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Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:44:45 EDTFear grips markets as China's Evergrande struggles with massive debt
Financial markets around the world had their worst day in weeks on Monday, as worries about embattled Chinese property developer Evergrande had investors worried about what the fallout might be.
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Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:57:52 EDTBiden easing foreign air travel restrictions, requiring vaccines
President Joe Biden will ease air travel restrictions into the U.S. beginning in November, when his administration will require all foreign nationals flying into the country to be fully vaccinated.
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Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:43:24 EDTPfizer-BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine safe, protective in kids aged 5-11
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech said on Monday their COVID-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response in five- to 11-year-olds, and they plan to ask for authorization to use the vaccine in children in that...
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:11:21 EDTThousands flee as volcano erupts on Spain's La Palma island, homes destroyed
The Canary Islands' first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced about 5,500 people to flee, officials said Monday. It also destroyed about 100 houses.
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDTIndia's protesting farmers set sights on key state election
Farmers in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, are hoping to use a forthcoming election to continue their months-long fight against controversial new farming laws passed by Prime Minister Na...
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:35:17 EDTCOVID-19 has now killed as many Americans as 1918-19 influenza pandemic
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:55:11 EDTCourt sentences Hotel Rwanda film hero, Paul Rusesabagina, to 25 years in prison
The man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda was convicted of terrorism offences Monday and sentenced to 25 years in prison in a trial that human rights watchdogs and other critics of Rwanda's repressiv...
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:11:03 EDT6 dead, dozens hurt in shooting at Russian university
Six people were killed and 28 injured after a shooting Monday at a Russian university. Officials said the gunman was a student who was shot by police and detained.
Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:57:32 EDTU.S. authorities believe they have found body of missing woman Gabrielle Petito after 2-day search
U.S. authorities say a body discovered Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, who disappeared while on a cross-country trek with a boyfriend who has been identified by authoriti...
Sun, 19 Sep 2021 06:33:50 EDTU.S. launches mass deportation of Haitian migrants camped in Texas
The U.S. flew Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland Sunday and tried blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force.
Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:12:45 EDTHomes destroyed after volcano erupts in Spain
A volcano on Spain's Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands as lava flows destroyed isolated houses...
Sun, 19 Sep 2021 08:45:31 EDTBoxer-turned-senator Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president
Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao says he will run for president in the 2022 elections.
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 17:17:27 EDTSparse crowds protesting outside U.S. Capitol outnumbered by police
In a city still on edge after the Jan. 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the U.S. Capitol on Saturday over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 19:48:00 EDTCitizen astronauts aboard SpaceX capsule safely splash down off Florida
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida's coast on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the fir...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:40:52 EDTAfghan survivors of erroneous U.S. drone strike that killed 10 seek investigation
A survivor of an erroneous U.S. drone strike that killed 10 members of his family demanded Saturday that those responsible be punished and said Washington's apology was not enough.
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDTWant to fly to Britain? Its struggling travel industry hopes it just got easier
Britain is revamping its international travel rules in a bid to restore consumer confidence in taking an overseas holiday. Passenger traffic has fallen off a cliff because of cumbersome rules and expe...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 09:59:02 EDTTaliban sets up 'virtue' ministry at former site of women's affairs department
Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the "propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice" in the building that once housed the Women's Affairs Ministry, escorting out World Bank st...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 10:48:41 EDTFrance's Notre-Dame Cathedral stable enough for rebuild to start after catastrophic 2019 fire
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it, more than two years after a shocking fire that tore through its roof, knocked down its spire and ...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:42:35 EDTMultimillionaire Robert Durst found guilty of murdering best friend
A California jury on Friday found multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000, the first homicide conviction for a man suspected of killing ...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:10:07 EDTPentagon now says Kabul drone strike killed civilians instead of ISIS, was a 'tragic mistake'
The Pentagon retreated from its defence of a drone strike that killed several civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that an internal review revealed that only civilians were killed in...