BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Several thousand people have rallied in Belgrade for another environmental protest, a day after demonstrators blocked bridges and roads in several locations in Serbia, and scuffled with riot police who deployed to stop them. The rally on Sunday was held in protest at alarming levels of air pollution in Serbia due
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian media reports that the national sports federation complained to the world’s governing body of basketball because Kazakhstan, hosting the first leg of Asian qualifiers for World Cup 2023, played the Iranian national anthem, instead of the Syrian, at the start of the game. Syrian players appeared perplexed when the Iranian
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian media reports that the national sports federation complained to the world’s governing body of basketball because Kazakhstan, hosting the first leg of Asian qualifiers for World Cup 2023, played the Iranian national anthem, instead of the Syrian, at the start of the game. Syrian players appeared perplexed when the Iranian
Continue Reading BURNLEY, England (AP) — Burnley’s Premier League match against Tottenham was postponed on Sunday after heavy snow and freezing conditions in northern England. The announcement was made about 50 minutes before kickoff at Turf Moor.
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By Martin Goillandeau and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The world is in a “race against time” with the Omicron coronavirus variant, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday, warning during a visit to Latvia that scientists and manufacturers will need weeks to fully understand the new variant. As more cases are identified and
Continue Reading VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed pain and sorrow at the death and suffering of migrants crossing the English Channel, at the border between Poland and Belarus and in the Mediterranean Sea. The pope asked the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the traditional Sunday blessing to pray for migrants and
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN George Kambosos Jr. produced one of the shocks of the years as he beat Teofimo Lopez to become the unified world lightweight champion on Saturday night. The unfancied Australian, who came into the fight a heavy underdog, knocked Lopez down in the first round and survived being knocked down in the
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Juventus is in turmoil on and off the pitch. For nine consecutive seasons, Juventus won the Italian title before being toppled as champions by Inter Milan in May. Now the team is getting booed by its fans as it slides down the standings. The jeering followed a 1-0
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Since his first job as a young lawyer in Washington, John Roberts‘ work has been entangled with Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that gave women a right to end a pregnancy. He helped hoist the banner against Roe in the Ronald Reagan and George
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands has confirmed 13 cases of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus and Australia has found two as the countries half a world apart became the latest to detect it in travelers arriving from southern Africa. A growing raft of
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters appear set to approve by a clear margin legislation which introduced a special COVID-19 certificate that lets only people who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested negative attend public events and gatherings. A projection by the gfs.bern polling agency for public broadcaster SRF after voting ended Sunday showed the measure,
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Rebaza, CNN Peru‘s President vowed support for those affected by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake early Sunday morning, leaving structural damage in the northern part of the country. President Pedro Castillo Terrones tweeted, “All my solidarity with the people of Amazonas in the face of the strong earthquake. I have arranged for the ministries and
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown over abortion. The justices can either reaffirm the constitutional right to an abortion or wipe it away altogether. The 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling is facing its most serious challenge in 30
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Un terremoto de magnitud 7,5 sacudió Perú la mañana del domingo, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Centro Sismológico Nacional de Perú. El sismo tuvo su epicentro en la región Amazonas, pero también se sintió en la capital, Lima, y en otras
Continue Reading LIMA, Peru (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck northern Peru early Sunday, damaging some buildings and blocking several roads with rubble. While the quake was extremely strong, it was relatively deep — measured at 112 kilometers (70 miles) — which usually reduces the possibility of damage and casualties. The quake
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON and ZEN SOO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Australia has became the latest country to detect the omicron variant of the coronavirus in travelers who arrived from southern Africa, while Israel has decided to bar entry to foreign nationals — the toughest of a growing raft of curbs imposed by nations around
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Many of the world’s richest countries have spent the past year hoarding coronavirus vaccines, buying up enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over and consistently failing to deliver on their promises to share doses with the developing world. The World Health Organization said the approach was “self-defeating” and
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Many of the world’s richest countries have spent the past year hoarding coronavirus vaccines, buying up enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over and consistently failing to deliver on their promises to share doses with the developing world. The World Health Organization said the approach was “self-defeating” and “immoral.”
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech president has sworn in Petr Fiala as the country’s new prime minister following last month’s parliamentary election. Milos Zeman and Fiala, the leader of the coalition that captured most votes in the Oct 8-9 vote were separated by a clear screen during the ceremony at
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The new Omicron variant might prompt a return to stricter Covid-19 measures if not enough people get vaccinated or boosted, health experts say. Omicron — or the B.1.1.529 strain of novel coronavirus — has already spurred international travel bans. The World Health Organization officially called it a “variant
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