By Niamh Kennedy, CNN A policeman survived a knife attack in the French Riviera city of Cannes on Monday, according to the country’s interior minister. The incident took place early Monday morning as four police officers outside Cannes police station were preparing to go on patrol, Gerald Darmanin told reporters. The assailant approached the officers
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A child sleeps in the ruins of a home eroded by rising sea levels on a beach in Togo. This haunting image, the work of Spanish photographer Antonio Aragón Renuncio, was intended to highlight a problem faced by many West African countries and has scooped the first prize in this
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A child sleeps in the ruins of a home eroded by rising sea levels on a beach in Togo. This haunting image, the work of Spanish photographer Antonio Aragón Renuncio, was intended to highlight a problem faced by many West African countries and has scooped the first prize in this year’s
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chairman of a foundation that represents families of people killed when a passenger jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014 has told a Dutch court of his grief at losing his brother — no trace of whom was ever found. He also
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Andrew Mills, former Chief of Police for the City of Santa Cruz, starts his new position as the Palm Springs Police Department’s chief Monday. Mills has been Chief of Police twice before, serving four years in Santa Cruz and before that, four years as Chief of the Eureka Police Department. He has a long history
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By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — United States center back Chris Richards is adapting well to life in Europe and has become a regular starter on loan at Hoffenheim. He’s already eyeing a place in parent club Bayern Munich’s first team next season on a squad that’s among the most competitive
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN James Corden has appeared in some film adaptations of hit Broadway musicals like “Cats” and “Into The Woods.” And that could be part of the problem. In the bit of a wicked move, a petition has been started to keep the late-night host out of the cast of the eagerly
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer A person familiar with the decision says Texas Tech is finalizing a deal to hire Baylor assistant and longtime Texas high school coach Joey McGuire as its next head coach. McGuire is in his fifth season with Baylor. He was hired by former Bears coach Matt Rhule
Continue Reading KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s top general has promised he won’t hold a government position after planned elections in 2023. His comments come two weeks after he toppled a transitional government in a widely condemned coup. The military leader behind the takeover has repeatedly promised to hand over power to an elected civilian government and
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By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russians have gone back to work after a nine-day break that was ordered by authorities to tame a record-breaking surge of coronavirus infections and deaths. Still, daily numbers of new cases and deaths have remained high throughout the non-working period. Officials in the Kremlin said on Monday
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russians have gone back to work after a nine-day break that was ordered by authorities to tame a record-breaking surge of coronavirus infections and deaths. Still, daily numbers of new cases and deaths have remained high throughout the non-working period. Officials in the Kremlin said on Monday
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s government has resigned for the second time this year, underscoring the political problems plaguing the small, oil-rich nation. The state-run KUNA news agency said Kuwait’s ruler, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, received the government’s resignation notice Monday. However, the report did not say whether Sheikh Nawaf would
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Unión Europea emitió un comunicado este lunes impugnando los resultados de las elecciones de Nicaragua. El bloque europeo dijo que las elecciones “se llevaron a cabo sin garantías democráticas y sus resultados carecen de legitimidad”. A través de un comunicado, la Unión Europea dijo que Ortega “eliminó toda competencia
Continue Reading MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A day after questioned elections, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government has set about painting as a historic democratic victory what many of the world’s democracies condemned as a sham. Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council said that with nearly all the ballots counted, Ortega had won more than 75% of the vote. The
Continue ReadingBy John Vennavally-Rao and Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — It’s taken 25 years to build, has faced long delays, and cost many billions of dollars more than expected, but the countdown is finally on to launch the James Webb telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Wilson Jr., for CNN The Brooklyn Nets extended their winning streak to five games with a 116-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. Kevin Durant and James Harden combined for 59 points as the two NBA stars helped the Nets break their 10-game losing streak in Canada, improving their record to 7-3
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Ferreira Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The first flood map of its kind demonstrates how low-lying areas of some of Canada’s major cities could become flooded within the next 80 years. The maps were developed by Slobodan Simonovic, engineering professor emeritus and flood-control expert at Western University.
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse, CNN The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Green Bay Packers 13-7 on Sunday, with the Packers missing their star quarterback Aaron Rodgers who is in Covid-19 protocols. Patrick Mahomes threw for a touchdown and the Chiefs’ defense throttled Rodgers’ replacement, second-year quarterback Jordan Love. Love, who was making his first career
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Green Bay Packers 13-7 on Sunday, with the Packers missing their star quarterback Aaron Rodgers who is in Covid-19 protocols. Patrick Mahomes threw for a touchdown and the Chiefs’ defense throttled Rodgers’ replacement, second-year quarterback Jordan Love. Love, who was making his first career regular
Continue ReadingBy Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Witnesses say Tigrayans are being arrested in Addis Ababa in a wave of alleged ethnic targeting by authorities, after a year-long conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. The detentions follow a dramatic escalation in the war last week, when the federal government declared a state
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