Libyan lawmakers meet over delayed presidential election
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan lawmakers are meeting to discuss the many challenges that forced a postponement this month of…
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German court: No appeals received over Russian’s conviction
BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin court says none of the parties has appealed against the verdict in the diplomatically sensitive trial of a Russian man who…
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By HOLDEN LEWIS of NerdWallet IBuyers are one of the few true innovations to hit the real estate industry in recent years. Yet consumers haven’t…
Continue Reading Russian FM: Security talks with US to start after holidays
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat says talks between Russia and the United States on Moscow’s demand…
Continue Reading Polish president vetoes media bill that targeted US company
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he has decided to veto a media bill that would have forced U.S.…
Continue Reading Russia extends prison term for researcher of Stalin purges
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has extended the prison term handed to an activist who investigated Stalin-era repression to 15 years. Yuri Dmitriyev…
Continue Reading Bulgarian shoppers find bargains in Turkey as lira struggles
By MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — Bulgarian shoppers are crossing Turkey’s western border in packed cars and buses, taking…
Continue Reading Iran presses on oil exports as nuclear talks resume
By ALEX SCHULLER and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Negotiators from Iran and five world powers have resumed negotiations on restoring…
Continue Reading Young South Africans learn of Tutu’s activism for equality
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s legacy is reverberating among young South…
Continue Reading Delta: Flight to Shanghai turned back because of COVID rules
BEIJING (AP) — Delta Air Lines says new pandemic-related cleaning requirements at a Shanghai airport were behind the turning back of a recent…
Continue Reading Myanmar court postpones verdicts in 2nd case against Suu Kyi
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has postponed its verdicts on two charges against ousted…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed as omicron worries crimp market optimism
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are trading mixed, as optimism set off by a rally on Wall Street was dampened by…
Continue Reading Holmes jury ends fourth inconclusive day of deliberations
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes…
Continue Reading Correction: Historical Markers story
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a story published Dec. 27, 2021, about an overview of Pennsylvania’s roadside historical markers, The Associated…
Continue Reading ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ director Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58
By RYAN PEARSON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO…
Continue Reading Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: after…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed in quiet end of year trading
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are mixed at the outset of the last trading week of the year as countries…
Continue Reading Jonathan D. Spence, popular China scholar, dead at age 85
By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime Yale University professor and sinologist Jonathan D. Spence has died at age 85. The…
Continue Reading Australia’s most populous state reports 1st omicron death
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s New South Wales state has reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases and confirmed its first death from the omicron…
Continue Reading Sarah Weddington, lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, dies at 76
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who at 26-year-old successfully argued the landmark abortion…
Continue Reading Nancy Keating, matriarch of influential family, dies at 94
CINCINNATI (AP) — Nancy Keating, matriarch of a large family with deep and philanthropic ties to the Cincinnati area, has died at age 94. Her son…
Continue Reading 1st U.S. gay bishop remembers Tutu’s generosity, kindness
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The first openly gay bishop in the U.S. Episcopal Church is remembering when the late Desmond…
Continue Reading Missouri woman charged with killing boyfriend with a sword
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been charged with killing her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve. Cape Girardeau Police said…
Continue Reading Wayne Thiebaud, painter of lush colors and textures, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artist Wayne Thiebaud, who was known for his colorful and luscious paintings of cakes, gum ball machines and other everyday…
Continue Reading Dam breaks threaten worse flooding in northeast Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Two dams have broken in northeastern Brazil, threatening worse flooding in a rain-drenched region that has already seen…
Continue Reading Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s foe of apartheid, dies at 90
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice, has…
Continue Reading Whitmer kidnapping plot defense seeks to dismiss indictment
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Defense attorneys have sought to dismiss the indictment against five men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen…
Continue Reading Major storm dumps snow, closes mountain routes in California
COLFAX, Calif. (AP) — A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways amid blowing snow in mountains of Northern…
Continue Reading ‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies and rising concerns over the omicron variant,…
Continue Reading COVID-19 variant disrupts holiday travel but not shopping
By BRYAN GALLION and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands…
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