COVID case in Blinken press curtails his Southeast Asia tour
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A positive COVID-19 test among U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s traveling party has…
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Omicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-January
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official says omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus…
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Omicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-January
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official says omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus…
Continue Reading Watchdog says UN monitors needed in violence-hit Darfur
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A human rights watchdog has urged the United Nations to deploy monitors to Sudan’s western region of…
Continue Reading Happy 100th, bloody mary: Paris marks cocktail’s birthday
By ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the bloody mary, the vodka-tomato juice…
Continue Reading Happy 100th, bloody mary: Paris marks cocktail’s birthday
By ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the bloody mary, the vodka-tomato juice…
Continue Reading Kim Yong Ju, younger brother of North Korea’s founder, dies
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Yong Ju, the younger brother of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, has died,…
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Barclays to invest $40M in English women’s soccer as sponsor
LONDON (AP) — Barclays is doubling its investment in English women’s football as part of its sponsorship of the top two divisions. The bank has…
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LONDON (AP) — Barclays is doubling its investment in English women’s football as part of its sponsorship of the top two divisions. The bank has…
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La sonda solar Parker de la NASA se convierte en la primera nave espacial en “tocar” el Sol
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Sesenta años después de que la NASA estableció la meta, y tres años después del lanzamiento de su Parker Solar…
Continue Reading El Ártico está cada vez peor: así afecta el calentamiento global a la región, según NOAA
Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Desde eventos extremos de deshielo hasta la afluencia de colonias de castores en Alaska, pasando por la primera vez que…
Continue Reading Dos pescadores de Texas quedaron varados sin servicio de telefonía celular. Todo lo que tenían para salvarse era un silbato
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Se suponía que un paseo en bote por el río temprano en la mañana conduciría a un día de pesca, pero en…
Continue Reading Lack of jobs, crisis drive young Iraqi Kurds to migrate
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press RANYA, Iraq (AP) — The specter of unemployment haunts both students and teachers at universities in northern Iraq.…
Continue Reading German police conduct raids over alleged COVID death threats
BERLIN (AP) — Police in eastern Germany have carried out raids in an investigation of alleged threats to kill a state governor and others by…
Continue Reading German police conduct raids over alleged COVID death threats
BERLIN (AP) — Police in eastern Germany have carried out raids in an investigation of alleged threats to kill a state governor and others by…
Continue Reading Tom Brady keeps hitting milestones at age 44
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Tom Brady keeps hitting new milestones at age 44. Brady threw his 700th career touchdown pass in the regular…
Continue Reading Fashion icon Chanel chooses Indian-born Leena Nair as CEO
By KRUTIKA PATHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The luxury fashion house Chanel has chosen Leena Nair, an industry…
Continue Reading Fashion icon Chanel chooses Indian-born Leena Nair as CEO
By KRUTIKA PATHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The luxury fashion house Chanel has chosen Leena Nair, an industry…
Continue Reading Turnaround: Cavs winning games, respect with shocking start
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers’ plan, crafted last summer by the team’s front office and coaching staff, called…
Continue Reading House responds to GOP’s Boebert with Islamophobia bill
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has delivered its first formal response to Republican Rep. Lauren…
Continue Reading Blaze traps hundreds in Hong Kong tower, 13 hospitalized
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Firefighters in Hong Kong have rescued hundreds of people who fled to the rooftop of a skyscraper and…
Continue Reading Libya’s election faces uncertainty amid towering challenges
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya is scheduled to hold elections in just over a week, on Dec. 24, a long-awaited vote that is the…
Continue Reading Germany expels Russian diplomats over state-ordered killing
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says her country is expelling two Russian diplomats and has summoned…
Continue Reading Texts show top Trump defenders’ private alarm on Jan. 6
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump’s highest-profile…
Continue Reading Myanmar gems industry targeted in push for sanctions
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights activists are lobbying major jewelers to stop buying gems sourced in Myanmar as…
Continue Reading Myanmar gems industry targeted in push for sanctions
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights activists are lobbying major jewelers to stop buying gems sourced in Myanmar as…
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Power in some Kentucky tornado-stricken areas may take months to restore as attention turns to recovery
By Travis Caldwell and Jennifer Henderson, CNN As thousands of people without homes or utilities try to recover from the deadliest day of tornadoes…
Continue Reading House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt in Jan. 6 probe
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: The security flaw that’s freaked out the internet
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. They say…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: The security flaw that’s freaked out the internet
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. They say…
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