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HONG KONG (AP) — One of two people who attended a large gathering with senior Hong Kong officials and was believed to be infected with COVID-19 turned out to be a false positive. Hong Kong media say that means about 80 of more than 180 attendees may no longer face a lengthy quarantine. Microbiologist Yuen
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG and JERRY HARMER Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s leader has returned home from the first visit by a head of state to Myanmar since the military takeover last year plunged it into turmoil. His foreign minister declared it a success though there was little evidence of a breakthrough. He
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Novak Djokovic recibió una exención médica para competir en el Abierto de Australia, ya que se había recuperado recientemente del covid-19, según documentos judiciales publicados este sábado por el programa del Circuito Federal de Australia. La noticia se conoce cuando el No. 1 del mundo del tenis está confinado en un
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN US Customs and Border Protection reported a 1,066% increase in the amount of fentanyl seized in fiscal year 2021 in south Texas, the agency said this week in a press release. Agents at eight ports from Brownsville to Del Rio seized 87,652 pounds of narcotics, including 588 pounds of fentanyl, a
Continue ReadingBy Azaz Syed and Amy Woodyatt, CNN At least 21 people are dead in northern Pakistan after thousands of vehicles became stranded in a blizzard Saturday. All the roads in Murree are now clear, a police spokesman for the Islamabad police said, and officers have evacuated thousands of people who were stuck in the area,
Continue ReadingBy Yong Xiong and Chandler Thornton, CNN At least 16 people were killed and 10 others injured Friday in a gas explosion in southwestern China, according to the country’s Ministry of Emergency Management. The ministry said a cafeteria for a local government district office in Chongqing city collapsed after a suspected gas leak and explosion,
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KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Swedish skier Sara Hector has edged French former world champion Tessa Worley to lead a women’s World Cup giant slalom after the opening run. Some of the other pre-race favorites struggled on the Podkoren course. Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin, Petra Vlhova and Lara Gut-Behrami all finished outside the top 10
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN Covid-19 cases continue to rise dramatically, leading to brutally long lines at testing sites and empty shelves at stores where at-home rapid test kits were once in stock. Now an additional problem has emerged: The Federal Trade Commission is warning about fraudulent testing kits being sold online to desperate customers. “It’s
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 in the middle of last month. The No. 1-ranked Djokovic was denied entry at the Melbourne airport late Wednesday after the Australian Border Force canceled his visa
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 in the middle of last month. The No. 1-ranked Djokovic was denied entry at the Melbourne airport late Wednesday after the Australian Border Force canceled his visa
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have deported the son of a prominent Palestinian politician after he served 2 1/2 years of pre-trial detention over allegations of having ties with an outlawed group. That’s according to a statement from Ramy Shaath’s family Saturday. Shaath, the son of Nabil Shaath, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Health officials in Egypt say a traffic accident involving a microbus and a larger bus has left at least 16 people dead and 18 others injured in the Sinai Peninsula. The Health Ministry says the crash took place Saturday when a microbus collided with a public transportation bus on a road linking
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, CNN Novak Djokovic was granted a medical exemption to compete in the Australian Open as he had recently recovered from Covid-19, documents published on Saturday by Australia’s Federal Circuit Court show. The development comes as the tennis World No. 1 is confined to a temporary detention facility in Melbourne as he mounts
Continue Reading By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tighter pandemic measures have come into force in Romania as authorities hope to quell sharply rising coronavirus cases amid concerns that the next virus wave could overstretch the country’s health care system. In mid-December, Romania was reporting fewer than a thousand COVID-19 infections a day, but
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov have qualified Canada for its first ATP Cup final by beating Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 in doubles to complete a 2-1 win against Russia. Canada will play Spain in the final on Sunday. Medvedev and Safiullin had been 3-0 in doubles this week.
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN Among the clouds over 2022, we’re finding silver linings. Some popular countries for tourism are relaxing entry restrictions, and the world’s safest and most punctual airlines have been revealed. Here are the biggest stories from CNN Travel this week. How flying will change in 2022 New airline launches. Revamped airports. Aircraft
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN When Gurjeet Gill Dhanoa’s family moved from Canada nearly 23 years ago, they planned to operate the Tandoori Grill in Boulder County, Colorado, for just a few months. But the restaurant proved successful and they stayed, putting down roots in the community they now call home. By the end of 2021,
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say temperatures dropped to minus 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 Fahrenheit) amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan’s mountain resort town of Murree overnight. The wintry conditions killed at least 16 people who were stuck in their vehicles. An Islamabad police officer says eight of the fatalities were from the family of a fellow
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The former head of Kazakhstan’s counterintelligence and anti-terror agency has been arrested on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. Karim Masimov’s arrest came in the wake of violent protests this week that the president has blamed on foreign-backed terrorists. The arrest was announced Saturday by the
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN As a Covid-19 testing shortage compounds a burgeoning crisis of new hospitalizations, more states are racing to help hospitals and health care networks with staff and supplies. Staffing shortages are growing as frontline health care workers — who are at a higher risk of exposure — are infected and need to
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