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LEEDS, England (AP) — English county cricket team Yorkshire has acknowledged that one of its former players was the victim of racial harassment and bullying. Azeem Rafiq, a former England Under-19 captain, said in interviews last year that as a Muslim he was made to feel like an “outsider” during his time at Yorkshire from
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By Amanda Watts, CNN Okefenokee Joe, an 11-and-a-half-foot alligator who is believed to have lived in a Georgia swamp since World War II, has died, officials said. The alligator passed away from old age, the Georgia’s Coastal Ecology Lab said, and had been part of a satellite tag program. The lab had been observing his
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MADRID (AP) — A major wildfire in southeast Spain is prevailing over efforts by 38 water-dropping aircraft and tearing through an area of hilly woodland for a second day. One fire official described it on Friday as “a hungry monster.” Authorities ordered most crews working on the uneven terrain to withdrew, as strong winds and
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah and Katharina Krebs, CNN Ukrainian opposition politicians are demanding an immediate investigation into how a special operation to lure alleged Russian war criminals failed after Belarus arrested the men in Minsk last year. The new calls follow an exclusive CNN investigation in which former high-ranking Ukrainian military intelligence officials described
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The fifth and final test of the cricket series between England and India has been canceled barely two hours before play was due to start following a coronavirus outbreak in the India camp. The England and Wales Cricket Board says India is “regrettably unable to field a team” due
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Soulful British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks has won the prestigious Mercury Prize for her debut album “Collapsed in Sunbeams.” The 21-year-old Londoner beat acts including singer Celeste, rapper Ghetts and bands Wolf Alice and Mogwai to the 25,000-pound ($30,000) prize, which recognizes the outstanding British or Irish album of the year. The judging
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Louisiana officials are discussing new ways to safeguard areas outside the state’s flood protection system that suffered severe destruction from Hurricane Ida‘s brutal landfall. “We have got to fundamentally change the way in which we are thinking about protecting those areas, particularly Grand Isle,” said Chip Kline, Executive
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-controlled gas giant Gazprom says it has completed the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, a contentious project that Ukraine and the United States have strongly opposed. Owned by Gazprom, Nord Stream 2 is built under the Baltic Sea and bypasses Poland and Ukraine, raising objections from
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-controlled gas giant Gazprom says it has completed the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, a contentious project that Ukraine and the United States have strongly opposed. Owned by Gazprom, Nord Stream 2 is built under the Baltic Sea and bypasses Poland and Ukraine, raising objections from
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Austrian police say a man hid his mother’s body in his basement for over a year in order to continue receiving her pension and nursing allowance. Police in Tyrol province said Thursday that officers paid a visit to the man in the Innsbruck area last weekend because suspicions had arisen that his
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Todos los estudiantes elegibles que asisten a las escuelas públicas del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles (LAUSD, por sus siglas en inglés), el segundo más grande del país, deberán vacunarse contra el covid-19 antes de que finalice el año calendario, según votó la junta escolar. En una reunión especial celebrada
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s economic growth slowed more than expected in July as concern about the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 overshadowed the government’s decision to end most social distancing rules. The economy expanded 0.1% in the month, down from 1% in June. Economists had expected gross domestic product to increase
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s economic growth slowed more than expected in July as concern about the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 overshadowed the government’s decision to end most social distancing rules. The economy expanded 0.1% in the month, down from 1% in June. Economists had expected gross domestic product to increase
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9/11 20-year anniversary: Coachella Valley Remembers The 9/11 attacks against America changed many aspects of life as we know it. The events that day 20 years ago also prompted Riverside County emergency planners to make changes in the ways they prepare and coordinate responses to any widespread disaster. You could call it ‘lessons learned.’ Lots
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — El huracán Olaf tocó tierra la noche de este jueves muy cerca de San José del Cabo, en el estado mexicano de Baja California Sur, informó el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés). El huracán hizo impacto alrededor de las 10 pm
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press HALLE, Germany (AP) — Climate change is among the top concerns for Germans going into this year’s national election that will determine who replaces Angela Merkel as chancellor. But while voters admit they are worried about the state of the planet, many fear the cost of backing the environmentalist Green
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN Buying an abandoned home in a tiny, depopulated Italian village is something that many travelers will have mulled over, especially given the vast number of bargain house schemes launched in the European country over the past few years. After CNN Travel reported earlier this year that Latronico, situated in the deep south
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Washington’s special envoy and the architect of an often criticized deal with the Taliban says more than 250 foreign nationals have left Afghanistan in the past three days. The deal signed last year provided for the safe withdrawal of U.S and NATO troops but say his critics was heavily weighted in
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press VAROSHA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s a groundswell of anger among thousands of Greek Cypriot refugees who fear their property in the Turkish-occupied ghost town of Varosha could be forever lost. Once the pride of Cyprus’ tourism industry, the Famagusta suburb has been empty and under military control since 1974, when
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press VAROSHA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s a groundswell of anger among thousands of Greek Cypriot refugees who fear their property in the Turkish-occupied ghost town of Varosha could be forever lost. Once the pride of Cyprus’ tourism industry, the Famagusta suburb has been empty and under military control since 1974, when
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