Month: November 2021

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has marked the 83rd anniversary of the anti-Jewish pogrom that was labeled “Kristallnacht” — the “Night of Broken Glass” —  when Nazis, among them many ordinary Germans, terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria. In a speech on Tuesday, Steinmeier talked about Nov. 9,

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have named a prominent LGBT rights group and several lawyers as “foreign agents.” The Justice Ministry added the Russian LGBT Network, prominent lawyer Ivan Pavlov and four of his former colleagues to its registry of “foreign agents” on Monday night. The designation implies additional government

MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers and the family of a former U.S. Marine who is imprisoned for assaulting police officers in Moscow says he has begun a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. Trevor Reed was convicted in July and sentenced to nine years in prison for an altercation in August 2019 in Moscow, where he

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Electric will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, health care and energy. The storied American manufacturer struggled under its own weight after growing to become a sprawling conglomerate. The breakup is the culmination of an arduous, yearslong reshaping of a symbol of American manufacturing might

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says it has compiled evidence of increasing government repression against Uyghur Muslims in China’s western Xinjiang region. In a new report released Tuesday, the museum’s Center for the Prevention of Genocide says there’s “a reasonable basis” to believe previously alleged crimes

By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Highly targeted advertising on social media sites like Instagram and Facebook makes it easier than ever for brands to get in front of their target market. But these ads also make it easier for shady brands to dupe shoppers. Before you buy, take some time to vet the company. Search

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ordered 12 men to be held without bail on suspicion they faked a medical emergency to make a plane land in Mallorca so they could try to enter Europe illegally. The court also alleges the group menaced the flight crew. Authorities are investigating events surrounding the unscheduled landing

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has landed in Paris at the start of a four-day visit and charm offensive aimed at shoring up the U.S. relationship with France, America’s oldest ally. Washington’s relations with Paris hit a historic low this year after a U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia scuttled a French deal

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hospitals in the southern Dutch province of Limburg are warning the national government that they can no longer cope with new COVID-19 patients. The warning Tuesday comes amid soaring rates of coronavirus infections. Five hospitals in the province that borders both Belgium and Germany raised