Asian Americans reported being targeted at least 4,500 times this year
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Potri Ranka Manis says she was trying to handout free face masks on the New York City subway when she was assaulted and called…
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UK jury says south London attack last year was preventable
LONDON (AP) — A jury in London has concluded that a terror attack in the south of the city last year could have been prevented had the perpetrator…
Continue Reading French Riviera wildfire not spreading but still uncontrolled
LE LUC, France (AP) — Firefighters have tamed but not fully controlled a huge wildfire blazing through the backcountry of the French Riviera. The…
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The Taliban’s mask slips further after militants kill journalist’s relative
By Rob Picheta, Nadine Schmidt and Tim Lister, CNN Afghans are witnessing early glimpses of the true nature of Taliban rule, after the brutal…
Continue Reading Czech film festival to honor Michael Caine, Ethan Hawke
PRAGUE (AP) — The international film festival has returned to the Czech spa of Karlovy Vary after it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The…
Continue Reading US says food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is warning that food aid will run out this week for millions of hungry people…
Continue Reading Bulgarian center-right party rejects offer to form a gov’t
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s center-right GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has rejected the president’s offer to form a…
Continue Reading Albania refuses to extradite man facing Egypt death sentence
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A court in Albania has refused to extradite an Egyptian man who faces a death sentence in his country. A judge in Tirana…
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A billion children are at ‘extremely high risk’ of climate shocks, UNICEF says
By Angela Dewan and Radina Gigova, CNN Almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children are living in countries that face an extremely high risk…
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5 things to know for August 20: Afghanistan, Covid, Capitol, policing, student debt
By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 20: Afghanistan, Covid, Capitol, policing, student debt
By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 20: Afghanistan, Covid, Capitol, policing, student debt
By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to…
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Infant bats babble, just like human babies, study finds
By Sara Spary, CNN Baby bats babble just like human infants when learning to communicate, a new study has found. Scientists from the Museum of…
Continue Reading Police boat, divers search for missing from Turkish floods
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A police boat and divers have joined the search for some 30 people still missing more than a week after severe floods…
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Apes say hello and goodbye, just like people do, research shows
By Lauren Kent, CNN Just like people, chimpanzees and bonobos aren’t ones for leaving without saying goodbye. Apes purposefully use signals to…
Continue Reading A billion children are at ‘extremely high risk’ of climate shocks, UNICEF says
By Angela Dewan and Radina Gigova, CNN Almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children are living in countries that face an extremely high risk…
Continue Reading 52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says a woman who was the only person pulled from a…
Continue Reading New England preps for 1st hurricane in 30 years with Henri
By PHILIP MARCELO and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — New Englanders bracing for their first hurricane in 30 years are…
Continue Reading Hong Kong quarantine exemption for Nicole Kidman draws flak
By MATTHEW CHENG and JANICE LO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s granting of a quarantine exemption to Hollywood star Nicole Kidman…
Continue Reading Taliban killings fuel fear, drive more chaos outside airport
By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The scene outside the airport in the Afghan capital is…
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