Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European-Japanese space mission gets 1st glimpse of Mercury
BERLIN (AP) - A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system's innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025. The ...
Oct 02, 2021
US COVID death toll tops 700,000
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The United States reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone Friday, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow dow...
Oct 02, 2021
Libya's migrant roundup reaches 4,000 amid major crackdown
CAIRO (AP) - A major crackdown in western Libya resulted in the detention of 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children, officials said Saturday. The raids took place Friday in the weste...
Oct 02, 2021
UK extends truck driver visa program as fuel crisis persists
LONDON (AP) - The British government has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers as fuel shortages showed few signs of abating Saturday, particularly in London and the southeast of Englan...
Oct 02, 2021
October 2: President Biden stays upbeat on his infrastructure and social safety net legislation. And Bob Dylan is resuming his Never Ending Tour, which ended briefly due to COVID-19.
Good morning! It's Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Here's a look at your news across the nation: 1. 'We're going to get it done': Biden pushes positivity after $3.5T plan stalls President Joe Biden gives a th...
Oct 02, 2021
UN agency for Palestinian refugees has urgent budget crisis
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees is facing an "existential" budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, healthcare and...
Oct 02, 2021
Philippine leader Duterte announces retirement from politics
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday announced he was retiring from politics and dropping plans to run for vice president in next year's elections when his term ...
Oct 02, 2021
Russia counting on antibody tests; West notes tool's limits
MOSCOW (AP) - When Russians talk about the coronavirus over dinner or in hair salons, the conversation often turns to "antitela," the Russian word for antibodies - the proteins produced by the body to...
Oct 02, 2021
For first time, Dubai Expo 2020 says 5 workers died on site
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dubai's Expo 2020 on Saturday acknowledged that five workers had been killed on site during construction of the massive world's fair, revealing for the first time ov...
Oct 02, 2021
The Latest: US virus mortality milestone frustrates doctors
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 700,000, with the last 100,000 people dying at a time when vaccines which overwhelmingly prevent serious illness were available to any American over the ...
Oct 02, 2021