Christian world marks Epiphany with series of celebrations
By FRANCES D’EMILIO and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Christians around the world have marked Epiphany with a series of…
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European court declines to take pro-gay marriage cake case
LONDON (AP) — A top European court has declined to rule in a discrimination case centered on an activist’s request to have a cake decorated with…
Continue Reading In South Korea, hair loss emerges as new election issue
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung isn’t bald. But he is enjoying the…
Continue Reading Israel lawmaker under fire for remarks on West Bank settlers
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli deputy minister is under fire for calling residents of an unauthorized West…
Continue Reading Hackers hit major Portuguese media group, take down websites
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — One of Portugal’s leading media conglomerates says a group calling itself “Lapsus$” hacked the company’s online…
Continue Reading Iran holds mass funeral for ’80s war dead amid nuclear talks
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thousands of mourners are pouring into the streets of Iranian cities for the…
Continue Reading Cambodian leader to make controversial visit to Myanmar
By PATRICK QUINN Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen begins a visit to strife-torn Myanmar on Friday that he hopes…
Continue Reading China lashes out at US over support for Lithuania
BEIJING (AP) — China has lashed out at the United States over its support for the European nation of Lithuania in its feud with Beijing over…
Continue Reading Stance on Russia, China a test for new German government
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Germany has found itself facing a series of challenges in its relations with Russia and China…
Continue Reading Djokovic in limbo as he fights deportation from Australia
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Locked in a dispute over his COVID-19 vaccination status, Novak Djokovic is confined to an immigration detention hotel…
Continue Reading Police fatally shoot man who stabbed officer, killed K-9
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Police Department says a police officer fatally shot a burglary suspect who stabbed and killed a police dog and stabbed…
Continue Reading Dozens of protesters, 12 police dead in Kazakhstan protests
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities say security forces have killed dozens of protesters and 12 police have died during…
Continue Reading China plans space station completion, many launches in 2022
BEIJING (AP) — China has recommitted itself to completing its orbiting space station by the end of the year and says it is planning more than 40…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s behind unrest rocking oil-rich Kazakhstan
MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan is experiencing the fiercest street protests since the oil-rich Central Asian nation gained independence three decades…
Continue Reading Texas toddler gets gun in car, shoots mother, sibling
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Police say a mother and her 1-year-old were shot in a Texas Walmart parking lot after her 2-year-old took a handgun and…
Continue Reading Australia, Japan sign defense pact as China concerns loom
By HARUKA NUGA and STEVE McMORRAN Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — The leaders of Japan and Australia have signed a “landmark” defense agreement…
Continue Reading Israeli military: Forces kill Palestinian gunman in raid
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military says its forces shot and killed a Palestinian who had opened fire on them during an arrest raid in the…
Continue Reading Omicron surge vexes parents of children too young for shots
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Parents of children too young to be vaccinated are facing difficult choices as COVID cases fueled by the omicron…
Continue Reading A season of joy — and caution — kicks off in New Orleans
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell helped usher in the city’s Carnival season by sampling…
Continue Reading Afghan Taliban turn blind eye to Pakistani militants
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have shown no sign of expelling multiple militant…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly higher after tech-led decline on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets are mostly higher after more declines in big technology stocks pulled major…
Continue Reading Spike in California virus cases hitting hospitals, schools
By BRIAN MELLEY and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms as a spike in…
Continue Reading Japan asks US forces to stay on base as COVID-19 cases jump
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has asked that the U.S. military in Japan stay inside…
Continue Reading Biden warns of US peril from Trump’s ‘dagger’ at democracy
By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is forcefully accusing Donald Trump and…
Continue Reading Trump maintains grip on GOP despite violent insurrection
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s excommunication from the Republican Party seemed a near certainty on Jan. 6,…
Continue Reading ‘I trusted the President’: Jan. 6 rioters in their own words
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of the Jan. 6 rioters facing jail time have admitted they weren’t peaceful protesters…
Continue Reading ‘Hatred in the eyes’: How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection by pro-Trump supporters and right-wing group members…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why was Novak Djokovic not let into Australia?
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer Novak Djokovic came within one victory of sweeping all four of last year’s Grand Slam tennis tournaments and…
Continue Reading US prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenure
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is resigning amid…
Continue Reading Texas day care gets reprieve after drilling plan is rejected
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press Parents who send their children to a day care center in Arlington, Texas, will be able to…
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