Lebanese president to hold consultations on new PM next week
Middle East
October 7, 2020
Lebanese president to hold consultations on new PM next week
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has called for binding consultations with members of parliament next week to name…
Iran’s Rouhani slams sending fighters to Nagorno-Karabakh
Middle East
October 7, 2020
Iran’s Rouhani slams sending fighters to Nagorno-Karabakh
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday warned that his country will not tolerate the presence of…
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ‘genome scissors’
Science
October 7, 2020
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ‘genome scissors’
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for…
Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
World
October 7, 2020
Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday called an abrupt end to negotiations with Democrats over additional COVID-19 relief,…
Category 3 Hurricane Delta roars toward Mexico’s Cancun area
World
October 7, 2020
Category 3 Hurricane Delta roars toward Mexico’s Cancun area
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Delta, a slightly weakened but still dangerous Category three storm, barreled toward Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula…
Dozens injured in clashes in Iraq’s south during pilgrimage
Middle East
October 7, 2020
Dozens injured in clashes in Iraq’s south during pilgrimage
BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of people were wounded in clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters in Iraq’s south…
Top Israeli, UAE diplomats meet in Berlin for talks
Middle East
October 7, 2020
Top Israeli, UAE diplomats meet in Berlin for talks
BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel met in Berlin on Tuesday for talks…
Ethicists say Trump special treatment raises fairness issues
World
October 7, 2020
Ethicists say Trump special treatment raises fairness issues
The special treatment President Donald Trump received to access an experimental COVID-19 drug raises fairness issues that start with the…
Hurricane Delta now Category 2, roars at Mexico’s Yucatan
World
October 6, 2020
Hurricane Delta now Category 2, roars at Mexico’s Yucatan
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane early Tuesday, packing 110 mph (175 kmh)…
White House virus testing couldn’t protect Trump
World
October 6, 2020
White House virus testing couldn’t protect Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — His press secretary once described President Donald Trump as the “most tested man in America” when it…