Category Archives: World

US hits 70% vaccination rate -- a month late, amid a surge
The U.S. on Monday finally reached President Joe Biden's goal of getting at least one COVID-19 shot into 70% of American adults -- a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swa...
Aug 02, 2021

Mask mandate reinstated in San Francisco Bay Area amid surge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Health officials in San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties announced Monday that they are reinstating a mask mandate for all indoor settings as COVID-19 infections surge be...
Aug 02, 2021

Citing Taliban violence, US expands Afghan refugee program
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Monday expanded its efforts to evacuate at-risk Afghan citizens from Afghanistan as Taliban violence increases ahead there of the U.S. military pullout at...
Aug 02, 2021

Tourists flee as wildfires threaten Turkish beach resorts
ISTANBUL (AP) - Wildfires raged Sunday near Turkey's holiday beach destinations of Antalya and Mugla as the discovery of more bodies caused the death toll to rise to eight. Residents and tourists fled...
Aug 01, 2021

Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires
ISTANBUL (AP) - Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats Saturday after being told to evacuate some hotels in the Aegean resort of Bodrum due to the dangers posed b...
Jul 31, 2021

Florida coronavirus cases jump 50% as surge continues
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's coronavirus cases jumped 50% this week, the state Health Department reported Friday, continuing a six-week surge that has seen it responsible for 1 in 5 new infe...
Jul 30, 2021

Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results "corrupt" in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of t...
Jul 30, 2021

Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games
TOKYO (AP) - Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. Prime Minister Y...
Jul 30, 2021

Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case
HONG KONG (AP) - A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first case under Hong Kong's national security law as Beijing tightens control over the t...
Jul 30, 2021

Navy charges sailor with setting fire that destroyed warship
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Navy charged a sailor Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, marking the maritime branch's worst warship blaze ...
Jul 29, 2021