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Burkina Faso's president is being held by mutinous soldiers
Monday, January 24, 2022
The mutiny came a day after a public demonstration calling for Kabore's resignation.
French fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies at 73
Monday, January 24, 2022
"May his soul Rest In Peace," his Instagram said in a post that was all black with no image. It did not give a cause of death.
4 were killed and 1 wounded in 'ambush' shooting at a house party near Los Angeles
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Inglewood Mayor James Butts called the shooting an "ambush" involving multiple shooters.
Don Wilson, cofounder of the instrumental guitar group The Ventures, dies at age 88
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Wilson played rhythm guitar for The Ventures, which with over 100 million records sold, was the best-selling instrumental band of all time.
New Zealand adds new restrictions and Ardern delays her wedding as omicron spreads
Sunday, January 23, 2022
After nine cases were detected in the region, the country will impose gathering size limits and other measures. Until this month, New Zealand had avoided any outbreaks of the omicron variant.
All 100 lab monkeys have been accounted for after several escape a truck crash
Saturday, January 22, 2022
A pickup pulling a trailer carrying live monkeys in Pennsylvania on Friday was hit by a dump truck, setting several of the animals loose. The last of the monkeys were located the next day.
Britain says Russia is planning to install a pro-Moscow leader in Ukraine
Saturday, January 22, 2022
The U.K. said its claim is based on an intelligence assessment. Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops near the Ukraine border, stoking fears of an invasion.
Black Mississippi senators walk out in protest over critical race theory ban
Saturday, January 22, 2022
The lawmakers withheld their votes as the state Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. The education superintendent has said it is not being taught in schools.
A wildfire near California's Big Sur forces residents to evacuate
Saturday, January 22, 2022
A wind-driven wildfire broke out late Friday in the rugged mountains above Big Sur, forcing residents to evacuate from their homes and authorities to shut down a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway.
Coastal Virginia and the Carolinas get snow and ice
Friday, January 21, 2022
A winter weather system brought colder temperatures and precipitation not often seen in the region. Authorities urged drivers to stay off the roads, which forecasters said are slick and snow-packed.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95
Friday, January 21, 2022
Nhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace.
Rio de Janeiro delays Carnival parades as omicron spikes in Brazil
Friday, January 21, 2022
Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced weeks ago that the raucous street parties, which draw hundreds of thousands of revelers, wouldn't proceed in the manner they did before the pandemic.
2 big energy firms exit Myanmar over human rights abuses by the military government
Friday, January 21, 2022
Total Energies and Chevron say they are stopping all operations in Myanmar, citing rampant human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the military overthrew the elected government.
Intel is building a $20 billion computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage
Friday, January 21, 2022
Two chip factories on a 1,000-acre site just east of Columbus are expected to create 3,000 company jobs and 7,000 construction jobs, the company and local and state officials say.
China is limiting the Olympics torch relay to three days
Friday, January 21, 2022
The flame will be displayed only in enclosed venues that are deemed "safe and controllable," according to officials.
Dozens of former guests are rallying to save a Tonga resort
Friday, January 21, 2022
It's just one of the ways the world is rallying to help the people of the remote Pacific island nation rebuild.
A Saudi-led airstrike on a Yemen prison kills, injures more than 100, Red Cross says
Friday, January 21, 2022
The strike against a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels is part of a pounding aerial offensive that hours earlier saw another airstrike take the Arab world's poorest country off the internet.
Japan is ramping up COVID-19 restrictions as omicron cases surge
Friday, January 21, 2022
While many Japanese adults are fully vaccinated, few have gotten a booster shot, which has been a vital protection from the highly contagious omicron variant.
U.S. charges Belarus officials with air piracy in reporter's arrest
Thursday, January 20, 2022
U.S. prosecutors say Belarusian officials diverted a flight to Minsk so they could arrest opposition activist and journalist Raman Pratasevich on charges of inciting riots against the government.
First aid flights arrive in Tonga after massive volcanic eruption and tsunami
Thursday, January 20, 2022
The eruption severed Tonga's single fiber-optic cable, rendering the Pacific archipelago offline and unable to communicate with the rest of the world. Flights brought bottled water and other supplies.