Jul 05 UK can ease COVID restrictions, Johnson says despite rising cases By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Johnson on Monday confirmed plans to reopen society despite rising coronavirus cases. He says legal sanctions will be replaced by individual "informed decisions" when the country moves to the final stage of lifting its long lockdown. He said that's scheduled… Continue reading
Jul 05 Japan searches for dozens missing in mudslide; 4 dead By Kantaro Komiya, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press An official says 80 people are still unaccounted for. Authorities plan to release their names, hoping that perhaps some were away when the disaster struck, since many of the apartments and houses in Atami are second homes or vacation rentals. Continue reading
Jul 05 Israel looks to renew law that keeps out Palestinian spouses By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Israel's parliament is to vote on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Arab citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or even residency permits to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Critics say… Continue reading
Jul 05 Pope alert and well a day after intestinal surgery, Vatican says By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press The brief medical bulletin contained the first details the Vatican released after the Pope underwent a three-hour operation that involved removing half his colon. Continue reading
Jul 05 Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast By Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press By Sunday, Cuban officials had evacuated 180,000 people as a precaution against the possibility of heavy flooding from a storm that already battered several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people. Continue reading
Jul 04 Philippine military plane crashes, 45 dead, 49 rescued By Jim Gomez, Associated Press A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying combat troops assigned to fight Muslim militants crashed and exploded while landing in the south Sunday, killing at least 42 army soldiers on board and three civilians on the ground in one of… Continue reading
Jul 04 Cuba evacuates 70,000 as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches By Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press The Cuban government had opened shelters and moved to protect sugarcane and cocoa crops ahead of the storm. Most of those evacuated went to relatives' homes, while about 23,000 people sheltered at government facilities. Some 400 living in mountainous areas… Continue reading
Jul 04 Pope Francis in hospital for scheduled intestinal surgery By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Sunday for scheduled surgery on his large intestine, the Vatican said. The news came just three hours after Francis had cheerfully greeted the public in St. Peter’s Square and told them he… Continue reading
Jul 02 Ransomware hits hundreds of U.S. companies, security firm says By Frank Bajak, Eric Tucker, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 4:53 News wrap: U.S. economy shows signs of rebound with 850,000 jobs added in June In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Labor Department reported a net gain of 850,000 jobs in June — the most in 10 months. The World Health Organization warned the delta variant of the coronavirus has opened a dangerous new… Continue watching