stations after a shortage of truck drivers disrupted supplies for more…
Continue Reading Malaysia warns Myanmar to cooperate with envoy or no summit
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s foreign minister has warned that Myanmar may be excluded from a summit of Southeast Asian leaders this…
Continue Reading Greece: Truck on parliament sidewalk checked for explosives
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 58-year-old Greek man has been arrested after he drove a pickup truck onto a sidewalk in front of the the country’s…
Continue Reading ‘Pandora Papers’ bring renewed calls for tax haven scrutiny
By PAUL WISEMAN and MARCY GORDON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Calls are growing for an end to the financial secrecy and shell companies…
Continue Reading Jordanian king’s properties undercut father figure image
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Newly leaked documents showing that Jordan’s King Abdullah II quietly amassed luxury real…
Continue ReadingPro-Trump challenger’s residency issues catch Murkowski’s eye
By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has not yet said whether she’ll run for reelection in 2022 — but she is well…
Continue ReadingUS Trade Rep Katherine Tai to condemn China’s ‘unfair trade practices’
By Donald Judd, CNN US Trade Representative Katherine Tai is expected to condemn China’s “unfair trade practices” during remarks at…
Continue Reading Lava from Spanish volcano surges after crater collapse
MADRID (AP) — Authorities on the Spanish island of La Palma say they are tightening their surveillance of an erupting volcano after part of the…
Continue Reading