Saturday, November 16, 2024

Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks

PARIS (AP) — The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks

PARIS (AP) — The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage

PARIS (AP) — For the music lover, it was nearly three hours at gunpoint, wondering if he would become yet another body on the floor of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks

PARIS (AP) — The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage

PARIS (AP) — For the music lover, it was nearly three hours at gunpoint, wondering if he would become yet another body on the floor of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks begins

PARIS (AP) — In a custom-built secure complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse, France on Wednesday opened the trial of 20 men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage

PARIS (AP) — For the music lover, it was nearly three hours at gunpoint, wondering if he would become yet another body on the floor of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses

PARIS (AP) — No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses

PARIS (AP) — No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses

PARIS (AP) — No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses

PARIS (AP) — No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

'We failed the test' of COVID-19, says human rights champion

PARIS (AP) — Agnès Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering extrajudicial killings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'We failed the test' of COVID-19, says human rights champion

PARIS (AP) — Agnès Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering extrajudicial killings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America amid virus

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America amid virus

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America amid virus

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

World warily watches America's postelection aftershocks

PARIS (AP) — For America's allies and rivals alike, the chaos unfolding during Donald Trump's final days as president is the logical result of four years of global instability brought on by the man who promised to change the way the world viewed the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

World warily watches America's postelection aftershocks

PARIS (AP) — For America's allies and rivals alike, the chaos unfolding during Donald Trump's final days as president is the logical result of four years of global instability brought on by the man who promised to change the way the world viewed the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

World watches US chaos with shock, dismay and some mockery

PARIS (AP) — As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is democracy, and how much stress could their own political systems withstand?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

IS widow convicted in Charlie Hebdo, kosher market attacks

PARIS (AP) — The fugitive widow of an Islamic State gunman and a man described as his logistician were convicted Wednesday of terrorism charges and sentenced to 30 years in prison in the trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 Paris attacks against the satirical Charlie Hebdo newspaper …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Verdicts due for 14 over links to Jan. 2015 Paris attackers

PARIS (AP) — The terrorism trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 Paris attacks on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket ends Wednesday after three months punctuated by new attacks, coronavirus outbreaks among the defendants, and devastating testimony on three days of bloodshed that shook …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hunger study predicts 168,000 pandemic-linked child deaths

PARIS (AP) — Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has set back decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition and is likely to kill 168,000 children before any global recovery takes hold, according to a study released Monday by 30 international organizations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

WHO tries to bolster fragile funding with new foundation CEO

PARIS (AP) — Hoping to strengthen its funding, the World Health Organization is appointing a CEO to a foundation intended to bring in more private donations, which should leave the global health body less vulnerable if a country withdraws or cuts funding as the United States did.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

24 hours in the ICU: Fighting for an open bed in coronavirus

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Four more calls to go, each with careful words, painful silences.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff

PARIS (AP) — In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 patients: 92.5% and rising. In the ICU in Barcelona, there is no end in sight for the doctors and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff

PARIS (AP) — In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 patients: 92.5% and rising. In the ICU in Barcelona, there is no end in sight for the doctors and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French schools reopen in mourning after beheading of teacher

PARIS (AP) — French schools held a nationwide minute of silence Monday in honor of a teacher who was beheaded for opening a class debate on free speech by showing students caricatures of the prophet of Islam.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence

PARIS (AP) — It’s been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won’t stop poking fun at Islamic extremism.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence

PARIS (AP) — It’s been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won’t stop poking fun at Islamic extremism.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence

PARIS (AP) — It’s been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won’t stop poking fun at Islamic extremism.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Tunisian carrying Quran fatally stabs 3 in French church

NICE, France (AP) — A young Tunisian man armed with a knife and carrying a copy of the Quran attacked worshippers in a French church and killed three Thursday, prompting the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French prosecutor: Nice killer of 3 got to France from Italy

NICE, France (AP) — A man armed with a knife attacked people inside a French church and killed three Thursday, prompting the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French prosecutor: Nice killer Tunisian, entered from Italy

NICE, France (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says the man who killed three in a Nice church was a Tunisian aged about 20 who entered France from Italy, and was carrying a copy of Islam's holy book, the Quran, on him at the time of the attack.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence

PARIS (AP) — It’s been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won’t stop poking fun at Islamic extremism.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

3 dead in church attack, plunging France into dual emergency

NICE, France (AP) — A man armed with a knife attacked people inside a French church and killed three Thursday, prompting the government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

3 dead in attack at French church; country on high alert

PARIS (AP) — An attacker armed with a knife killed three people inside a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, prompting the government to raise its security alert status to the highest level and double the number of soldiers deployed in the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France goes on maximum alert after attack at church kills 3

PARIS (AP) — An attacker armed with a knife killed three people inside a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, French authorities said, prompting the country to raise its security alert status to the highest level.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France raises its alert level to maximum after Nice attack

PARIS (AP) — France’s prime minister says the country is going on emergency alert after the killings of three people at the Notre Dame Basilica in the southern city of Nice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

3 dead in knife attack in French church; terrorism suspected

PARIS (AP) — An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, French authorities said. It was the third attack in two months in France, which has grown increasingly tense during a furor over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access

GAMPELA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access

GAMPELA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access

GAMPELA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French leader decries Islamist terror attack against teacher

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” against a history teacher decapitated in a Paris suburb Friday, urging the nation to stand united against extremism.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

French police search homes of top officials in virus probe

PARIS (AP) — French police searched the homes of the health minister, the former prime minister and other top officials Thursday in an investigation into the government's response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Families of Lebanese blast victims plead for outside inquiry

Lebanese survivors of the massive port explosion and relatives of the victims are asking the U.N. Security Council for an international investigation into the blast that wrecked their capital
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

US job losses mount as economic pain deepens worldwide

The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus have ballooned to at least 22 million
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

States confront practical dilemmas on reopening economies

The doomsday scenarios that were predicted just two weeks ago have not come to pass, raising hopes from coast to coast
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Even as virus deaths mount, governments eye exit strategies

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was considering changing self-isolation guidelines
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Economic fallout mounts, along with competition for masks

6.6 million new unemployment claims on top of 3.3 million last week
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Nursing homes have too few body bags, many uncounted dead

PARIS (AP) — One by one, elderly residents of French nursing homes are going into forced isolation into their rooms. Their caregivers are walling themselves in as well. They are running out of body bags.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Virus dead in nursing homes are often its uncounted victims

PARIS (AP) — One by one, elderly residents of French nursing homes are going into forced isolation into their rooms. Their caregivers are walling themselves in as well, against both the known and the unknown. They are running out of body bags.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Virus dead in nursing homes are often its uncounted victims

PARIS (AP) — One by one, elderly residents of French nursing homes are going into forced isolation into their rooms. Their caregivers are walling themselves in as well, against both the known and the unknown. They are running out of body bags.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?

NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could save their lives. But who gets one when there aren't enough to go around?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?

NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could save their lives. But who gets one when there aren't enough to go around?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

In global fight vs. virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home

NEW YORK (AP) — With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Over 1.5 billion globally told to stay home to avoid virus

NEW YORK — With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming

PARIS (AP) — The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe on Monday, as new coronavirus infections soared and political paralysis stalled efforts for a quick aid package from Congress.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Over 1.5 billion globally asked to stay home to escape virus

PARIS (AP) — The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe, as more than 1.5 billion people — one-fifth of the world's population — were asked or ordered to stay home on Monday to try to blunt the spread of the coronavirus.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Over 1.5 billion globally asked to stay home to escape virus

PARIS (AP) — The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe, as more than 1.5 billion people — one-fifth of the world's population — were asked or ordered to stay home on Monday to try to blunt the spread of the coronavirus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming

PARIS (AP) — The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe on Monday, as new coronavirus infections soared and political paralysis stalled efforts for a quick aid package from Congress.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming

PARIS (AP) — The hunt for ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe on Monday, as new coronavirus infections soared and political paralysis stalled efforts for a quick aid package from Congress. Markets in Asia and Europe sank along with U.S. futures as more governments tightened restrictions …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Europeans sing health workers' praises nightly from windows

PARIS (AP) — At a time of isolation, people in many European cities hit hard by the new coronavirus are taking at least a minute each night to come together in gratitude.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Europeans sing health workers' praises nightly from windows

PARIS (AP) — At a time of isolation, people in many European cities hit hard by the new coronavirus are taking at least a minute each night to come together in gratitude.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Europeans sing health workers' praises nightly from windows

PARIS (AP) — At a time of isolation, people in many European cities hit hard by the new coronavirus are taking at least a minute each night to come together in gratitude.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

In Italy and beyond, virus outbreak reshapes work and play

ROME (AP) — Italy closed all schools and universities and barred fans from all sporting events for the next few weeks, as governments trying to curb the spread of the coronavirus around the world resorted to increasingly sweeping measures that transformed the way people work, shop, pray and amuse themselves.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

In Italy and beyond, virus outbreak reshapes work and play

ROME (AP) — Italy closed all schools and universities and barred fans from all sporting events for the next few weeks, as governments trying to curb the spread of the coronavirus around the world resorted to increasingly sweeping measures that transformed the way people work, shop, pray and amuse themselves.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

In Italy and beyond, virus outbreak reshapes work and play

ROME (AP) — Italy closed all schools and universities and barred fans from all sporting events for the next few weeks, as governments trying to curb the spread of the coronavirus around the world resorted to increasingly sweeping measures that transformed the way people work, shop, pray and amuse themselves.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus crisis ebbs in China, spreads fear across the West

PARIS (AP) — The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe and the United States on Tuesday, with governments taking emergency steps to ease shortages of masks and other supplies for front-line doctors and nurses.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus crisis ebbs in China, spreads fear across the West

PARIS (AP) — The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe and the United States on Tuesday, with governments taking emergency steps to ease shortages of masks and other supplies for front-line doctors and nurses.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus crisis ebbs in China, spreads fear across the West

PARIS (AP) — The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe and the United States on Tuesday, with governments taking emergency steps to ease shortages of masks and other supplies for front-line doctors and nurses.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

France fights mask hoarding; Virus deaths soar in Italy

PARIS (AP) — France requisitioned protective masks and sent tens of thousands of students home from school, deaths in Italy soared and Spain isolated dozens of health workers Tuesday as the new coronavirus spread further into Europe.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

At least 100 dead in Paris attacks

PARIS — At least 100 people died in a popular Paris concert hall where attackers seized hostages Friday, an official said, one of at least six terror attacks that unfolded across the city in the deadliest violence Paris has seen since World War II.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO

A new culinary identity

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Flight delays

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Large and in charge?

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO