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By Zoe Sottile, CNN New evidence about the Nile bolsters a long-standing theory of how ancient Egyptians managed to build the massive pyramids of Giza thousands of years ago. Researchers led by geographer Hader Sheisha at Aix-Marseille University in France used paleoecological clues to help reconstruct what Egypt’s Nile river might have looked like over
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HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban officials say a explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing a prominent cleric. They say the death toll was expected to rise. The blast went off in a mosque in the western city of Herat during Friday noon prayers, the highlight of the Muslim religious week when
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, Julia Horowitz and Michelle Toh, CNN Business The West’s biggest economies on Friday agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil in an attempt to reduce Moscow’s ability to fund its war in Ukraine without further stoking global inflation. Finance ministers from the G7 group of countries — the United States,
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — A prosecutor has brought an indictment against a Turkish pop-singer for “inciting hatred and enmity,” a charge that carries sentence of one to three years in prison. Singer-songwriter Gulsen was arrested last week and sent to jail for a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools. She was released four days later
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Ousted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to return home more than seven weeks after he fled the country amid mass protests that demanded his resignation, holding him and his family responsible for the country’s economic crisis. Rajapaksa currently does not
Continue ReadingCNN By Kathleen Magramo, CNN More than one third of Pakistan is underwater, according to satellite images from the European Space Agency (ESA), as deadly floodwaters threaten to create secondary disasters. Food is in short supply after water covered millions of acres of crops and wiped out hundreds of thousands of livestock. Meanwhile, aid agencies
Continue Reading By DÉBORA REY and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A man tried to kill Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country’s president said. The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night, officials said. President Alberto Fernández,
Continue Reading By YESICA FISCH Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Heavy fighting continued Friday near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, a day after experts from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency voiced concerns about structural damage to the sprawling Zaporizhzhia site. Britain’s Defense Ministry says shelling continued in the district
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar authorities say 80 percent of the diesel from a damaged and partly sunken bulk carrier ship has been removed but that some 180 tons of heavy fuel is still on board. The ship was ordered beached after colliding Monday with another vessel in the bay of
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN More than one third of Pakistan is underwater, according to satellite images from the European Space Agency (ESA), as deadly floodwaters threaten to create secondary disasters. Food is in short supply after water covered millions of acres of crops and wiped out hundreds of thousands of livestock. Meanwhile, aid agencies have
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Russell Wilson has signed a five-year extension to his current contract with the Denver Broncos and says he wants to finish his career at the franchise. After signing the extension, which is reportedly worth $245 million, the 33-year-old quarterback is contracted to the Broncos through to 2028. “It’s not really about
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Issy Ronald, CNN The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired three-time NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Mitchell later tweeted a picture of himself as a child wearing Cleveland gear and shared his excitement about playing with new teammate Darius Garland,
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — European stocks opened higher Friday while Asian markets mostly declined ahead of U.S. jobs data that might reinforce U.S. Federal Reserve plans for more interest rate hikes to cool inflation. London, Frankfurt and Shanghai rose. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney declined. Wall Street futures were nearly
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — A cargo ship carrying tons of grain from Ukraine was stranded in Istanbul’s Bosporus and had to be rescued early Friday. Turkey’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety tweeted that the 173-meter cargo ship was stuck off the coast of the scenic Bebek neighborhood late Thursday because of a rudder malfunction. The busy
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing $1 billion in federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors. The grants announced Friday go to 21 regional partnerships. The government chose the winners from 529 applicants that vied for grants that were
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing $1 billion in federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors. The grants announced Friday go to 21 regional partnerships. The government chose the winners from 529 applicants that vied for grants that were
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Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN The race may have happened half a century ago, but Dave Wottle can still feel every emotion he experienced that day in Munich — from the dejection of the first 100 meters to the charge of adrenaline when he saw his name flash up on the stadium screen two minutes later.
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli attack targeting a Syrian airport tore a hole in the runway and also damaged a structure close to the military side of the airfield, satellite photos analyzed Friday by The Associated Press showed. The attack Wednesday night on Aleppo International Airport comes
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