Needing a break: Snooker player falls asleep during match
YORK, England (AP) — A top snooker player fell asleep in the middle of his match in one of the most prestigious events in the sport. Mark Williams…
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Lebanon’s president discusses Gulf crisis with Qatar’s emir
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president has discussed his country’s economic meltdown and an unprecedented…
Continue Reading Lock in: Dozens stuck in England’s highest pub after storm
LONDON (AP) — Dozens of customers who stopped for a drink at Britain’s highest pub are getting a longer stay than they bargained for after the…
Continue Reading Couple detained on plane after leaving Dutch quarantine
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch military police have arrested a husband and wife who left a hotel where they…
Continue Reading White House holiday decor honors COVID-19 frontline workers
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Decorations unveiled for Joe and Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas honor…
Continue Reading Indian lawmakers repeal farm reforms after year of protests
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers have repealed agricultural legislation that provoked a year of nationwide…
Continue Reading Portugal probes local transmission of omicron at soccer team
By ARITZ PARRA and HELENA ALVES Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese health authorities have identified 13 cases of the omicron…
Continue Reading UK to expand COVID vaccine boosters amid omicron fears
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is extending its COVID-19 booster vaccine program to millions more people as part of efforts to…
Continue Reading WHO chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemics
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight…
Continue Reading Talks to revive Iran nuclear deal resume; US stays distant
By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Negotiators in Vienna have resumed talks over reviving Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world…
Continue Reading UAE eases drug laws: No more jail for those bringing in THC
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has eased some penalties for travelers arriving in the country with products containing…
Continue Reading France waits on tests for 8 suspected omicron variant cases
PARIS (AP) — French authorities are waiting for laboratory confirmation of eight suspected cases of the new version of the coronavirus, involving…
Continue Reading Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally
By JUSTIN SPIKE, PAUL WISEMAN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — From appliance stores in the United States to food markets…
Continue Reading Mob attacks Pakistan police, fails to grab blasphemy suspect
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a mob has burned a police station and four police posts in the…
Continue Reading Joyful reunions as Malaysia-Singapore land border reopens
By SYAWALLUDIN ZAIN Associated Press JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysians working in Singapore are holding joyful reunions with their loved ones…
Continue Reading New variant not stopping New Zealand’s reopening plans
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The emergence of the omicron variant isn’t changing New Zealand’s plans to ease…
Continue Reading Interfaith love a risk amid India’s Hindu nationalist surge
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press BELAGAVI, India (AP) — Arbaz Mullah was a Muslim man in love with a Hindu woman. But the romance so angered the…
Continue Reading Interfaith love a risk amid India’s Hindu nationalist surge
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press BELAGAVI, India (AP) — Arbaz Mullah was a Muslim man in love with a Hindu woman. But the romance so angered the…
Continue Reading Inside the ‘big wave’ of misinformation targeted at Latinos
By AMANDA SEITZ and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This month’s elections may have offered a preview of the Spanish-language…
Continue Reading Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an omnipresent truth: Merriam-Webster has declared vaccine its 2021 word of the year.…
Continue Reading Australia delays relaxing border, 5th omicron case reported
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities have announced that they will delay for at least two weeks plans…
Continue Reading Lawyer: Jussie Smollett ‘a real victim’ of attack in Chicago
By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s defense attorney says he is a “real victim” of a racist…
Continue Reading WHO warns that new virus variant poses ‘very high’ risk
By JAMEY KEATEN, RAF CASERT and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says the global risk from the omicron…
Continue Reading Baltic lawmakers meet Taiwan’s Tsai, stepping up cooperation
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lawmakers from all three Baltic states have met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in a sign of further cooperation…
Continue Reading Nissan investing in electric vehicles, battery development
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan is investing 2 trillion yen, or nearly $18 billion, over the next five years and developing…
Continue Reading Matthew McConaughey won’t run for Texas governor in 2022
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Actor Matthew McConaughey isn’t running for Texas governor after months of publicly flirting with the idea of becoming the…
Continue Reading Former Pentagon chief sues to publish material in memoir
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper claims in a lawsuit against the Defense Department that material is being improperly withheld…
Continue Reading Police: Officer in Maryland fatally shoots man with knife
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County say that an officer fatally shot a knife-wielding man and later found a…
Continue Reading Drug gang behind attack that killed feminist in north Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in northern Mexico say a drug gang was behind a shooting attack outside a city hall that killed a feminist activist…
Continue Reading Man can revive suit against New Orleans over police beating
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court says a Hispanic Iraq War veteran can revive his lawsuit over a beating by two New Orleans police…
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