5 things to know for August 16: Afghanistan, Covid-19, Haiti, weather, China & Russia
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Some students don’t want to go back to in-person school, and it doesn’t have anything to do with coronavirus.…
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5 things to know for August 16: Afghanistan, Covid-19, Haiti, weather, China & Russia
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Some students don’t want to go back to in-person school, and it doesn’t have anything to do with coronavirus.…
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Greece wildfires: Winds fan 2 new blazes outside of Athens
By ELENA BECATOROS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More wildfires have broken out in hard-hit Greece, with two blazes…
Continue Reading Spain interior minister: child migrants ‘wanted to go home’
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s interior minister says that unaccompanied child migrants being sent back to Morocco in groups of 15 at a time wanted to go…
Continue Reading Israel asks allies for help as wildfires rage near Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has appealed to its international allies for help in fighting wildfires raging outside of Jerusalem. Israeli firefighters…
Continue Reading Flooding death toll in Turkey climbs to 77; dozens missing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers have recovered more bodies from the sites of severe flooding that devastated parts of northern Turkey, bringing the…
Continue Reading President Widodo says pandemic changed Indonesia’s culture
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president has pledged to improve COVID-19 testing and treatment in a…
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Pritchard, Mitchell among standouts at NBA Summer League
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Payton Pritchard arrived at the NBA Summer League looking to show he deserves major minutes this upcoming season with…
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Pritchard, Mitchell among standouts at NBA Summer League
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Payton Pritchard arrived at the NBA Summer League looking to show he deserves major minutes this upcoming season with…
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Man climbs Phoenix radio tower, starts a 2 1/2 hour standoff
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a man who climbed to the top of a Phoenix radio tower came down uninjured after a 2 ½ hour standoff. The name of…
Continue Reading Air raid sirens sound in Israel after rocket fired from Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Air raid sirens have sounded in southern Israel after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said Monday…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40…
Continue Reading Haiti braces for Grace, Florida for Fred as storms brew
The Associated Press Tropical Depression Grace is drenching Haiti, dumping up to 15 inches of rain on a quake-damaged landscape as thousands of…
Continue Reading Giants holding off more celebrated NL West rivals
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The San Francisco Giants haven’t had a winning season since 2016, and they were certainly overshadowed by the…
Continue Reading Giants holding off more celebrated NL West rivals
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The San Francisco Giants haven’t had a winning season since 2016, and they were certainly overshadowed by the…
Continue Reading Giants holding off more celebrated NL West rivals
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The San Francisco Giants haven’t had a winning season since 2016, and they were certainly overshadowed by the…
Continue Reading ‘A new day’: Opposition leader elected president in Zambia
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia’s veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has won the southern African…
Continue Reading Gusty winds bring new worries to California fire lines
QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests are girding for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility has…
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