Dec 15 Bombs, shooting attack in Kabul kill 4 By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The attacks are the latest in relentless violence in Afghanistan even as the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators hold talks in Qatar. Continue reading
Dec 15 EU regulators move up Pfizer vaccine assessment to Dec. 21 By Kirsten Grieshaber, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Facing strong pressure from Germany and other European Union nations, the bloc's medicines agency on Tuesday moved up a meeting to assess the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to Dec. 21, likely bringing vaccinations a step closer for millions of EU citizens. Continue reading
Dec 15 Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigeria students in north By Sam Olukoya, Associated Press Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadist rebels have claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of students in one of the largest attacks in years on a boys' school in northern Katsina state. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Early voting begins in Georgia's Senate runoffs In our news wrap Monday, early voting began in Georgia's two U.S. Senate run-offs to determine which party controls the chamber, the U.S. formally blamed Iran for the abduction and presumed death of a former FBI agent, Major League Baseball's… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 4:09 Russia seen as likely culprit in major U.S. cyberattack. How widespread was it? Between March and May this year, hackers broke into several U.S. federal agencies, including the one designed to fend off cyberattacks against the country, officials said Sunday. The significant breaches were only discovered recently with Russia considered the likely culprit. Continue watching
Dec 13 Italy surpasses UK for worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press Italy has eclipsed Britain to become the nation with the worst official coronavirus death toll in Europe, with 64,520, to Britain’s 64,267. Continue reading
Dec 13 Hundreds of Nigerian students missing after attack on school By Sam Olukoya, Associated Press Nigerian police say that hundreds of students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country’s northwestern Katsina state. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 7:47 Warming Arctic with less ice heats up Cold War tensions By Benedict Moran, Jorgen Samso The Arctic is warming up at near-record speed, twice as fast as the rest of the planet due to climate change, according to the recently-released Arctic Report Card 2020. Shrinking sea ice opens up the inhospitable far North to more… Continue watching
Dec 12 Italy's staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Italy could soon reclaim a record that nobody wants — the most coronavirus deaths in Europe — after the health care system again failed to protect the elderly and the government delayed imposing new restrictions. Continue reading
Dec 12 Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg' By Fay Abuelgasim, Nariman El-Mofty, Cara Anna, Associated Press Witnesses say security forces and their allies attacked civilians in Mai-Kadra with machetes and knives or strangled them with ropes. The stench of bodies lingered for days during the early chaos of the Ethiopian government’s offensive in the defiant Tigray… Continue reading