 
            Economic institutes slash Germany’s growth forecast
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading economic institutes have slashed their forecast for Europe’s biggest economy. They said Thursday that output is…
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            BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading economic institutes have slashed their forecast for Europe’s biggest economy. They said Thursday that output is…
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            By ZEINA KARAM and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — At least six people have been killed and dozens wounded in armed clashes in Beirut.…
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            DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s defense ministry says one of its soldiers has been killed and three injured in an overnight Israeli airstrike…
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            BEIJING (AP) — China is preparing to send three astronauts to live on its space station for six months — a new milestone for a program that has…
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            FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — United Airlines employees who are suing the airline over its vaccine mandate will get more time to make their case. A…
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            By PAAL NORDSETH, JAN M. OLSEN and MARK LEWIS Associated Press KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) — Norwegian authorities say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a…
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            CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates says challenging China on its human rights record as Beijing…
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            By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As coronavirus vaccines trickle into some of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle…
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            By LEONARDO CORREA and YESICA FISCH By The Associated Press SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Oyster harvesting in Gambia is considered women’s work.…
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            JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says that troops have shot and killed a Palestinian who was throwing firebombs at cars on a main highway in…
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            By KRISTA LARSON and MARIA CHENG Associated Press SARE GIBEL, Gambia (AP) — Health officials are confronting vaccine reluctance among African…
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            By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Five biracial women born in Congo when the country was under Belgian rule who were taken away…
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            By KRISTA LARSON and MARIA CHENG Associated Press SARE GIBEL, Gambia (AP) — Health officials are confronting vaccine reluctance among African…
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            By BERNAT ARMANGUE and LEE KEATH Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Ask almost anyone in the Afghan capital what they want now that the…
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            MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Disaster response officials in the Philippines say that a tropical storm has left at least 19 people dead. Authorities…
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            By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares are higher after technology companies powered the biggest rally on Wall Street since March. All…
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            MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday after the United Auto Workers union said negotiators…
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            By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is warning that that Democrats “must put…
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            By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol…
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            By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has dissolved the lower house of parliament for Japan’s first…
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            By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health experts say it’s important to find a mask that’s comfortable so you’ll…
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            By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been sentenced to life in prison without a chance of…
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            By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jacobo grew up in the western Mexico state of Jalisco, home to the Jalisco New Generation…
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            SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A key Southern California highway closed for days because of a wildfire was reopened Thursday evening but authorities…
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            By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian resort island of Bali has reopened for international travelers to…
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            By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Officials say at least 46 people were killed and another 41 injured after a fire broke out…
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            SYDNEY (AP) — One of New Zealand’s best-known businessmen Ron Brierley has been sentenced in a Sydney court to 14 months in prison for possessing…
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            By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court is hearing from five people who say they were promised “paradise on Earth” in…
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            By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Adele has been gone from the public spotlight, musically speaking, since after the release…
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            SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — About 800 San Francisco city workers have asked for medical or religions exemptions to avoid a looming deadline for them to…
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