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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of farmers in central Iran have joined a protest demanding authorities to open a dam to relieve drought-stricken areas, state TV reported. Several prominent actors and athletes joined the peaceful movement in the city of Isfahan on Friday, urging the government to intervene to aid famers increasingly suffering from droughts
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank is doubling down on the message that it’s no time to raise interest rates. Christine Lagarde says the bank won’t add to the squeeze on consumers who are facing rising prices driven by high energy costs. Higher inflation
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank is doubling down on the message that it’s no time to raise interest rates. Christine Lagarde says the bank won’t add to the squeeze on consumers who are facing rising prices driven by high energy costs. Higher inflation
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Two women and two children have died in a house fire in London. The fire brigade says around 40 firefighters and six fire engines were called to the scene on Thursday evening and took four people from the upper story of the house in Bexleyheath. Crews used breathing apparatus and a 9-meter
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BREMEN, Germany (AP) — Werder Bremen says its coach Markus Anfang is under investigation by German authorities for allegedly using a fake certificate of vaccination against the coronavirus. The second-division German soccer club says it was made aware of the allegations late Thursday and that Anfang denies wrongdoing. The Bremen prosecutors’ office has confirmed to
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy seized control of the House floor for more than eight hours overnight, preempting passage of President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill with a rambling speech full of vitriol. The California congressman acknowledged he was “angry.” McCarthy staged the speech Thursday into
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy seized control of the House floor for more than eight hours overnight, preempting passage of President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill with a rambling speech full of vitriol. The California congressman acknowledged he was “angry.” McCarthy staged the speech Thursday into
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Does size really matter? When it comes to superyachts, it seems the answer is most certainly “yes.” The title for world’s biggest yacht was once held by the same vessel, El Mahrousa, for over a century. But it’s changed hands far more frequently in the years since then as more and more
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — English cricketer Alex Hales has apologized after the publication of a photo showing him in blackface portraying Tupac Shakur at a party in 2009. The apology comes amid an ongoing crisis in English cricket sparked by whistleblower Azeem Rafiq’s revelations about the racism he suffered while playing at Yorkshire. The 32-year-old Hales
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s disease control agency said Friday that the country has entered into a “nationwide state of emergency” because of surging coronavirus infections. The head of the Robert Koch Institute said regular medical care cannot be guaranteed anymore in some parts of the country because hospitals and intensive care wards
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China is threatening to retaliate against Lithuania after the Baltic nation allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in its capital. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian says Lithuania will “reap what it sows,” but gave no details. He described the move as an “egregious act” that “grossly interferes” in China’s internal
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China is threatening to retaliate against Lithuania after the Baltic nation allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in its capital. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian says Lithuania will “reap what it sows,” but gave no details. He described the move as an “egregious act” that “grossly interferes” in China’s internal
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Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — El director de una escuela policial de Colombia fue destituido luego de que los estudiantes “recrearon escenas alusivas al periodo de la Alemania nazi” durante una actividad académica, informó la Policía Nacional de Colombia en un comunicado este jueves. Según las autoridades, el incidente se registró en la Escuela de
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadine Schmidt, CNN Austria will impose a national lockdown on Monday as Covid-19 cases soar, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday, becoming the first European country to do so this fall. The government also announced plans to make vaccinations mandatory from February 1 next year. The national lockdown starting Monday will last for 10
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has emphatically hit back at match manipulation allegations made by South Africa after the sides’ World Cup qualifying match on Sunday. In an extraordinary statement Thursday, GFA said the South African Football Association (SAFA) had created a “mountain of lies” after it had lodged an official
Continue Reading By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States has ended a sanctions program for Burundi, saying circumstances have changed in the East African nation several years after a bloody political crackdown. The U.S. says sanctions and visa restrictions on 11 people designated under the program have been lifted, reflecting President
Continue Reading BY MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling on African nations to heed warnings posed by crises in Ethiopia and Sudan, take seriously popular demands for better governance and enact reforms. Blinken said growing extremism, increasing authoritarianism and exploding corruption in Africa are imperiling democracy,
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are mostly higher after Wall Street hit a record and Japan’s Cabinet approved a record stimulus package worth nearly a half-billion dollars. Market benchmarks in London, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Tokyo advanced. Hong Kong declined. Wall Street futures were up after a 0.3% gain
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are mostly higher after Wall Street hit a record and Japan’s Cabinet approved a record stimulus package worth nearly a half-billion dollars. Market benchmarks in London, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Tokyo advanced. Hong Kong declined. Wall Street futures were up after a 0.3% gain
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Austria is going back into a national lockdown and plans to become the first country in Europe to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all eligible people as the nation’s coronavirus crisis deepens, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday. Schallenberg said his government would look to impose the national vaccine
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