BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard. The driving ban in New York’s second-most-populous city was lifted just after midnight Thursday, Mayor Byron Brown announced. “Significant progress has been made” on snow removal,
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have detained two people sought on international warrants during a raid to locate migrants and people smugglers near the border with Hungary. Police said in a statement on Thursday that the two are wanted for “various criminal acts.” They say a total of 109 migrants were found
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By HENG SINITH and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press POIPET, Cambodia (AP) — A massive fire at a Cambodian hotel casino Thursday injured over 60 people and killed at least 19 — a number that officials warned would rise after the search for bodies resumes Friday. The blaze, which started around midnight Wednesday, was put out
Continue Reading By HENG SINITH and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press POIPET, Cambodia (AP) — A massive fire at a Cambodian hotel casino Thursday injured over 60 people and killed at least 19 — a number that officials warned would rise after the search for bodies resumes Friday. The blaze, which started around midnight Wednesday, was put out
Continue ReadingCNN By Brenda Goodman, CNN Early this year, even before the national shortage of infant formula or a demand-driven shortfall of pain medications for kids, children’s hospitals began to worry about looming shortages of two critical medications for premature infants: sodium chloride and potassium chloride. These solutions of life-sustaining minerals are key to a therapy
Continue Reading By ADIL JAWAD AND MUNIR AHMED Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who entered the southern port city of Karachi without valid travel documents. The arrests brought criticism from around Afghanistan after images of locked up Afghan children
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN The United Nations announced Wednesday it has suspended some of its “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers. In a joint statement released by UN aid chief Martin Griffiths and other humanitarian groups, it warned that further activities will likely need to be
Continue ReadingBy Clare Sebastian, CNN Russia’s currency hit an eight-month low Thursday, adding to sharp declines in December as global oil prices fell, and Western sanctions targeted Russia’s energy sector. The ruble hovered below 72 to the dollar, down 18% from the start of the month, and its weakest level since late April. After almost halving
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen the commissioning of new warships and vowed to further strengthen his country’s navy. The ships commissioned on Thursday included a corvette, a minesweeper and a nuclear submarine. The Generalissimus Suvorov submarine is armed with Bulava nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles and is the latest addition to Russia’s
Continue Reading By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A quarter of Afghanistan’s private universities risks closure because of the ban on female students imposed by the Taliban government, a spokesman for the sector said Thursday. Afghanistan’s rulers last week barred women from attending universities effective immediately, dealing another blow to women and girl’s rights
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN There are league debuts, and then there are league debuts à la Eliesse Ben Seghir. The 17-year-old scored twice, including a superb long-range effort, as he came off the bench to help Monaco beat AJ Auxerre 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday. The teenager is yet to be added to the
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN The U.S. Virgin Islands government filed a lawsuit Tuesday against JPMorgan Chase, alleging that the Wall Street bank benefited financially from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation and failed in its duty to report suspicious financial activity. “Over more than a decade, JPMorgan clearly knew it was not complying with federal regulations
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A new test developed by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh can detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease in a blood sample more accurately than previous tests, by spotting an elusive sign of the disease. The test works by detecting
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Consky, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Following a surge of infections, the U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements for all travellers entering from China – but Canada has not said whether it will be imposing a similar policy. “Travellers continue to be advised to maintain
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough. There have been
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough. There have been
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business This hasn’t been a good year for the equities market. The S&P 500 is down nearly 20% and with two trading days left in the year, investors’ hopes of a miraculous recovery have been dashed. But even when the overall market is losing, there are still winners — and there
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KING, PATRICK HOLLAND, HALEY HOLLAND, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, CNN, Haley Holland/Social Media Posts By Paradise Afshar, CNN An Alaska man with congestive heart failure says he missed out on a chance to get a new heart for Christmas when last week’s winter storm battered much of the US, leading to thousands of flight cancellations. Patrick
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Early this year, even before the national shortage of infant formula or a demand-driven shortfall of pain medications for kids, children’s hospitals began to worry about looming shortages of two critical medications for premature infants: sodium chloride and potassium chloride. These solutions of life-sustaining minerals are key to a therapy called
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is assessing the impact of Beijing’s rollback of anti-COVID 19 controls and increase in infections in an attempt to streamline the approach of its 27 nations on testing passengers coming from China. The EU Commission said that the prevalent variant in China is already
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