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BERLIN (AP) — Black ice and freezing rain are causing disruption in parts of Germany as a lengthy freeze gives way to milder and wetter weather, with trains traveling at reduced speed, cancellations at the country’s busiest airport and a spate of traffic accidents. The German Weather Service warned of widespread black ice on Monday
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple drones targeted Ukraine’s capital in an attack before dawn Monday, local authorities reported, as Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to visit ally Belarus, which provided the Kremlin’s forces with a launch pad for its invasion of Ukraine almost 10 months ago. The drone attack came three days after what Ukrainian
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers are trying again to finalize a long-awaited deal to implement a natural gas price cap that they hope can help households and businesses better weather excessive price surges. The ministers have previously failed to overcome their differences at five previous so-called emergency meetings. Several
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers are trying again to finalize a long-awaited deal to implement a natural gas price cap that they hope can help households and businesses better weather excessive price surges. The ministers have previously failed to overcome their differences at five previous so-called emergency meetings. Several
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Beijing has vowed to go all out next year to save its Covid-hit economy by boosting consumption and loosening control over private industry, including the struggling tech and property sectors. The new pledge marks a big shift from leader Xi Jinping’s years-long effort to rein in private businesses, which were perceived
Continue Reading By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — Negotiators reached a historic deal at a U.N. biodiversity conference early Monday that would represent the most significant effort to protect the world’s lands and oceans and provide critical financing to save biodiversity in the developing world. The global framework comes a day before the United Nations
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets fell Monday as investors wrestled with fears the Federal Reserve and European central banks might be willing to cause a recession to crush inflation. Frankfurt, Shanghai, Tokyo and Wall Street futures declined. London rose. Oil prices advanced. Wall Street fell Friday after the
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets fell Monday as investors wrestled with fears the Federal Reserve and European central banks might be willing to cause a recession to crush inflation. Frankfurt, Shanghai, Tokyo and Wall Street futures declined. London rose. Oil prices advanced. Wall Street fell Friday after the
Continue ReadingCNN, KHNL By Pete Muntean and Chris Boyette, CNN At least 36 people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight were injured, with 20 taken to emergency rooms, after their plane encountered “severe turbulence” on a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu on Sunday, authorities said. Eleven patients were in serious condition, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said in
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Chris Boyette, CNN At least 36 people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight were injured, with 20 taken to emergency rooms, after their plane encountered “severe turbulence” on a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu on Sunday, authorities said. Eleven patients were in serious condition, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said in a statement.
Continue Reading By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say several Pakistani Taliban detainees overpowered their guards at a counter-terrorism center in the country’s northwest, snatching police weapons, taking hostages and seizing control of the facility. Officials confirmed on Monday that one officer was killed during the takeover at the
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Amid the biggest regional security crisis in decades, as Finland waits to join NATO, the country’s defense minister has chosen to claim nearly two months of parental leave from his job. And Finns aren’t batting an eyelid. Ditto their Nordic neighbors, who are used to family-oriented social
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Amid the biggest regional security crisis in decades, as Finland waits to join NATO, the country’s defense minister has chosen to claim nearly two months of parental leave from his job. And Finns aren’t batting an eyelid. Ditto their Nordic neighbors, who are used to family-oriented social
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police have charged three men following a violent pitch invasion that left a goalkeeper and a referee injured and forced an Australian top-flight soccer match between rivals Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory to be abandoned on the weekend. Video on social media shows a man throwing a metal bucket of sand
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court is set to rule on whether the U.K. government’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal. Several asylum-seekers, aid groups and a border officials’ union are trying to stop the Conservative government acting on a deportation agreement with
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CNN, CTV, CTV NETWORK By Elizabeth Wolfe, Tavleen Tarrant and Jay Croft, CNN Five people were killed in a shooting at a condominium in a Toronto suburb Sunday night, police said, a “terrible” crime that came amid Canada’s efforts to tighten its gun control laws. After responding to an active shooting call about 7:20 p.m.
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The Desert Empire League showed up and showed out in the inaugural Desert Elite All-Star game in defeating the Desert Valley League, 49-0, on Saturday night at Shadow Hills high school. The game featured the very best players from each respective league and the DEL was coached by long-time Palm Desert coach Pat Blackburn, while
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Fans are weighing in on their experience at Acrisure Arena Sunday night for the Coachella Valley Firebirds’ first-ever home game. Check Out Highlights from the Game Here It was calm rinkside after the game with crews in the stands cleaning up but just a couple hours ago, it was a full house and Firebird fans
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Thai navy ships and helicopters were searching on Monday for more than two dozen sailors still missing more than 12 hours after a warship sank in rough seas overnight in the Gulf of Thailand. As of noon, 75 sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai corvette had been rescued and 31 were still in
Continue Reading WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family faces the possibility of life in prison without parole when he’s sentenced. A judge may hear Monday from relatives of the victims before deciding whether to give 31-year-old George Wagner the possibility of parole. Wagner denied any knowledge
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