Greece: 13 dead, others missing in new migrant boat accident
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least 13 people have died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea. That…
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Thailand’s Central retail group, Signa to buy Selfridges
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Central Group and Signa of Austria have confirmed plans to buy luxury British department store chain Selfridges.…
Continue Reading Protesters storm Guadeloupe legislature over vaccine rules
PARIS (AP) — Protesters angry over virus and vaccine rules have occupied Guadeloupe’s regional legislature because of stalled negotiations over…
Continue Reading Japan Cabinet OKs record defense budget amid Taiwan concerns
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record 5.4 trillion yen ($47 billion) defense budget for fiscal…
Continue Reading China denounces US law on Xinjiang imports
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has denounced a U.S. law that restricts imports from Xinjiang as a violation of international law and…
Continue Reading COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world
By JACK JEFFERY, DAVID McHUGH and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press From Bethlehem and Frankfurt to London and Boston, the surging coronavirus…
Continue Reading German convicted of 1993 murder arrested in Netherlands
BERLIN (AP) — Police and prosecutors say a German man who fled after losing his final appeal of a murder conviction for the 1993 killing of a…
Continue Reading Foreign college athletes left out of rush for NIL windfall
By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — While many college athletes have profited from recent rules allowing them to make money…
Continue Reading Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers
By PHILIP MARCELO, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The surge in coronavirus cases driven by the new…
Continue Reading COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — As 2021 comes to a close, many people in richer parts of the globe are fretting over the…
Continue Reading More Tiananmen massacre memorials removed in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — Universities in Hong Kong are removing memorials to the bloody suppression of the 1989 Chinese pro-democracy movement centered on…
Continue Reading In UAE desert, camels compete for crowns in beauty pageant
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press LIWA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tens of thousands of camels from across the region have descended on the desert…
Continue Reading Myanmar army airstrikes send hundreds fleeing into Thailand
BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from Myanmar say the military has unleashed airstrikes and heavy artillery on a small town controlled by ethnic guerrillas,…
Continue Reading Search to resume for 1887 time capsule under Lee monument
By BEN FINLEY and STEVE HELBER Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The spot in Richmond, Virginia, where a towering statue of Confederate Gen.…
Continue Reading Massive ferry fire kills at least 39 in southern Bangladesh
By ABDUR RAHMAN JAHANGIR Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Officials say a massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in Bangladesh,…
Continue Reading Stocks mixed across global markets in quiet holiday trading
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks were mixed in quiet trading on Friday, with many markets closed or ending early in…
Continue Reading Western storms bring flood threats, snow for Christmas
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forecasters say winter storms that have killed at least two people will bring flooding…
Continue Reading Coroner IDs girl killed by police in Los Angeles shooting
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The coroner’s office has identified the 14-year-old girl who was fatally shot by Los…
Continue Reading $2.5B headed to tribes for long-standing water settlements
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Native American tribes are awaiting a one-time windfall that could help…
Continue Reading Yes, there is a Santa Claus. And no, COVID-19 won’t stop him
By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Rest assured, kids of all ages: Santa’s coming this Christmas Eve, and…
Continue Reading Japan won’t send government delegation to Beijing Olympics
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it won’t send a delegation of ministers to represent the government at the Beijing…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What will judge weigh in sentencing Kim Potter?
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser…
Continue Reading DA to ask judge to reduce trucker’s 110-year term for crash
DENVER (AP) — The district attorney’s office that prosecuted a trucker who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for an explosive crash that…
Continue Reading Rangers trek through snow to find hiker on Hawaii mountain
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Rescuers trekked through heavy snow and sleet to find a hiker lost in one of the most…
Continue Reading 4 people injured after shooting at Chicago-area mall
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — Police say a shooting occurred at a mall full of Christmas shoppers in suburban Chicago, injuring four people. The incident…
Continue Reading SKorea ex-President Park, jailed for corruption, is pardoned
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he will pardon his chief conservative rival and…
Continue Reading Baltimore officer dies days after being shot in patrol car
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer has died after being removed from life support one week after she was shot while sitting in her patrol…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…
Continue Reading Prosecutors: Big bond needed for parents in school shooting
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors in Michigan are striking back against the parents of a boy charged with a school shooting…
Continue Reading White House nixes work requirement in Georgia Medicaid plan
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Biden administration has rejected Georgia’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage on the…
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