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By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s police minister and an air force mechanic succeeded in swimming for 12 hours to safety after their helicopter crashed in the Indian Ocean. Officials said Gen. Serge Gellé, 57, the Secretary of State for the Gendarmerie, was discovered in the water by a fisherman in
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El 2021 se termina, pero la pandemia no: entramos a este año pensando que le ganaríamos el pulso al nuevo coronavirus con las vacunas y acabamos sorprendidos con las variantes. Sí, aún nos falta bastante en la batalla contra este virus, pero en medio de la devastación y la muerte reportamos algunas
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police in San Antonio are searching for a 3-year-old girl who was last seen Monday evening at an apartment complex playground. Authorities don’t yet know whether Lina Sardar Khil wandered away from the playground or if she was taken by someone. Police Chief William McManus says the child was last seen
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A senior official says that the omicron variant could be dominant in Germany in one to three weeks. Meanwhile, the health minister called Wednesday for vaccination centers to be kept open over the Christmas holidays to keep the country’s booster campaign up to speed. The head of the national disease control center
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese space tourist says he felt his 12-day mission to the International Space Station was too short and he would love to stay a week more. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, his producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin blasted off to the station in a
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN) — Los miembros del jurado en el juicio por tráfico sexual contra Ghislaine Maxwell realizarán este miércoles su segundo día completo de deliberaciones en una sala del tribunal federal en Nueva York. Maxwell, exnovia y antigua socia del difunto delincuente sexual Jeffrey Epstein, se declaró inocente de seis cargos
Continue Reading By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic’s gloom have found some cheer with a rite that for more than two centuries has marked the beginning of the festive period: the country’s bumper Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo,” or “The Fat One.” The draw, held annually
Continue Reading By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic’s gloom have found some cheer with a rite that for more than two centuries has marked the beginning of the festive period: the country’s bumper Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo,” or “The Fat One.” The draw, held annually
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has endorsed Hong Kong’s first legislative elections held under new laws ensuring that only “patriots” loyal to Beijing could run as candidates. Sunday’s elections for the 90-seat Legislative Council were swept by politicians backed by China’s ruling Communist Party. Just 20 of the seats were directly elected. The
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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — The US has opened a formal investigation into the potential for Tesla drivers to play video games on a center touch screen while the vehicle is in motion. The action follows a complaint to the agency that Teslas equipped with “gameplay functionality” allow games to
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi says his government has accomplished most of what it set out do in fighting the pandemic and restoring economic growth. His words are a first signal of his willingness to run for the Italian presidency and return the running of the government back
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Ferreira Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Had it not been for a rapid antigen test sent home from school, Mirna Alassaad would never have suspected that her 17-year-old son was infected with COVID-19. “He just wanted to check how it works,” she told CTVNews.ca in a phone
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Vasquez-Peddie Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Where you sit on a public bus, train or subway can determine your level of exposure to exhaled droplets, including those that may be carrying COVID-19, according to a new study. Published in the peer-reviewed journal Physics of Fluids, the study
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat says that Russian and U.S. negotiators will sit down for talks early next year to discuss Moscow’s demand for Western guarantees precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia in January will also start separate talks with NATO
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat says that Russian and U.S. negotiators will sit down for talks early next year to discuss Moscow’s demand for Western guarantees precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia in January will also start separate talks with NATO
Continue Reading By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet It’s not too late to give presents or extra gratuity to the regular service providers in your life. For people you typically pay directly, such as a housekeeper or hairstylist, give a generous year-end tip up to the amount of a single service. For other professionals, like teachers, opt for
Continue Reading By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet It’s not too late to give presents or extra gratuity to the regular service providers in your life. For people you typically pay directly, such as a housekeeper or hairstylist, give a generous year-end tip up to the amount of a single service. For other professionals, like teachers, opt for
Continue Reading The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached a deal on their shared fisheries stocks. But environmentalists insisted that even after Brexit takes hold, fish will continue to be overexploited. The agreement Wednesday stands apart from the spat between France and Britain over licenses for French fishermen to operate off the U.K.’s crown dependencies
Continue Reading The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached a deal on their shared fisheries stocks. But environmentalists insisted that even after Brexit takes hold, fish will continue to be overexploited. The agreement Wednesday stands apart from the spat between France and Britain over licenses for French fishermen to operate off the U.K.’s crown dependencies
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — France’s health minister says omicron infections are rapidly spreading and the coronavirus variant will become the dominant infection in the last days of 2021. Olivier Veran ruled out additional restrictions on public life and said the government’s main effort to stop the spread of the virus is a robust vaccination campaign, including
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