By Sandee LaMotte, CNN In a few, unique communities around the globe, people live long and heathy lives, up to and past 100. Dubbed “blue zones,” residents of these areas share a common environment and lifestyle that scientists believe contribute to their longevity. The Italian island of Sardinia was where one of the first groups
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, CNN Ten children were killed and seven were injured when a boat capsized on a lake in northern Pakistan Sunday, police said. The boat was carrying 25 to 30 students when it capsized on the Tanda Dam Kohat, a lake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Rescue operations continue, police said. Despite mass drownings
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — China says it’s resuming issuing visas for Japanese travelers beginning Sunday, ending its nearly three-week suspension in an apparent protest of Tokyo’s tougher COVID-19 entry requirements for Lunar New Year tourists from China. Japan cited soaring infections in China after it abruptly eased coronavirus restrictions as well
Continue Reading By MIKE FULLER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative Party on Sunday for a “serious breach” of ethics rules in failing to come clean about a tax dispute. Sunak had faced days of pressure to sack Nadhim Zahawi amid allegations he
Continue ReadingBy Homero De La Furente and Hannah Brewitt, CNN The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31-7, on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, to advance to Super Bowl LVII. The Eagles scored on their first possession and didn’t look back in the rout of the 49ers. The 49ers were momentarily left without
Continue ReadingBy Peter Wilkinson, CNN UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak bowed to pressure on Sunday by firing the Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi for a “serious breach” of the Ministerial Code, following days of criticism over his personal tax arrangements. Sunak last week ordered his ethics adviser to investigate Zahawi following claims he had paid a
Continue ReadingZoe Sottile, CNN Once abandoned in a farm shed, a rediscovered Anthony van Dyck painting has sold for over $3 million at auction. The piece is a study for a later painting produced by the Flemish master called “St Jerome.” The final painting is currently held by the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. The
Continue Reading By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president and its shaky, decade-long experiment with democracy are facing an important test Sunday as voters cast ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. Turnout was just 11% in the first round of voting last month, according to the electoral commission, as many
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has issued a travel warning for its citizens living in or planning on going to European countries, citing Islamophobia and anti-Turkish demonstrations. The warning comes after last weekend’s protests in Sweden where an anti-Islam activist burned the Quran and pro-Kurdish groups protested against Turkey. Ankara also said there was an increase
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KALYNIVSKE, Ukraine (AP) — When night falls in Tatiana Trofimenko’s village in southern Ukraine, she pours sunflower oil that aid groups gave her into a jar and seals it with a wick-fitted lid. A flick of a match, and the make-do candle is lit. “This is our electricity,” Trofimenko, 68,
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Sunday sealed up the east Jerusalem home of a Palestinian attacker who killed seven people and wounded three outside a synagogue, one of several punitive measures approved by Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet overnight. The move came following a deadly weekend in which seven people were killed and five others wounded
Continue Readingby Asim Khan, CNN At least 39 people were killed when a bus careered into a ditch and caught fire in the southern Pakistan city of Bela on Sunday. The coach had been traveling the Quetta to Karachi route when it hit a bridge pillar at high speed at 4 a.m., the Bela Assistant Commissioner
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By The Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Kamaka Hepa’s 17 points helped Hawaii defeat CSU Bakersfield 72-69 on Sunday. Hepa also had seven rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors (16-6, 7-3 Big West Conference). JoVon McClanahan scored 17 points while shooting 7 for 11 (0 for 4 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the
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CNN By Steve Almasy, Mark Morales, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN Fallout from the deadly police beating of Black motorist Tyre Nichols now includes the firing of three Memphis Fire Department personnel, and an announcement that a total of seven police officers were placed on leave, as critics nationwide call for police reform. Two
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CNN, WSMV By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Protesters once again took to the streets over the weekend to decry police brutality after the release of video depicting the violent Memphis police beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, and more gatherings and vigils are planned for Sunday. Nichols could be heard yelling for his mother in the video
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a bus accident in southern Pakistan has left 40 people dead. Sunday’s incident happened after the speeding bus crashed into the pillar of a bridge. It caught fire soon after falling off the bridge, according to the government official. The dead include women and children. Four survivors
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Protesters once again took to the streets over the weekend to decry police brutality after the release of video depicting the violent Memphis police beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, and more gatherings and vigils are planned for Sunday. Nichols could be heard yelling for his mother in the video of the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cameron Shelton scored 26 points as Loyola Marymount beat Pepperdine 84-70 on Saturday night. Shelton added seven assists and three steals for the Lions (16-7, 6-3 West Coast Conference). Justin Ahrens scored 18 points, shooting 6 for 9, including 5 for 8 from beyond the arc. Chance
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored at 3:34 of overtime and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 on Saturday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season. John Klingberg stole the puck from Matias Maccelli in the offensive zone and found Zegras in the slot
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored at 3:34 of overtime and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 on Saturday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season. John Klingberg stole the puck from Matias Maccelli in the offensive zone and found Zegras in the slot
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