BERLIN (AP) — Officials say a painting by 19th-century French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was doused with fake blood at a Berlin museum. The incident was reminiscent of recent protests by climate activists but appeared to have no link to them. The work was being examined for damage. The foundation that oversees many of Berlin’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Dan Heching, CNN After a week of financial fallout following antisemitic remarks on social media and in interviews, Kanye West is commenting on those thoughts, as well as what he’s said about George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. In a rambling 16-minute video shared by WmgLab Records on YouTube Saturday and seemingly recorded
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM, SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive barrage of Russian strikes on Monday morning hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet over
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By ANDREW MELDRUM, SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive barrage of Russian strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday morning, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN It’s shaping up to be a severe season for respiratory syncytial virus infections — one of the worst some doctors say they can remember. But even as babies struggling to breathe fill hospital beds across the United States, there may be a light ahead: After decades of disappointment, four new RSV
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Republicans are riding a wave of optimism into the closing week of the fall campaign, eyeing seats far deeper into Democratic terrain than party leaders imagined only weeks ago, with rising GOP confidence of winning a strong House majority amid signs that critical Senate seats are also
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — The 143-year-old cable suspension bridge that collapsed Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat in one of the country’s worst disasters in years was built using the latest technology available in Europe at the time. It has been a major local tourist attraction ever since. At 4 feet wide and
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — The 143-year-old cable suspension bridge that collapsed Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat in one of the country’s worst disasters in years was built using the latest technology available in Europe at the time. It has been a major local tourist attraction ever since. At 4 feet wide and
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British politicians are demanding the Conservative government improve conditions at an overcrowded facility for migrants, described by an independent inspector as “wretched.” Hundreds of people who had crossed the English Channel in small boats have been moved to Manston, a former airfield in southeast England, after another
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM, SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The mayor of Ukraine’s capital said that 80% of consumers in Kyiv were left without water supplies “due to the damage to a power facility near” the city from Russian military strikes on Monday. Local authorities are working on restoring the
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation just keeps punishing the European economy. Annual price increases hit another record in October at 10.7%. That’s the highest since statistics started in 1997. The big reason: higher prices for natural gas, oil and electricity. And that has been fueled above all by cutbacks
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Prices of wheat and corn on global commodities markets rose on Monday after Russia pulled out of a deal that had allowed some vital grain exports from Ukraine to pass through the Black Sea despite the war. Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade jumped 5.5% on Monday to
Continue ReadingCNN, NET TV, WPLG, WJHG, GETTY IMAGES By Madeline Holcombe, CNN After nearly three years of the pandemic, national test scores for students aren’t where educators hoped they would be — does that mean it’s time to break out the math and vocabulary drills? Maybe not, experts say. The National Center for Education Statistics, a
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN After nearly three years of the pandemic, national test scores for students aren’t where educators hoped they would be — does that mean it’s time to break out the math and vocabulary drills? Maybe not, experts say. The National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the US Department of Education,
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olivertapia (CNN) — Después de una semana de consecuencias financieras luego de hacer comentarios antisemitas en las redes sociales y en entrevistas, Kanye West rompió el silencio sobre sus palabras, así como lo que dijo sobre George Floyd y Black Lives Matter. En un desordenado video de 16 minutos compartido por WmgLab Records en YouTube
Continue ReadingCNN By Kostan Nechyporenko, Olga Voitovych, Victoria Butenko and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Russia launched a barrage of missile strikes at Ukrainian cities on Monday as it ramped up its attacks on infrastructure facilities across the country. Explosions and air raid sirens were heard in Kyiv early on Monday and 80% of residents were left without
Continue ReadingBy Kostan Nechyporenko, Olga Voitovych, Victoria Butenko and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Russia launched a barrage of missile strikes at Ukrainian cities on Monday as it ramped up its attacks on infrastructure facilities across the country. Explosions and air raid sirens were heard in Kyiv early on Monday and 80% of residents were left without water
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By Laura Ly, Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN The White former police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, this year in Michigan will stand trial for the killing, according to a judge’s memo posted online and announced in court Monday. Former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr faces a single charge
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — World stock markets were mixed on Monday ahead of what is expected to be a Federal Reserve decision this week to raise interest rates again amid investor hopes the U.S. central bank will scale back plans for more increases. Germany’s DAX gained 0.2% to 13,269.55 and
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — World stock markets were mixed on Monday ahead of what is expected to be a Federal Reserve decision this week to raise interest rates again amid investor hopes the U.S. central bank will scale back plans for more increases. Germany’s DAX gained 0.2% to 13,269.55 and
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