Bottega Veneta creative director Daniel Lee leaving post
MILAN (AP) — Daniel Lee is leaving his job as creative director at Bottega Veneta after three years and creating the brand’s distinctive…
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Education, religious groups gain most from giving strategy
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A new report is shedding light on what types of organizations are receiving the most donations from charitable…
Continue Reading Sudanese general tightens grip on power, 2 weeks after coup
By FAY ABUELGASIM and NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s top general has reappointed himself as head of the army-run…
Continue Reading EU parliament condemns Polish abortion law
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union parliament has condemned Poland’s recent near-total ban on abortions and called on the Polish government to…
Continue Reading Biden bill includes boost for union-made electric vehicles
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are looking to give U.S. automakers with union…
Continue Reading Israeli family seeks to block return of boy to Italy
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli family has asked an appeals court to halt the planned return of a 6-year-old boy who survived a cable crash in…
Continue Reading Study: US shoppers outspend Chinese to restore luxury market
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — A new study shows that the personal luxury market of high-end accessories, leather goods and…
Continue Reading Spain: Volcanic island’s banana growers get a lift from navy
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish Navy has started helping farmers on the volcanic island of La Palma to reach their lava-surrounded banana plantations by…
Continue Reading Russia prepares new restrictions amid persistent virus surge
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say they are preparing new restrictions to counter the unrelenting surge of…
Continue Reading AP analysis: Exposure to extreme heat has tripled since 1983
By DREW COSTLEY and NICKY FORSTER Associated Press An Associated Press analysis of temperature and population data shows that exposure to extreme…
Continue Reading Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ charter school to move to larger campus
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ charter school will relocate to a larger campus in New…
Continue Reading Leaders in Paris call for protecting children online
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Internet giants, including social media apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, joined…
Continue Reading Austrian leader says lockdown for the unvaccinated is likely
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s chancellor has stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine…
Continue Reading Pope urges European solidarity with migrants amid new crisis
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is renewing his call for Europe to welcome and show solidarity with migrants. He says the diversity they’re bringing…
Continue Reading Germans celebrate Carnival again despite high virus numbers
BERLIN (AP) — Carnival revelers in the western Germany city of Cologne were lining up to show proof of their COVID-19 vaccinations before they…
Continue Reading With US aid money, schools put bigger focus on mental health
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH of The Associated Press and KALYN BELSHA of Chalkbeat Chalkbeat and Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) —…
Continue Reading Danish Radio Girls’ Choir report unearths sexual misconduct
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An investigation has concluded that between 1970 and 2010 a culture of sexual misconduct, occasions of heavy drinking…
Continue Reading Armistice remembrance seeks return to normalcy amid COVID-19
By RAF CASERT and VIRGINIA MAYO Associated Press YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Armistice Day remembrances have been observed around the world after the…
Continue Reading Florida woman loses over $700,000 in ‘grandparent scam’
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Investigators are asking Uber for records as they investigate the theft of more than $700,000 from an 82-year-old Florida woman…
Continue Reading US, Israel and Gulf Arab allies launch joint Red Sea drill
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Naval forces from the United States, Israel and two Gulf Arab states are taking…
Continue Reading Ethiopia’s detentions of Tigrayans snare US, UK citizens
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — American and British citizens have been swept up in Ethiopia’s mass detentions of ethnic…
Continue Reading Biden salutes troops as ‘spine of America’ on Veterans Day
By COLLEEN LONG and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has saluted the nation’s military veterans as “the…
Continue Reading UN says number of displaced people worldwide tops 84 million
BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people worldwide forced to abandon their homes likely increased to more than 84 million in…
Continue Reading Sweden charges 2 oil executives for war crimes in Sudan
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden has charged two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company…
Continue Reading Turkish lira slides to new low after jump in US inflation
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira again has slid to a record low against the U.S. dollar after a surge in U.S. consumer prices inflamed…
Continue Reading Palestinians: Israeli NSO spyware found on officials’ phones
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Foreign Ministry says it has detected spyware developed by the Israeli…
Continue Reading US, South Korea discuss how to resume talks with North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Senior U.S. and South Korean diplomats have discussed how to restart stalled talks with North Korea, days after the North…
Continue Reading Honduran president to visit Taiwan in surprise trip
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The outgoing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is on his way to Taiwan at the invitation of the island’s leader…
Continue Reading Chinese shoppers spend $139 billion during Singles’ Day fest
By ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion during this year’s annual Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza,…
Continue Reading Japan’s outspoken nun and author Jakucho Setouchi dies at 99
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan’s best-known authors known for novels depicting…
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