Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bolivia: 6 killed in air force plane crash in Amazon jungle
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A Bolivian air force plane crashed in the Amazon jungle in northeast Bolivia on Saturday, killing all six people on board, police said. Two military pilots and four civilian pas...
Oct 09, 2021
China's Xi calls for 'peaceful' reunification with Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Saturday that a "peaceful" reunification of Taiwan with China's mainland was in Beijing's interests, despite ratcheted up military threats again...
Oct 09, 2021
Kurz to quit as Austrian chancellor amid corruption probe
BERLIN (AP) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Saturday that he will step down in a bid to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors' announcement that he is a target of a corruption ...
Oct 09, 2021
Man pulled alive from rubble of collapsed Georgian building
MOSCOW (AP) - Rescue workers combing through the rubble of an apartment building in the Georgian city of Batumi have pulled out a man still alive more than a full day after it collapsed. Nine people a...
Oct 09, 2021
Russian actor blasts off to attempt a world first: a movie in space
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian actress and a film director blasted off for the International Space Station on Tuesday, beating Tom Cruise in the race to shoot the first movie in space. The Soyuz MS-19 s...
Oct 09, 2021
Thousands march in Rome to protest workplace vaccine rule
ROME (AP) - Thousands of demonstrators marched down Rome's famous Via Veneto and other streets on Saturday, some smashing their way into a union office and clashing with police as they protested Italy...
Oct 09, 2021
Green leader: 'Long way' to go in talks to form German govt
BERLIN (AP) - A Greens leader says the multiparty talks on forming a new German government have "a long way to go" and will have to bridge significant policy differences. The center-left Social Democr...
Oct 09, 2021
'Shark Tank' contestant arrested after fraud investigation
PROVO, Utah (KTVX) - Utah investigators have arrested a former "Shark Tank" contestant, accusing him of defrauding a vulnerable woman and asking other victims to come forward. Nate Holzapfel, 42,...
Oct 09, 2021
Russian Nobel winner: Peace Prize is for my paper, not me
MOSCOW (AP) - As editor of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov was well aware that his independent Russian newspaper - a persistent critic of the Kremlin, government corruption and human rights abuses in Ru...
Oct 09, 2021
Student Loan Forgiveness: What’s Getting Fixed?
(NerdWallet) - A limited waiver announced by the U.S. Department of Education is expected to immediately wipe the slate clean for 22,000 student borrowers seeking Public Service Loan Forgiveness and s...
Oct 09, 2021