Japan trade recovers as supply chain troubles ease
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its exports jumped 20% and imports rose at an even faster pace in November as disruptions to manufacturing supply…
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France to restrict travel from Britain to fight omicron
By ANGELA CHARLTON and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France will restrict arrivals from Britain because of fast-spreading cases of the…
Continue Reading Flood from illegal coal mining traps 21 people in China
BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers ae trying to reach 21 people trapped by a flood because of illegal mining for coal in northern China. The accident happened…
Continue Reading EU hopes fresh talks, not sanctions, will avert Ukraine war
By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are pressing Russia to enter peace talks with Ukraine. At the…
Continue Reading China’s #MeToo victims face abuse, payback for going public
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says human resources and upper…
Continue Reading Vaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe having change of heart
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Some former vaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe are shifting over to the other…
Continue Reading Asian shares fall after latest tech-led retreat on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia after technology companies led Wall Street benchmarks lower.…
Continue Reading Young Americans motivated to make change: AP-NORC, MTV poll
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows that millennials and Generation Z Americans say they are more likely to be…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes jurors hear different takes on her downfall
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jurors in the case of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Thursday heard…
Continue Reading US Navy rescues drug smugglers from burning ship off Oman
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it has rescued five Iranians suspected of smuggling drugs after they apparently set fire to…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ warning on democracy
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Pulitzer Prize-winning Black journalist…
Continue Reading 5 children die in bouncy castle accident in Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — Five children have died and four others are in critical condition after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 33 feet into the…
Continue Reading Widodo urges stay home after omicron confirmed in Indonesia
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on people and government officials to…
Continue Reading Beijing Olympic athletes and their garbage face restrictions
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing Winter Olympics organizers say measures to prevent cross-infections between athletes and the outside world are being…
Continue Reading In Kashmir, closed mosque belies India’s religious freedom
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The largest mosque in the disputed region of Kashmir dominates its neighborhood with an…
Continue Reading Ex-Epstein worker says she ‘never’ saw misconduct by Maxwell
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former office worker for financier Jeffrey Epstein has testified at Ghislaine…
Continue Reading Afghanistan’s health care system on the brink of collapse
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hospitals in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul are running out of supplies,…
Continue Reading DA’s last big decision: Whether to charge Trump
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After a dozen years in office, one piece of unfinished business remains for Manhattan District…
Continue Reading Towns in mourning while digging out from deadly tornadoes
By SEAN MURPHY and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — Several tightknit communities of the South and Midwest are turning…
Continue Reading Biden acknowledges $2T bill stalled, but vows it will pass
By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping…
Continue Reading Vaccinated California employees face workplace restrictions
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s workplace regulators are extending the state’s coronavirus pandemic…
Continue Reading Jaguars fire Urban Meyer after 13 games, countless missteps
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Urban Meyer’s tumultuous NFL tenure ended after just 13 games — and two victories…
Continue Reading Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade low
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — States and the federal government carried out 11 executions this year. That’s the…
Continue Reading Company indicted for not stopping oil leak after many alarms
By BRIAN MELLEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors are blaming a Texas oil company’s negligence for a…
Continue Reading How brothers in arms plotted theft, sale of US Army weaponry
By JAMES LAPORTA and JASON DEAREN Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has shown how U.S. troops have stolen guns and explosives from…
Continue Reading Can your pet get COVID-19?
By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say pets and another animals can get the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s Tsai urges unity against rising authoritarianism
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Addressing a group of visiting French lawmakers, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is calling for greater unity among…
Continue Reading Potter’s ex-chief: ‘I saw no violation’ of policy by officer
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter’s police chief at the time she shot and killed Daunte Wright…
Continue Reading In tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — The Rev. Wes Fowler rode out the violent tornado that devastated Mayfield, Kentucky, in a…
Continue Reading Why the Fed feels now is time to tighten credit more quickly
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded to surging inflation by…
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