Hundreds in Lebanon protest measures targeting unvaccinated
BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people have held a rally in Beirut to protest measures imposed against the unvaccinated, saying individuals should have…
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UN: Sudan talks will aim to salvage political transition
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says it will hold talks in Sudan aimed at salvaging a fragile democratic transition.…
Continue Reading Albania: Politician’s supporters storm party headquarters
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Police in Albania have intervened to disperse protesters from the headquarters of the…
Continue Reading Swiss court insists Vatican suspects can get a fair trial
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Swiss federal court has upheld a freeze on a reported 50 million euros in assets belonging to one…
Continue Reading Media watchdog asks India to release Kashmiri journalist
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has asked Indian authorities to immediately release a journalist in…
Continue Reading U.K. gov’t advisers recommend against 4th vaccine dose
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. government advisers have recommended against giving a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to…
Continue Reading One of 2 COVID cases at Hong Kong party was false positive
HONG KONG (AP) — One of two people who attended a large gathering with senior Hong Kong officials and was believed to be infected with COVID-19…
Continue Reading Cambodia defends leader’s trip to Myanmar as ‘positive step’
By SOPHENG CHEANG and JERRY HARMER Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s foreign minister has defended Prime Minister Hun…
Continue Reading Expelled Egyptian-Palestinian activist arrives in Paris
By FLORIAN BRUNET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Egyptian-Palestinian human rights activist Ramy Shaath has arrived in Paris and…
Continue Reading At least 16 killed in car crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
CAIRO (AP) — Health officials in Egypt say a traffic accident involving a microbus and a larger bus has left at least 16 people dead and 18 others…
Continue Reading Romania tightens pandemic measures amid COVID-19 surge
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tighter pandemic measures have come into force in Romania as authorities hope to…
Continue Reading Cold kills 22 stuck in cars in heavy snow at Pakistan resort
By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say at least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in…
Continue Reading Former anti-terror chief arrested over Kazakhstan protests
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The former head of Kazakhstan’s counterintelligence and anti-terror agency has been arrested on…
Continue Reading Court documents show Djokovic had COVID-19 last month
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed…
Continue Reading Bosnia’s Dodik: From moderate to genocide-denying autocrat
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Milorad Dodik was once described in Washington as an anti-nationalist…
Continue Reading India restores foreign fund permit for Mother Teresa charity
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government has allowed Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds, weeks after blocking it saying the Catholic…
Continue Reading Lessons forgotten: Election rallies feed Indian virus surge
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Coronavirus cases fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant are rocketing through…
Continue Reading Obama, Biden honor Sen. Reid as man ‘who got things done’
By KEN RITTER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has commemorated the late Senate Majority…
Continue Reading Strong earthquake shakes remote area in western China
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities say a strong overnight earthquake shook a sparsely populated area in western China and forced the suspension of…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Where are the COVID-19 tests that Biden promised?
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will…
Continue Reading Sidney Poitier: A trailblazing life in his own words
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As a trailblazing actor to generations of Black performers in Hollywood, Sidney Poitier often spoke…
Continue Reading Filmmaker Zhang Yimou returns for Olympics opening ceremony
BEIJING (AP) — Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is promising a simpler opening ceremony for next month’s Beijing Winter Games with a bold…
Continue Reading Mexico ends year with inflation at 7.36%, most in 20 years
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico ended 2021 with an annualized inflation rate of 7.36%, the highest in 20 years. The national statistics institute said…
Continue Reading Civil rights lawyer, professor Lani Guinier dead at 71
By JESSICA GRESKO and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lani Guinier, a civil rights lawyer and scholar whose nomination by President…
Continue Reading Former PM tests positive as omicron cases rise in Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has tested positive for COVID-19, as case numbers hit new highs across the…
Continue Reading Sheriff: Man with with explosives arrested near Jan. 6 rally
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man with homemade explosive devices was arrested near a Tampa Bay area rally in support of a…
Continue Reading 16 dead in lunchtime blast at cafeteria in southern China
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities say a lunchtime explosion at an office cafeteria killed 16 people in southwest China on Friday and injured 10 others. A…
Continue Reading 2 N. Carolina justices won’t step away from voter ID case
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina Supreme Court justices have decided they won’t step away from…
Continue Reading Treasury: November saw highest disbursement of rental aid
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department says states and localities in November paid out the largest amount of rental assistance to…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…
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