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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and drugmaker AstraZeneca said Friday that they reached a deal to end a damaging legal battle over the slow pace of deliveries of the company’s COVID-19 vaccines. The European Commission, which is the EU’s executive branch, said AstraZeneca made a “firm commitment” to deliver
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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and drugmaker AstraZeneca said Friday that they reached a deal to end a damaging legal battle over the slow pace of deliveries of the company’s COVID-19 vaccines. The European Commission, which is the EU’s executive branch, said AstraZeneca made a “firm commitment” to deliver
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olivertapia Tokio (CNN) — El primer ministro de Japón, Yoshihide Suga, dijo el viernes que no se postulará en las próximas elecciones por el liderazgo de su partido, con lo que cederá el cargo de primer ministro y abre la carrera a otros candidatos después de un período turbulento de menos de un año. Suga,
Continue ReadingBy Emiko Jozuka, Chie Kobayashi and Selina Wang, CNN Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said he will not run in his party’s forthcoming leadership election, effectively ceding the premiership and opening the race to other candidates after a turbulent term of less than a year. Suga, who assumed the top role last September
Continue ReadingCNN By Emiko Jozuka, Chie Kobayashi and Selina Wang, CNN Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said he will not run in his party’s forthcoming leadership election, effectively ceding the premiership and opening the race to other candidates after a turbulent term of less than a year. Suga, who assumed the top role last
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN en Español) — Este jueves, el presidente de Guatemala, Alejando Giammattei, anunció en televisión nacional que enviará a primeras horas del viernes una solicitud al Congreso con nuevas medidas por la pandemia de covid-19 y dijo que espera que las apruebe en los próximos tres días. (Photo by ORLANDO ESTRADA/AFP via Getty Images)
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By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN A former nurse pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting an intellectually disabled woman in an Arizona long-term health care facility. Nathan Sutherland also pleaded guilty to abusing a vulnerable adult, court records show, at the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, where the victim had been living for years.
Continue Reading The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief will convene a ministerial meeting in Geneva on Sept. 13 to seek a swift scale-up in funding to address the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where nearly half the country’s 38 million people need assistance. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric made the announcement Friday and said
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The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief will convene a ministerial meeting in Geneva on Sept. 13 to seek a swift scale-up in funding to address the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where nearly half the country’s 38 million people need assistance. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric made the announcement Friday and said
Continue Reading DEBARK, Ethiopia (AP) — As they bring war to other parts of Ethiopia, resurgent Tigray fighters face growing allegations that they are retaliating for the abuses their people suffered back home. In interviews with The Associated Press, more than a dozen witnesses offered the most widespread descriptions yet of Tigray forces striking communities and a
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN en Español) — Panamá se sometió a dos pruebas la noche del jueves. En la primera terminó con un empate ante Costa Rica con marcador de 0-0, luego del encuentro de fútbol en las eliminatorias para el mundial de Qatar 2022. En su segunda prueba, los resultados podría tenerlos en dos semanas, cuando
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Seeking to refire his ailing campaign, the center-right Union bloc’s candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor in this month’s German election named eight experts Friday to advise him on issues dear to voters, from climate change and education to security and family benefits.
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Many Louisiana residents are still struggling days after Hurricane Ida slammed the state, as they try to rebuild and move on amid dangerous heat, continued power outages and a fuel shortage that’s hindering relief efforts. “We’re in the heat. We ain’t got no lights. It’s been almost like
Continue Reading By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities enforced a security lockdown and a near-total communications blackout for a second day in disputed Kashmir on Friday after the death of Syed Ali Geelani, a top resistance leader who became the emblem of the region’s defiance against New Delhi. Geelani’s death at age
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Firefighters battling a devastating wildfire season in California are exhausted as they face the state’s massive Caldor Fire that has been threatening a popular tourist city for days — and the likelihood of more fires in the weeks ahead. “Firefighters are getting tired, they’re getting drained,” Cal Fire spokesman Dave Lauchner
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have become obsessed with collectibles, bidding up prices for trading cards, video games and other mementos of their youth. These include copies of trading cards such as Pokemon’s Charizard and Magic: The Gathering’s Black Lotus as well as Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. game cartridges.
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have become obsessed with collectibles, bidding up prices for trading cards, video games and other mementos of their youth. These include copies of trading cards such as Pokemon’s Charizard and Magic: The Gathering’s Black Lotus as well as Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. game cartridges.
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — E-commerce giant Alibaba Group said Friday it will spend $15.5 billion to support President Xi Jinping’s campaign to spread China’s prosperity more evenly, adding to pledges by tech companies that are under pressure to pay for the ruling Communist Party’s political initiatives. Alibaba said it will
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — E-commerce giant Alibaba Group said Friday it will spend $15.5 billion to support President Xi Jinping’s campaign to spread China’s prosperity more evenly, adding to pledges by tech companies that are under pressure to pay for the ruling Communist Party’s political initiatives. Alibaba said it will
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have become obsessed with collectibles, bidding up prices for trading cards, video games and other mementos of their youth. The frenzy has brought small fortunes to some, but a deep frustration for those who still love to play games or trade cards as a
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