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By Tim Lister, CNN The eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan has seen a spate of attacks against the Taliban this week by the group IS Khorasan (ISIS-K), an affiliate of ISIS. ISIS-K claimed three attacks in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. Through ISIS’ official Amaq media outlet, it claimed to have killed six
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By KHADIJA KOTHIA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is seeking a legal injunction against climate protestors who blocked the entrance to Britain’s busiest ferry port to highlight the climate crisis and fuel poverty. Vehicles were stuck in lines as more than 40 protesters from the climate group Insulate Britain blocked the main
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By KHADIJA KOTHIA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is seeking a legal injunction against climate protestors who blocked the entrance to Britain’s busiest ferry port to highlight the climate crisis and fuel poverty. Vehicles were stuck in lines as more than 40 protesters from the climate group Insulate Britain blocked the main
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN Dorte Poulsen was sunbathing in her parents’ backyard in her home in Copenhagen. It was 1983, and she was 19, just back from a gap year where she’d backpacked solo around South America and Israel. Right then, she was enjoying doing nothing, but her sunny basking was interrupted by the phone ringing.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank on Friday declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Friday’s notice complained Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital currencies disrupt the financial system and are used in money-laundering and other crimes. “Virtual currency derivative transactions are
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung and Brad Lendon, CNN Taiwan on Thursday accused China of “bullying” after Beijing sent a total of 24 warplanes into its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the third-largest incursion in the past two years of heightened tensions between Beijing and Taipei. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, including bombers, fighter jets, anti-submarine
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN The fashion luxury conglomerate behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga has banned the use of animal fur across all of its brands by fall 2022. “The time has now come,” said Kering CEO and Chairman, François-Henri Pinault, in a short statement issued on Friday. “The world has changed, along
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN James Kirkland picked up his first dinosaur toy when he was 5 years old in 1959. He remembers it like it was yesterday. Little did he know then that his love of dinosaurs would lead to a career as a paleontologist. Since the day his father brought home a special gift
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities say two assailants in lawyers’ black coats opened fire in a courtroom in the Indian capital, killing a notorious crime suspect before being fatally shot by police officers. New Delhi police say officers escorting the suspect, Jitendra Gogi, acted swiftly and killed the assailants, who were believed to be from
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Sarah Moon, CNN Los Angeles will not be required to provide shelter or housing to homeless people living on the city’s Skid Row, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, effectively vacating another court’s order to do so by next month. The ruling comes from the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Pope Francis has decided to leave in office a prominent German archbishop who has faced criticism for his handling of the church’s sexual abuse scandal, but the cleric has decided to take a “spiritual timeout.” The Vatican said the pope “is counting on” Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki
Continue Reading TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian court ruled on Friday to reopen the case of a former defense minister who faced charges over a massive blast at a munitions disposal factory 13 years ago that killed 26 people. Judge Saida Dollani of the Tirana Appeals Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime that handles top
Continue ReadingCNN By Matias Grez and Amanda Davies, CNN Racism, sexism, homophobia and death threats now regularly form part of the daily life of many leading football stars. Social media has allowed fans to get closer than ever before to their favorite players, but for others, it has provided an open channel to anonymously send abusive
Continue ReadingCNN By Matias Grez and Amanda Davies, CNN Racism, sexism, homophobia and death threats now regularly form part of the daily life of many leading football stars. Social media has allowed fans to get closer than ever before to their favorite players, but for others, it has provided an open channel to anonymously send abusive
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Amanda Davies, CNN Racism, sexism, homophobia and death threats now regularly form part of the daily life of many leading football stars. Social media has allowed fans to get closer than ever before to their favorite players, but for others, it has provided an open channel to anonymously send abusive and
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Sam started Thursday as a tropical storm, with winds of 35 mph, and ended the day at 70 mph — a rapid intensification that occurs when a tropical cyclone strengthens by at least 35 mph in 24 hours. By Friday morning Sam had strengthened into a hurricane, and it may
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business If you’re coveting a new pair of Nike sneakers this holiday season, you might have to wait a while. The sportswear giant has warned that it has been hit by supply chain problems — caused globally by the Covid-19 pandemic — that will impact production and delivery of its goods
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN Chris Pratt will star as the voice of Mario in an upcoming “Super Mario Bros.” movie, in one of showbiz’s most unlikely castings. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor will voice Mario, the tubby Italian plumber who changed the world of video games with the release of “Super Mario Bros.” 36
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter wants the world to know she is embracing chapter 40, revealing her new age has brought a sense of freedom. In a rare personal letter to fans, shared on her website, the singer said she is grateful to be “grown” and refuses to feed into the notion
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Germany and France said they and other European Union countries have nominated Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia for a second term as director-general of the World Health Organization. This marks the first time that a candidate for the top job at the U.N. health agency has not
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