By LAURA UNGAR and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world? Scientists don’t know but worry that might happen. It could be similar to omicron variants circulating there now. It could be a combination of strains. Or something entirely different, they say. “China has
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the “icy winds of war” buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, a 10-month-old conflict he decried as “senseless.” At noon in Rome, Francis delivered the traditional
Continue Reading RIAZAT BUTT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country’s Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations. Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE said they cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Kentucky woman brought home the best present at her office gift exchange. Lori Janes, from Louisville, won $175,000 after receiving a lottery ticket at her office holiday party, according to a news release from the Kentucky Lottery. Janes, an officer manager and treatment coordinator at Harmon Dental Center, participated in
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, Svitlana Vlasova and Dennis Lapin, CNN President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Ukrainians to have “patience and faith” in a defiant Christmas address after a deadly wave of Russian strikes pounded the southern city of Kherson. Ten months into Russia’s war on Ukraine, Zelensky spoke of endurance and pushing through to the end,
Continue Reading A Christmas Eve shooting at a pub in northwest England killed a young woman and wounded three men, police said Sunday. The Merseyside Police force said it was investigating the 11:50 p.m. Saturday shooting at the Lighthouse pub in the town of Wallasey as a murder case. Police have not detained any suspects. “This investigation
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside, Jennifer Feldman and Chris Boyette, CNN Four people died in a Christmas Eve bus crash that sent more than 50 people to hospitals in southern British Columbia, according to Canadian authorities. “We can confirm, tragically four passengers were found deceased,” a news release from the BC Highway Patrol and Royal Canadian Mounted
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a passenger’s laptop on Saturday evening. the New York Daily News reports officials from the FAA, JetBlue and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey say the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a laptop emitting smoke Saturday evening. WABC-TV reports the crew of JetBlue Flight 662 reported the smoking computer in the cabin after landing on a flight from Barbados around 8 p.m. Officials say
Continue Reading By RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them. Some Orthodox Ukrainians have decided to observe Christmas on Dec. 25, like many Christians around the world. Yes, this has to
Continue Reading By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces have killed a militant in a shootout near the border with Afghanistan. The military said Sunday that a group of militants attempted to sneak in the country’s northwest and triggered a shootout that also killed a soldier. The clash erupted overnight in the
Continue Reading By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims have been found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after weeks at sea. The group of 58 men arrived on Indrapatra beach at Ladong, a fishing village in Aceh Besar district, early Sunday. Local police
Continue Reading RIAZAT BUTT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women. It is the latest blow to female rights and freedoms since the Taliban seized power last year, following bans on high school and university education and restrictions on clothing and traveling alone. U.S.
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla, CNN A fire on board a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, fire department officials said. The incident — which happened shortly after the flight from Barbados landed at the airport — may have started
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN The prolonged winter storm that brought heavy snow, high winds and brutal cold to most of the US this past week has killed at least 37 people and had hundreds of thousands without power on Christmas morning. Perhaps the worst impact was around Buffalo, New York, where 43 inches of snow
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai and Shafi Kakar, CNN A group of women took to the streets in the city of Herat in Afghanistan on Saturday, protesting against a Taliban order this week suspending all female students from attending university in the country. Video footage circulating on social media showed Taliban officials using a water cannon to
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of people hunkered down in a deep freeze overnight and early morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 24 people across the United States, trapping some residents inside homes with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power
Continue Reading By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of people hunkered down in a deep freeze overnight and early morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 24 people across the United States, trapping some residents inside homes with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi defended what he said was his country’s position of impartiality on the war in Ukraine on Sunday and signaled that China would deepen ties with Russia in the coming year. Wang, speaking by video to a conference in the Chinese capital, also blamed America for the deterioration
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN In a community center in central London, a young child plays in a makeshift area as her caregiver rocks her stroller and chats to a friend. The Oasis Centre in Waterloo sits in a four-story building that has a warm, inviting feeling, with plush chairs and lots of potted plants.
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