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By Larry Madowo, Mitchell McCluskey and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The military leaders who staged a coup in Gabon have freed ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba and he is now allowed to travel abroad, a junta spokesperson said Wednesday. Bongo has reportedly been held in house arrest since the coup in the Central African
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police hunted across the country on Thursday and put ports and airports on alert for a former soldier who escaped from a London prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges. Opposition politicians demanded to know how Daniel Abed Khalife managed to slip out of medium-security Wandsworth Prison and why he was
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz continued his impressive form at the US Open with a dominant 6-3 6-2 6-4 victory against Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals. It means there will be three former champions in the men’s semifinals at this year’s US Open: Daniil Medvedev, who plays Alcaraz on Friday,
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Desde el momento en que la invasión rusa a gran escala de Ucrania pareció inevitable, Europa supo que pronto tendría que plantearse algunas preguntas muy complicadas. Una de las más importantes fue si el continente podría liberarse del gas ruso que había consumido sedienta décadas y evitar quedar a merced
Continue ReadingCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Transport Minister Catherine King says invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s international airport in 2020 were part of the reason she refused to allow Qatar Airways to double its services to Australia. King has faced intense questioning over why she decided on June 10 not to allow the
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A liberal group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado, arguing he is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The crowd of Democrats gathered on the sweltering tiki-themed deck of Kilroy’s, a sports bar in deep-blue Northern Virginia, knew better than most people what’s at stake in their state’s November elections. But Tim Kaine, one of their party’s two US senators, reminded them anyway. “I would argue that
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Five drones were shot down over three Russian regions overnight, officials said Thursday. There were reports of no casualties. Meanwhile, Russia launched a fourth day of air attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Izmail on the Danube river. Odesa’s governor said infrastructure including grain silos was damaged, and one person
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is rejoining the European Union’s $100-billion science-sharing program. The news announced Thursday comes more than two years after Britain’s membership in Horizon Europe became a casualty of Brexit. The British government says the country is becoming a “fully associated member” of the research collaboration body. Britain
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic and Gareth Bale will tee it up at this month’s Ryder Cup – but not for Team Europe. The 23-time tennis grand slam champion and Welsh football icon will take part in an All-Star match two days prior to the 44th edition of the biennial tournament at
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s state media say the country’s army chief has traveled to Qatar for talk’s with the emir. The visit is Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan’s third international trip since fighting broke out between the Sudanese military and a rival paramilitary force in April. The state-run SUNA news agency reported on Thursday that the
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The manhunt continued Wednesday for murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison last week by thwarting newly installed razor wire put in place after another inmate briefly broke out a few months ago, authorities said at a Wednesday news conference. Cavalcante, 34, who was
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Five drones were shot down over three Russian regions overnight, officials said Thursday. There were reports of no casualties. Meanwhile, Russia launched a fourth day of air attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Izmail on the Danube river. Odesa’s governor said infrastructure including grain silos was damaged, and one person
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer World shares slipped Thursday after China reported that its exports fell for a fourth straight month in August, adding to pressures on its slowing economy. Oil prices and U.S. futures also fell. Germany’s DAX lost 0.2% to 15,718.12. In London, the FTSE 100 edged 0.1% lower, to 7419.42. The
Continue Reading By Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Mary Achieng’s family is in the malaria ward at Nightingale Hospital in western Kenya almost every month. On this visit in late August, she’s being treated along with her two sons, aged 4 and 12. All three are recovering from a disease that has long devastated
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is rejoining the European Union’s science-sharing program Horizon Europe. The news announced Thursday comes more than two years after Britain’s membership became a casualty of Brexit. The British government says the country is becoming a “fully associated member” of the research collaboration body. Britain is also
Continue ReadingPERTH, Australia (AP) — Police say they are trying to persuade an alleged gunman to surrender after a man was shot dead in Kellerberrin, a Western Australia state wheatbelt town. The Western Australia Police Force said in a statement that the 25-year-old shot a man at a grain silo in Kellerberrin at 8:40 a.m. Thursday
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s already dire human rights situation is deteriorating and the junta should release all political prisoners, the United Nations’ chief said Wednesday, as a leading local news outlet revealed one of its journalists had been jailed for 20 years for covering the aftermath of a cyclone. UN Secretary General
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The United Nations chief has renewed an urgent call on the international community to seek a unified strategy to end the worsening crisis in Myanmar. Secretary-General António Guterres says declining financial aid should be boosted to previous levels to enable the world body
Continue Reading CNN By Aya Elamroussi and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — The convicted murderer who broke out of an eastern Pennsylvania prison last week was spotted by a resident in a creek bed on Tuesday night but fled into the woods before police authorities could capture him, police said Wednesday. The spotting of Danelo Cavalcante was
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