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LOS ANGELES — Authorities investigating the crash in the Windsor Hills neighborhood that left five people dead are trying to sort out the actions and mindset of the nurse who prosecutors say plowed her Mercedes into the intersection. Investigators are still trying to get a full account of what brought Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, to the corner of Slauson and La Brea avenues last Thursday ...
Brussels — EU member states are no longer allowed to import coal from Russia after the transitional period for the bloc's embargo ended at midnight (2200 GMT) on Wednesday.The embargo was part of the fifth sanctions package agreed by the EU in April and will be in full force from Thursday onwards.EU countries had agreed on a transitional period of 120 days to give the industry time to adapt to ...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday was hoping to showcase the potential for democracy and climate action here in one of Africa’s largest countries. But backsliding reality got in the way. Within hours of U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s arrival in the Democratic Republic of Congo — as he repeatedly urged free, fair and “on time” presidential ...
Aug. 10—Three Israeli defense and aerospace companies feature in the "Defense News" Top 100 for 2022. In fact all three — Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and Rafael — are listed in the top 50. The three companies have combined revenue of $11.7 billion. The top Israeli company in the list is Elbit Systems, ranked 31, down one place from last ...
Aug. 10—Jim Pope is proving age isn't anything but a number. The 79-year-old Lowell resident made quite the splash while competing at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) Summer Long-Course championship in Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 3-7. Representing both the Lowell YMCA and the New England Masters, the ageless wonder was a top five finisher in six different events, including a pair of ...
Aug. 10—Ownership of Penn Brewery has changed hands, but the new owner vows to continue its tradition of producing classic lagers and German beer styles in the 16th-century Bavarian tradition, along with experimental, small-batch brews. A Monday post on the brewery's Facebook page said, "Penn Brewery's owners — Sandy Cindrich, Corey Little, and Linda Nyman — are pleased to announce the sale of ...
Moscow — The Russian military says it has destroyed a Gepard anti-aircraft tank during air strikes in southern Ukraine. "Near the locality of Novopavlivka in the Mykolaiv region, a combat vehicle supplied by Germany to the Kiev regime for the Gepard anti-aircraft gun complex was destroyed," Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. This information cannot be ...
Berlin — Germany's Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, has said he wants to see fewer coronavirus restrictions this autumn and winter than in previous pandemic winters."There will be a more liberal, a more proportionate fight against the coronavirus pandemic," he told the Welt television channel.Lindner - who is the leader of the business-friendly FDP - described the protection concept ...
Brussels — Belgium reported the country's first case of monkeypox in a woman on Wednesday, according to the news agency, Belga, citing Sciensano, the Belgian public health institute. Sciensano published the case at a press conference held by Belgian Health Minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, to announce plans to boost the country's monkeypox vaccination campaign. Vandenbroucke said the country's 12 ...
Joseph Cassara decided to head back to the emergency room when the pain made it unbearable to swallow. "I tried to eat a banana for breakfast," he said, "and it just felt like I was swallowing razor blades." Cassara, 33, was still waiting on the test results to confirm that he had monkeypox, but was suffering scorching fevers and gruesome lesions on his cheek and chin that felt as if they were ...