Month: September 2021

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tehran has died. The report Thursday did not elaborate on the cause of death of Christopher Mapanga, but reportedly he had suffered from liver disease. It said the Iranian foreign ministry coordinated with police and judicial authorities for legal procedures and identification of the

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian court has upheld the convictions of two former senior officials on sedition and other charges connected to an alleged plot against the kingdom involving the half-brother of King Abdullah II. Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid were sentenced to 15 years in prison in July by a state

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Country stars Chris Stapleton and Eric Church will go toe-to-toe with each other at this year’s Country Music Association Awards, with both vying in the same five categories, including entertainer of the year. In nominations announced on Thursday, Stapleton has nominations in male vocalist, album of the year,

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s already thin supply of COVID-19 vaccines has taken another significant hit. The World Health Organization’s Africa director says that for various reasons, including the rollout of booster shots, “we will get 25% less doses than we were anticipating by the end of the year.” The

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A year ago on Thursday, Greece’s notoriously squalid refugee camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos burnt down, leaving nearly 12,000 people in need of emergency housing as winter approached. European leaders then vowed such squalid facilities would be a thing of the past. But

MADRID (AP) — Nearly 800 people have been evacuated from their homes and road traffic has been disrupted as firefighting teams and planes fight a wildfire in southwestern Spain. The fire in a mountain range of the Malaga province broke out late Wednesday and grew overnight, prompting the first evacuations near the resort town of

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British airline easyJet said it has rejected an unsolicited takeover approach as it announced plans to raise another 1.2 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) from shareholders to shore up its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Thursday, the company said its board had “unanimously” rejected the

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An estimated 200 foreigners, including Americans, have left Kabul on an international commercial flight, marking the first large-scale evacuation since U.S. and NATO forces left Afghanistan last week. Their departure represented a breakthrough in the bumpy coordination between the U.S. and Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders. The

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even after two decades, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex after its destruction in the Sept. 11 attacks is still incomplete. While the memorial plaza and several towers at the site have been finished for years, construction is ongoing at a planned performing

ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France paid tribute Thursday to screen legend Jean-Paul Belmondo, whom President Emmanuel Macron portrayed as the nation’s Everyman. The ceremony at the site of Napoleon’s final resting place combined military pomp with the emotion of adoring fans, with 1,000 allowed to attend. Others watched on a big screen

ATHENS Political leaders, family members and thousands of fans have paid their final respects to Greek music great Mikis Theodorakis who has been buried on the island of Crete. Holding flowers and olive branches, onlookers dressed in black sang songs composed by Theodorakis as his casket was carried from a chapel to the cemetery near