Kimberly Palmer: 5 steps to reach your money goals in 2022
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet The new year is a time to set money goals. Inflation and economic uncertainty make shoring up your finances even…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized with intestinal obstruction
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is in a Sao Paulo hospital for tests after experiencing abdominal discomfort. The hospital…
Continue Reading British govt rushing tests to schools so classes can reopen
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press Schoolchildren have returned to classes in parts of Europe, while the British government is pledging to rush…
Continue Reading CES gadget show stages a wary return amid COVID-19
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Is anyone going to CES this year? A long-simmering question in the tech world will finally get its answer…
Continue Reading Fire reignites at South Africa’s Parliament in Cape Town
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s main Parliament chamber has been completely destroyed in a fire…
Continue Reading Syrian media: Militants attack bus in desert, kill 5 troops
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media are reporting that militants have attacked a bus carrying soldiers on a desert highway in central Syria,…
Continue Reading Biden: More competition in meat industry can ease food costs
By JOSH BOAK and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met virtually with independent farmers and ranchers…
Continue Reading Powerful earthquake shakes northern Taiwan
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A powerful earthquake has struck Taiwan, shaking buildings in the capital and across much of…
Continue Reading Scientist, enforcer, high-flyer: 3 women put a mark on tech
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Three bright and driven women with ground-breaking ideas made a significant mark on the…
Continue Reading Coalition: 2 armed drones shot down at Baghdad airport
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An official with the international coalition in Iraq says two armed drones have been shot…
Continue Reading Turkey’s inflation hits a 19-year high of 36%
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Official figures show that Turkey’s yearly inflation has climbed by the fastest pace in 19 years, jumping to 36.08% in…
Continue Reading Hong Kong news site to shut; pro-Beijing lawmakers sworn in
By HUIZHONG WU and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A group of lawmakers loyal to China’s Communist Party were sworn in to Hong Kong’s…
Continue Reading Seoul: North Korea defector likely made rare border crossing
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says a person who crossed the border into North Korea on New Year’s Day…
Continue Reading India vaccinates teens aged 15 to 18 as virus cases rise
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has begun vaccinating teens in the age group of 15 to 18, as more…
Continue Reading How will pandemic end? Omicron clouds forecasts for endgame
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writers The fast-moving omicron variant is complicating a key question: How does the COVID-19…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed, oil gains after rally on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are trading mixed as worries about the omicron variant of coronavirus tempered…
Continue Reading School, work, travel can wait as snow blankets U.S. capital
By AAMER MADHANI and PARKER PURIFOY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A winter storm packing heavy snow has closed government offices and schools…
Continue Reading Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex story
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have sought to portray the woman who was…
Continue Reading Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex story
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have sought to portray the woman who was…
Continue Reading Biden pushed to speak out more as US democracy concerns grow
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden only rarely talks about last January’s violent…
Continue Reading Angst over China, Russia lessens chance of US nuke changes
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House nearly a year ago seemed to herald a…
Continue Reading Former Theranos CEO Holmes convicted of fraud and conspiracy
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of duping investors into believing her startup…
Continue Reading Investigators narrow search for origin of Colorado wildfire
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, BRITTANY PETERSON and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Investigators looking for the cause of the Colorado…
Continue Reading Snow forecast leads to closure of federal offices in DC
The Associated Press A winter storm packing heavy snow is expected to roll into the District of Columbia, northern Virginia and central Maryland…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after Wall St ends 2021 with big gain
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are on 2022′s first trading day after Wall Street ended last year with a double-digit gain. Hong Kong…
Continue Reading Quebec begins retail store closures amid new COVID-19 wave
MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) — Quebec is proceeding with the first of three planned closures of non-essential retail stores as the provincial government…
Continue Reading Series of attacks highlights reach of Iran-allied militias
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a ship in the Red Sea, armed drones targeted…
Continue Reading Late Sen. Harry Reid to lie in state in US Capitol Rotunda
WASHINGTON (AP) — The late former Senate majority leader from Nevada, Harry Reid, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda next week. The…
Continue Reading Prime Minister Morrison upbeat amid Australia virus surge
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his country’s health system can cope with the new wave of coronavirus infections as…
Continue Reading Pentagon chief Austin says he has tested positive for COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms while quarantining at…
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