This award-winning bakery blends flavors from around the world
What do you get when you blend flavors from Algeria, Asia, and France in desserts? Likely, something unique and refreshingly different than the norm. One local woman is bringing these flavors together for our enjoyment, again as she opens her second location of Warda Pรขtisserie in Midtown.
The Latest: Nevada has 1st confirmed case of SAfrica variant
Wayne Pollard receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the Martin Luther King Senior Center, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in North Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)RENO, Nev. โ Nevada health officials have confirmed the stateโs first known case of a coronavirus variant that was originally identified in South Africa. AdNevada has also reported six known cases of a more contagious coronavirus variant that first originated in the United Kingdom. ___ALGIERS, Algeria โ President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says Algeria will start producing Russiaโs Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine in six or seven months. ___CARSON CITY, Nevada โ Health officials have confirmed the first known case in Nevada of a coronavirus variant that was first identified in South Africa.
US Consulate a turning point for disputed Western Sahara
The United States plans to put its footprint in this picturesque setting. The king's face is juxtaposed on a map that includes Western Sahara as an integral part of Morocco. While the consulate isnโt expected to open for another six to 12 months, Schenker's trip is a way for the U.S. to cement its commitment to Western Sahara before President Donald Trump leaves office. โThe U.S. cannot both support the U.N.โs role in resolving Western Sahara conflict and endorse Moroccan sovereignty,โ Omar tweeted. The U.S. recognition of Western Sahara as Morocco's drew criticism from the U.N. and America's allies.
After battling virus, Algerian leader suddenly reappears
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune fell ill and then left for treatment in Germany in late October. Before his 4-minute, 54-second video on Sunday, his last public appearance had been in mid-October, meeting France's foreign minister when he visited the former French colony. The 75-year-old Tebboune spoke clearly in the video and did not appear short of breath even after long phrases. โI will fully recover my physical strength in perhaps one, two or three weeks,โ he said. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad has been in charge during Tebbouneโs absence as the country struggles with an economy made worse by the coronavirus and other issues.
Coronavirus cause of Algeria president's hospitalization
ALGIERS โ Algeriaโs secretive presidency confirmed Wednesday that the mysterious illness that caused President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to be hospitalized in Germany last month was the coronavirus. The presidency said that the state of 74-year-old Tebbouneโs health is โgradually improvingโ and he โcontinues to receive treatment in a specialized German hospital after contracting COVID-19.โIt was the first time that officials explicitly mentioned COVID-19 in connection with the Oct. 28 hospitalization. They previously referred to it as being โcare in a specialized structure,โ without identifying the ailment. Prior to his hospitalization, several senior officials in the presidentโs entourage had developed COVID-19 symptoms, and Tebboune had been placed in what the government called โvoluntary preventive confinement.โ But it was initially unclear if Tebbouneโs current state was connected.
US signs 10-year military cooperation deal with Morocco
The visit is part of US Defense Secretary Mark Esper's North Africa tour and is his first visit to Africa as defense secretary. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)RABAT โ The United States and Morocco on Friday signed an accord that aims to strengthen military cooperation and the North African kingdom's military readiness over the next decade. He also visited Algeria, the first U.S. defense secretary to meet with leaders there since 2006. No deals were known to be signed there, but the U.S. defense secretary reportedly discussed expanding security cooperation and security issues in the Sahel region just south of Algeria. Esper met with Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita upon his arrival Friday.
83 migrants rescued in Sahara Desert, says migration agency
(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)DAKAR More than 80 African migrants have been rescued after being found in a remote stretch of the Sahara Desert where hundreds of others have died along the perilous journey in recent years, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. The 41 females from Nigeria, including twin 4-year-old girls, and 42 males from Nigeria, Togo, Mali and Ghana, were in distress, dehydrated and in need of medical assistance when they were found last week, the U.N. migration agency said. The migrants rescued last Thursday were found in an isolated place far from any form of life, he said. Since 2016, more than 1,870 migrants have been rescued through operations in Nigers desert, among them more than 400 this year alone, the U.N. agency said. It is impossible to know how many migrants have died attempting to cross the Sahara.
13K passengers stranded after French airline goes bankrupt
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images(CNN) - Thirteen thousand air passengers are currently stranded overseas after French airline Aigle Azur filed for bankruptcy last week. The vast majority 11,000 people are stuck in Algeria, according to Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, France's secretary of state for transport. "On Friday night, I had a meeting with all French airlines and I asked them to play their part in the repatriation. I especially would like to thank Air France for chartering additional flights to Algeria," he said. American airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, whose companies include JetBlue and TAP Air Portugal, owns 32% and French businessman Gerard Houa holds 19%.