1 dead, others trapped after Hong Kong scaffolding collapses
HONG KONG (AP) — One worker died and others were trapped when a major rainstorm blew traditional bamboo scaffolding off the side of a building…
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5 things to know for October 8: Virus, debt ceiling, Capitol riot, submarine, Ghana
By Dominic Rech, CNN An annual list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods has been revealed, based on local intel from more than 38,000…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How China flights near Taiwan inflame tensions
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A spate of Chinese military flights off southwestern Taiwan in recent days has prompted alarm from…
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Barcelona to play away from Camp Nou during stadium overhaul
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona will play at another stadium for up to a year when the club starts its planned…
Continue Reading IS bomber kills 46 inside Afghan mosque, challenges Taliban
By SAMYA KULLAB and TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Islamic State suicide bomber struck at a mosque packed with Shiite…
Continue ReadingIndependents aren’t a unified political bloc. Here’s what they really think
By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Political independents are among the most heavily scrutinized groups in American politics.…
Continue Reading More than 130 countries reach deal on corporate minimum tax
By DAVID McHUGH and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — More than 130 countries have agreed on a tentative deal that would make…
Continue Reading Google cracks down on climate change denial by targeting ads
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google is cracking down on digital ads promoting false climate change claims or being used to make…
Continue Reading Finland joins other Nordic nations in curbing Moderna shots
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland has joined other Nordic countries in suspending or discouraging the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in…
Continue Reading Postal worker fatally shot on route; former neighbor charged
COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — A federal official says a former neighbor of a U.S. Postal Service worker in Pennsylvania confessed that he fatally…
Continue Reading Nigerian forces free more than 180 hostages, say police
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say that at least 187 people including babies have been freed in the…
Continue Reading Hamilton tops both practice sessions at Turkish GP
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has posted the fastest time in both practice sessions for the Turkish…
Continue Reading Panda cubs at Tokyo zoo get their names, to debut in January
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June now have their names. The female is Lei Lei,…
Continue Reading FIFA plans to postpone Club World Cup until 2022
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — People familiar with the planning say FIFA plans to postpone the Club World Cup until early…
Continue Reading Turkish court rules to keep leading philanthropist in jail
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A court in Istanbul has again ruled to keep a leading philanthropist and civil rights…
Continue Reading US, Pakistani officials in strained talks over Afghanistan
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Pakistan have held difficult talks over the path forward in Taliban-ruled…
Continue Reading Swiss-backed project aims to avert new ‘Cold War’ in science
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s foreign minister says concerns about a “new Cold War” over science and…
Continue Reading Iraqi security forces, displaced vote ahead of elections
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces are casting ballots, two days before the rest of the nation votes in…
Continue Reading Danish police confiscate luxury sports car caught speeding
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police have confiscated a high-performance luxury car after its new owner was caught speeding as he drove it home…
Continue Reading Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Ressa and Muratov
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, KIKO ROSARIO and VANESSA GERA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov…
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