Showing posts from January, 2021

Kim cannot denuclearize, former N Korean diplomat says

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2L4UP3m via IFTTT

Single Covid case in Western Australia leads to 5-day lockdown for 2 million

Parts of Western Australia went into a five-day lockdown Sunday, after a hotel …

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained, says ruling party spokesman

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top government figures have been deta…

COVAX head: It's not going to be all smooth sailing

The COVAX initiative is aiming to deliver up to two billion doses of coronaviru…

How lawmakers made it nearly impossible to legalize abortion in Honduras

This week, lawmakers in Honduras changed the country's constitution to make…

Ongoing siege following car explosion at hotel gate in Somalia's capital

Somalia security forces are fighting armed gunmen to end a siege at a hotel in …

'They were unjust to me,' says teenager freed after blasphemy sentence quashed in Nigeria

Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his li…

'Women's rights are being trampled:' Voices from Poland after near-total abortion ban

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ottdTi via IFTTT

Russian protesters rally in support of opposition leader Alexey Navalny

Demonstrations in support of detained Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny …

UK prepares to welcome thousands of Hong Kongers fleeing national security law

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/36mFLFO via IFTTT

Pakistan battles 'tsunami' of Covid-19 patients with few vaccines in sight

Keeping vigil outside the hospital ward in Karachi, Daniyal Ameen watched his f…

Manchester United star Marcus Rashford racially abused online

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has become the latest football player…

Navalny's foundation asks Biden to sanction at least eight Putin allies

The foundation set up by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has called on…

Former China Huarong chairman executed after bribery conviction

The former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Lai Xiaomin, was exe…

Women in China are spurning men and babies and the government is worried

Two years ago, Joanne Su was anxious about turning 30 years old. from CNN.com…

A fight between the EU and UK reveals the ugly truth about vaccine nationalism

The UN General Assembly in September last year was a pivotal moment in the pand…

Violence and slurs from some of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews in battle over lockdowns

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3t9a4te via IFTTT

Tunisian cabinet reshuffled after violent protests

Ten years after Tunisians toppled their regime and sparked uprisings across the…

Robinhood to ease trading restrictions. GameStop stock soars 100%

GameStop traders sent the stock on a wild ride Thursday, and it looks set for a…

Small blast goes off near Israeli embassy in New Delhi

A small blast went off close to the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital of Ne…

Maskless crowds pack Australian Open tennis exhibition in Covid-free Adelaide

Thousands of cheering fans packed the stands on Friday to watch some of tennis&…

Europe has a vaccine shortage. So why is it fighting with AstraZeneca?

• EU and AstraZeneca fight over vaccine delays while death toll mounts from C…

What if China no longer needs Hollywood? That's bad news for the film industry

America has been the king of the box office for, well, forever. Not anymore. …

Thailand arrests 89 foreign tourists for violating Covid-19 rules

Thai police arrested 89 foreigners on suspicion of breaching coronavirus restri…

Tokyo Olympics: Can vaccines save the Games?

In between a surging pandemic and a global scramble for vaccines, the fate of t…

WallStreetBets founder on stock frenzy: I'm enjoying this from the sidelines

The co-founder of the subreddit WallStreetBets says he never expected the forum…

Toyota overtakes Volkswagen as world's biggest automaker

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/39pxFxU via IFTTT

Growing up wild: this photographer captures the beauty of Mexico's mountains

Growing up in the remote mountains of Sierra Gorda, Mexico, Roberto Pedraza Rui…

How Bangkok's Khao San Road evolved from a rice market into the world's most famous travel hub

Once upon a time, the locals peddled rice on Bangkok's Khao San Road. Lots …

These three Pacific military flashpoints could shape Biden's entire China strategy

Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Wash…

Pakistan's top court rules to free men previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering Daniel Pearl

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping an…

One of the last privately owned Botticelli portraits sells for over $92 million

One of the last Sandro Botticelli portraits left in private hands sold at aucti…

Hundreds flee as volcano spews ash and smoke

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano on Java island erupted on January 28 spewi…

Concorde successor AS2 takes leap forward

The race is heating up to produce the first supersonic passenger aircraft to en…

Could post-vaccine life mean we return to normal? Not yet

• Pulling off Tokyo 2020 will be a logistical nightmare ... and the clock is ti…

What Poland's new restrictions on abortion mean for women

Poland's government put into effect Wednesday a ruling that outlaws the ter…

Apple just had a blowout quarter, thanks to iPhone 12 sales

Analysts have talked for at least a year about the potential for Apple's fi…

Ex-Russian oil tycoon: I was one of the lucky ones

CNN's Matthew Chance speaks exclusively with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Rus…

Peru orders lockdowns amid crippling second Covid-19 wave

Peru has announced new lockdowns for 10 of its 25 regions, including the capita…

Survivor sounds alarm over 'echoes of the Holocaust'

Born in Berlin in 1930, Irene Butter endured the horrors of the Holocaust as a …

'Too little, too late': Dethroned Italian prince criticized over apology for King's role in rubber-stamping fascist laws

A letter from a descendent of Italy's wartime King, apologizing for his anc…

Yulia Navalnaya's husband was poisoned and detained. Now she is piling pressure on Vladimir Putin

"Why are you detaining me? Have I violated any laws?" demanded Yulia …

EU vaccine delivery dates weren't guaranteed, says AstraZeneca CEO

AstraZeneca is pushing back strongly against criticism from EU officials over d…

TikTok is laying off employees in India as the country doubles down on its ban

TikTok has been forced to lay off some of its workers in India as the country d…

Zlatan scores, almost fights former teammate and gets red card in fiery derby

Talk about a busy evening. Zlatan Ibrahimović generated plenty of headlines on …

America's billionaires have grown $1.1 trillion richer

Billionaires are minting money during the pandemic, even as millions of America…

These countries are welcoming US tourists back

Once one of the world's most powerful travel documents, the might of the US…

China is rehearsing for when it overtakes America

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/39iJRk7 via IFTTT

Covid has killed 100,000 people in the UK. Experts say government is getting it wrong

• Scramble for vaccines gets ugly from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://…

Europe threatens to restrict vaccine exports after AstraZeneca and Pfizer hit production problems

The European Union is calling out vaccine makers AstraZeneca and Pfizer over de…

Load More That is All