Germany approves new measures amid warnings of virus spike
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has approved new measures to rein in record coronavirus infections as Chancellor Angela…
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US warns pilots of weapon fire as war nears Ethiopia capital
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is warning pilots that planes operating at one of Africa’s busiest airports…
Continue Reading Hong Kong declares wild boars fair game after animal attacks
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities have had enough of wild boars. An increasing number of attacks by the animals…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Meng Hongwei’s wife slams ‘monster’ China
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — Shedding her anonymity in an interview with The Associated Press, the wife of the former…
Continue Reading Video: Palestinian kids lined up for photo in Israeli raid
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A video has emerged showing an Israeli soldier lining up school-aged Palestinian…
Continue Reading Asian shares press higher after Wall St record
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are higher after Wall Street hit a record and Japanese inflation eased.…
Continue Reading ‘Fundamental justice:’ Judge clears 2 in Malcolm X slaying
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One of the men exonerated decades after the 1965 killing of Malcolm X says…
Continue Reading Defense attorneys rest their cases at Arbery death trial
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after…
Continue Reading Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
By SAM McNEIL and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and…
Continue Reading ‘Unite the Right’ trial jurors hear closings in Virginia
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (AP) — Lawyers for nine people hurt during the “Unite The Right” rally in…
Continue Reading SKorea sees record virus jump as thousands take college exam
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections since the start…
Continue Reading Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
By SAM McNEIL and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and…
Continue Reading Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
By SAM McNEIL and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and…
Continue Reading Taiwan deploys advanced F-16V fighter jets amid China threat
By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press CHIAYI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has deployed the most advanced version of the F-16 fighter jet in its…
Continue Reading Texas abortion ban stays in force as justices mull outcome
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than two weeks since the Supreme Court’s extraordinarily rushed arguments…
Continue Reading House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke
By KEVIN FREKING and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for…
Continue Reading Biden praises Canada, Mexico as leaders discuss strains
By AAMER MADHANI, ROB GILLIES, and MARIA VERZA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has joined with the leaders of Canada and…
Continue Reading Rittenhouse jury deliberates for third day without a verdict
By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has completed a third day…
Continue Reading Rittenhouse trial arguments worry mental health advocates
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press Some of the last words jurors at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial heard before starting deliberations were about…
Continue Reading Oklahoma governor grants clemency, spares Julius Jones’ life
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s governor has spared the life of Julius Jones, just hours before he was…
Continue Reading Migrant camps grow in Mexico amid uncertainty on US policy
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A nighttime operation to erect chain-link fencing and impose a registry may have been the…
Continue Reading Israeli couple is home after weeklong detention in Turkey
By ALON BERNSTEIN Associated Press MODIIN, Israel (AP) — An Israeli couple held by Turkey on suspicion of espionage has returned home after they…
Continue Reading Youngkin: Victory shows winning GOP path on education
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Incoming Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says his victory in a strongly Democratic state showed…
Continue Reading Cuban FM tells AP that fizzled protest effort was US failure
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s top diplomat says the fizzled attempt by young activists to encourage anti-government…
Continue Reading Couple’s $86M award in Monsanto pesticide case stands
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s highest court rejected on Wednesday a challenge by Monsanto Co. to $86.2 million in damages to…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How Julius Jones’ execution was stopped
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Julius Jones’ execution has been halted, four hours before he was scheduled to receive a…
Continue Reading China coast guard uses water cannon against Philippine boats
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says Chinese coast guard ships have blocked and sprayed a powerful stream…
Continue Reading Jason Mott, Tiya Miles win National Book Awards
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The winner of this year’s National Book Award for fiction is Jason Mott’s “Hell of a…
Continue Reading SpaceX’s Musk: 1st Starship test flight to orbit in January
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is aiming to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in…
Continue Reading EPA sets timeline to weigh next steps related to Pebble Mine
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is extending through May a timeline to decide how or whether to proceed with…
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