Year: 2021

By COREY WILLIAMS and AARON MORRISON Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Colin Powell was the first Black person to be national security adviser, chairman of the Joint Chiefs and secretary of state. But some African Americans say that his voice on their behalf could have been louder. Powell died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He spent

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet Black Friday takes place on Nov. 26 this year. A month ahead of the big discount day, we talked to retail experts to find out what shoppers should expect from retailers in 2021. This year’s promotions will happen largely online rather than in packed stores. Sales will start early and

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is hosting a meeting aimed at attracting billions of dollars in foreign investment for green projects in Britain. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday at the Global Investment Summit in London that private-sector investment and consumer pressure are key to slashing carbon emissions and controlling climate change. He told

HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia will enter into a nearly monthlong lockdown, including curfew, on Thursday due to the worsening coronavirus situation in the Baltic country where the vaccination rate is among the lowest in the European Union. The prime minister said late Monday that the lockdown from Oct. 21 until Nov. 15 and accompanying drastic

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — MTV says its Europe Music Awards will air next month in Hungary. A network executive says the event is a chance to “amplify” gay and trans civil rights worldwide in the central European country that recently adopted legislation widely condemned as anti-LGBTQ. Chris McCarthy, chief

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese researcher says moon rocks brought back to Earth by a robotic spacecraft last year have provided new insights into ancient lunar volcanic activity. The researcher, Li Xianhua, says an analysis of the samples revealed new information about the moon’s chemical composition and the way heat affected its development. Li says

By KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU Associated Press A school official told a new student in Ghana that he had to cut his dreadlocks. The 17-year-old boy and his family asked the courts to intervene. A haircut was not an option for the student. He is a Rastafarian and growing out his hair into locks is an

By KOSTYA MANENKOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Facing a surge of seriously ill COVID-19 patients, the head of an intensive care unit at a Moscow hospital says the situation could easily have been avoided if more Russians were vaccinated. With only about a third of Russia’s 146 million people fully vaccinated,

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Many scientists are pressing the British government to reimpose social restrictions and speed up booster vaccinations as coronavirus infection rates that are Europe’s highest rise still further. The U.K. recorded 43,738 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, slightly down from the number reported Monday, which was the largest

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An 80-year-old British army veteran has died while on trial for a shooting that occurred during “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland, fueling debate over the prosecution of soldiers for alleged crimes committed decades ago. Dennis Hutchings died Monday at Mater Hospital in Belfast, according to a statement

By DAVID McHUGH, COLLEEN BARRY, JOE McDONALD and TATIANA POLLASTRI Associated Press The world’s facing an energy crunch. Europe is feeling it most as natural gas prices skyrocket to five times what they were at the start of the year, forcing some factories to throttle back production. Gas reserves depleted last winter haven’t been made

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s rare glaciers will disappear in the next two decades because of climate change, a new report warns amid sweeping forecasts of pain for the continent that contributes least to global warming but will suffer from it most. The report from the World Meteorological Organization and