By Angela Dewan, CNN The Group of 20’s leaders’ summit ended Sunday with an agreement on climate that commits its member nations to end coal financing by the end of the year and to aim to contain global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. But the final communiqué lacked firm pledges and failed
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona’s problems continue to compound ahead of its Champions League match at Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday. Gerard Piqué and Sergio Aguero are not likely to make the trip to Ukraine because of health issues. The club says veteran defender Piqué has “a right calf strain” that
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that “about 340” Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the US formally exited from the country in late August. “Since August 31, as of today, we’ve gotten out — of the Americans left who said that they wanted to leave — about 340,”
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that “about 340” Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the US formally exited from the country in late August. “Since August 31, as of today, we’ve gotten out — of the Americans left who said that they wanted to leave — about
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By EMILIO MORENATTI and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that has been erupting for six weeks has spewed more ash from its main mouth a day after producing its strongest earthquake to date. The Spanish Geographic Institute said the
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden is praising a new U.S. and European Union agreement that would crack down on “dirty steel” that leads to carbon emissions. It would also patch up a trans-Atlantic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs. Biden and European Commission President Ursula
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By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden is praising a new U.S. and European Union agreement that would crack down on “dirty steel” that leads to carbon emissions. It would also patch up a trans-Atlantic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs. Biden and European Commission President Ursula
Continue Reading By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new public safety unit goes to the city’s voters this week. The idea on Tuesday’s ballot has its roots in the abolish-the-police movement that erupted after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is hoping to easily secure a second term Tuesday. His reelection campaign has offered an opportunity to show he can raise millions as he seeks to elevate his profile at a national level. Suarez has gained name recognition for launching an
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is hoping to easily secure a second term Tuesday. His reelection campaign has offered an opportunity to show he can raise millions as he seeks to elevate his profile at a national level. Suarez has gained name recognition for launching an
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By AARON MORRISON Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It once would have been unthinkable for a city to erect a monument to Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party co-founder who was feared and hated by many Americans. Members of the party were dismissed as racist, gun-toting militants. But the unthinkable has happened in
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A statistical method used by the U.S. Census Bureau for the first time in 2020 to protect confidentiality has made people and occupied homes vanish, at least on paper, when they actually exist in the real world. The technique is called differential privacy. It involves the intentional addition of errors
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Some 3,600 amateur runners faced off against Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge in a special race in the heart of Paris, as the city prepares to host the 2024 Olympics. The runners raced along the historic, cobblestoned Champs-Elysees, with Kipchoge starting off last. All those he failed to catch over the 5-kilometer
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Some 3,600 amateur runners faced off against Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge in a special race in the heart of Paris, as the city prepares to host the 2024 Olympics. The runners raced along the historic, cobblestoned Champs-Elysees, with Kipchoge starting off last. All those he failed to catch over the 5-kilometer
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The University of Hartford men’s basketball team is hoping to make a run at a second straight NCAA Tournament, even as the school moves forward with plans to downgrade the program to Division III. Coach John Gallagher says he told all of his returning
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Joaquín Correa scored twice as Inter Milan beat Udinese 2-0 to keep up the pressure on the top two in Serie A. Both Correa’s goals came in the second half as Inter moved to within four points of Milan and Napoli. Both are playing later. Napoli visits
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By Laura Studley, CNN Nine firefighters and two civilians were injured after a two-alarm fire broke out Saturday at a six-story building in the Bronx, according to the New York City Fire Department. The FDNY said it received a call about the fire at the multiple unit, residential building shortly before 3 p.m. Twenty-five units
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos, CNN A shooting at a Halloween party in Texarkana, Texas, left one person dead and nine others injured, the Texarkana Police Department said Sunday. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at Octavia’s Activity Center in the 2300 block of Texas Boulevard shortly before midnight and “encountered a large number of people
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Some people questioned during jury selection about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery have said he was “racially profiled” by the white men who chased and shot him. Others have said he was singled out “due to his color” and targeted for being a Black person suspected
Continue ReadingBy Donna Sound and Anthony Vasquez-Peddie, CTV News Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — One of the country’s largest art shows is taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and this year’s edition places a special focus on Indigenous art. Sixty-five exhibits of contemporary art, 10 per cent
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