By Rob Kuznia, Nelli Black and Kyung Lah Minneapolis (CNN) — One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Kuznia, Nelli Black and Kyung Lah Minneapolis (CNN) — One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says the European Union risks entering an “economic cold war” with China, and is pledging to vote against an EU plan to impose higher tariffs on the import of Chinese electric vehicles. EU countries are set to vote on Friday whether to finalize the tariffs, part
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The European Union’s top court says some FIFA rules on player transfers are contrary to EU legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement. The court’s ruling on Friday comes after former France international Lassana Diarra legally challenged FIFA rules following a dispute with a club dating to a decade ago. Diarra
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KISELJAK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 16 people in floods and landslides in several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country, with surging waters rushing into people’s homes as they were sleeping. Rescue services in the south said several people were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly because she refused to translate her speech into Danish. Aki-Matilda Høgh-Dam, from the social democratic Siumut party, had distributed a written translation of her speech but was told it could only be debated
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Lex Harvey, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy South Korea if attacked, state media reported Friday, after South Korea’s president warned that if the North used nuclear weapons it would “face the end of its regime.” The fiery
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, Dalia Faheid, Sharif Paget, Michelle Krupa, David Williams, Taylor Galgano and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A father floated away in his Jeep as water surrounded his home; a teacher held onto a mattress-turned-raft as her home drifted down the river; and a man was trapped on his apartment building’s balcony,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized when Nobel Prize announcements begin next week under a shroud of violence. The prize week coincides with the Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, which began a year of bloodshed and war across the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — More than a week has passed since Helene rammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast as a major hurricane and began slicing what would become a deep scar of loss and destruction clear to Virginia, killing at least 213 people and obliterating countless homes, businesses and lifetimes worth of precious belongings.
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — More than a week has passed since Helene rammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast as a major hurricane and began slicing what would become a deep scar of loss and destruction clear to Virginia, killing at least 213 people and obliterating countless homes, businesses and lifetimes worth of precious
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim leader, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, is seeking Malaysia’s help in engaging a regional Southeast Asia bloc on raising the issue of repatriating Rohingya refugees home to Myanmar. Malaysia takes over the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, next year. The appeal came
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group. The overnight blasts in Beirut’s southern suburbs sent huge plumes of smoke
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — More than a dozen tigers were incinerated after the animals contracted bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officials said. State media VNExpress cited a caretaker at Vuon Xoai zoo in Bien Hoa city saying the animals were fed with raw chicken bought from nearby farms. The panther
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has opened his first policy speech in office by expressing deep regrets over the governing party’s slush funds scandal that dogged his predecessor. Ishiba replaced Fumio Kishida on Tuesday with the paramount mission of quickly pacifying public anger over the financial misconduct in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has condemned China, saying that Chinese law enforcement personnel assaulted 10 Vietnamese fishermen, damaged their fishing gear and seized about 4 tons of fish catch near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. The fishermen first reported the assault near the Chinese-controlled islands by radio on
Continue ReadingTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied faces few obstacles to winning another term in the country’s presidential election Sunday. His major opponents have been imprisoned or left off the ballot. Five years ago, Saied rode a wave of anti-establishment backlash to win a first term. But since then, Saied has garnered criticism from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the most photographed events in the world is set to kick off Saturday with a mass ascension of color for the 52nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The nine-day gathering draws hundreds of thousands of spectators and pilots to New Mexico each fall for the rare opportunity
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Two progressive district attorneys up for reelection in Georgia are under attack for low conviction rates and allegations of poor management. Republicans last year created a commission to discipline prosecutors after Shalena Cook Jones of Chatham County and Deborah Gonzalez of Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties entered office
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Work, classes and flights resumed across Taiwan on Friday after Typhoon Krathon brought torrential rainfall to the island but finally dissipated over a mountain range. A heavy rain advisory remained in place for the northern coast and mountainous areas, where two landslides occurred early Friday. Krathon had brought much
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