By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has drawn up plans to help people better understand when they are seeing political ads online and who is responsible for them. The proposals are aimed at ensuring fair and transparent polls or referendums. They would ban political targeting and methods used to reach
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By Travis Caldwell, Elise Hammond and Mike Hayes, CNN Three men convicted Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery each faced nine possible charges that stemmed from their involvement in the 2020 shooting near Brunswick, Georgia. But the verdicts rendered by the jury on some of the allegations differed. Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan
Continue Reading PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman has been discharged from the Czech capital’s military hospital after his condition improved. The 77-year-old Zeman was rushed to the clinic to be treated in an intensive care unit on Oct. 10. That was the day after the election for the lower house of parliament. His condition was
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olivertapia (CNN) — La familia de Ahmaud Arbery reaccionó con alegría y alivio el miércoles después de que tres hombres blancos fueron declarados culpables de los cargos relacionados con la muerte del hombre negro de 25 años. Esto luego de un juicio inmerso en cuestiones como la raza y los derechos y limitaciones de la
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By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say a fire at a coal mine in Siberia has killed 11 people and injured more than 40. Dozens of others are still trapped. A Russian news agency says the blaze broke out in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia. It said coal dust caught
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say a fire at a coal mine in Siberia has killed 11 people and injured more than 40. Dozens of others are still trapped. A Russian news agency says the blaze broke out in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia. It said coal dust caught
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN Groups of thieves stole goods from at least two more high-end stores in California on Wednesday, according to officials, adding to a series of similar crimes in some major US metropolitan areas. In Los Angeles’ Canoga Park neighborhood, at least five people went inside an open Nordstrom store at the Westfield
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are higher after Federal Reserve officials indicated they were ready to hike interest rates sooner than expected if needed to cool U.S. inflation. London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Hong Kong advanced while Shanghai declined. U.S. markets were closed for a holiday. Notes of the
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are higher after Federal Reserve officials indicated they were ready to hike interest rates sooner than expected if needed to cool U.S. inflation. London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Hong Kong advanced while Shanghai declined. U.S. markets were closed for a holiday. Notes of the
Continue Reading By DAVID RISING and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia says it is sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after anti-government demonstrators defied lockdown orders and took to the streets for a second day in violent protests. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare declared the lockdown Wednesday
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Union of Journalists is urging journalists not to travel to Qatar to cover next year’s World Cup, saying the Arab country cannot be trusted. The deputy leader of the union, which has more than 18,000 members, said Wednesday that he is afraid sources critical of the government risk disappearing or
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Union of Journalists is urging journalists not to travel to Qatar to cover next year’s World Cup, saying the Arab country cannot be trusted. The deputy leader of the union, which has more than 18,000 members, said Wednesday that he is afraid sources critical of the government risk disappearing or
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say a fire at a coal mine in Siberia has killed nine people and injured 44 others. Dozens of others are still trapped. A Russian news agency says the blaze took place in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia. The report said that coal dust caught fire and the smoke
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say a fire at a coal mine in Siberia has killed nine people and injured 44 others. Dozens of others are still trapped. A Russian news agency says the blaze took place in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia. The report said that coal dust caught fire and the smoke
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El Gobierno de Joe Biden volvió a lanzar este lunes una política fronteriza de la era de Trump conocida como “Permanecer en México”, según el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, poniendo de nuevo en marcha el programa que permite a los funcionarios enviar a los migrantes no mexicanos a México para que esperen
Continue Reading By MASHA MACPHERSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is launching a new process for women to formally report abuse, circumventing police stations where many victims feel uncomfortable filing such complaints. Junior Interior Minister Marlene Schiappa said alternative locations can include a friend’s home or some other place where abused women feel
Continue Reading CNN By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Travis Caldwell, CNN The family of Ahmaud Arbery reacted with joy and relief Wednesday after three White men were found guilty of charges relating to the 25-year-old Black man’s murder following a trial seeped in issues such as race and the rights and limitations of self-defense. As
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will launch a task force to consider outlawing dog meat consumption after the country’s president offered to look into ending the centuries-old practice. The government on Thursday stopped short of saying the task force would ban dog meat. The seemingly vague
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Travis Caldwell, CNN The family of Ahmaud Arbery reacted with joy and relief Wednesday after three White men were found guilty of charges relating to the 25-year-old Black man’s murder following a trial seeped in issues such as race and the rights and limitations of self-defense. As the
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The holidays still happen in space, they just look a little bit different. But the sentiments are the same. “I’m going to do whatever I can to show how thankful I am for my crewmates,” said NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei in a NASA video shared from the International Space Station
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