Lawyer: ‘Preposterous’ to blame Afghan man in US war deaths
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for an Afghan commander awaiting trial in Manhattan federal court says it’s…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for an Afghan commander awaiting trial in Manhattan federal court says it’s…
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Amazon’s audiobook service Audible and phone apps for reading the holy books of Islam and Christianity…
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Customers of Ecuador’s largest bank continue to experience service disruptions following a cyberattack on the institution…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court stay request from the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los…
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it has started procedures to revoke citizenship granted to 39 foreign…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Pfizer and biotechnology company BioNTech have requested to have their coronavirus vaccine licensed for…
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Cabinet minister says the Dutch government is planning a multibillion euro package to help households cope with…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs’ profits jumped 60% from a year earlier, as the deal-making bonanza that dominated…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster doses of Johnson…
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s caretaker prime minister says his country has set the future decarbonization of the economy as a priority in…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank says financial risks from China Evergrande Group’s debt problems are “controllable” and unlikely to…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s new national airline has made its inaugural flight and unveiled its new name and logo.…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans continued to spend at a solid clip in September even while facing sticker…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British health officials say an estimated 43,000 people may have been wrongly told they don’t have…
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s daily tolls of coronavirus infections and deaths have surged to another record in…
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Union agencies are launching a year-long operation to crack down on fraud targeting the bloc’s…
Continue ReadingVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A forthcoming flight to space by a Japanese billionaire will let the public have a closer look…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Brexit brawl has kicked into high gear, almost a year after a deal on a free trade agreement was…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Three German parties have announced that they aim to open formal coalition talks, moving a big step…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Protests have erupted in Italy as a new anti-coronavirus regulation took effect requiring all…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps to address the economic risks from climate change. It…
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong and mainland authorities have seized about $540,000 worth of smuggled Australian lobsters…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nippon Steel Corp. is suing Toyota Motor Corp. over a patent for a technology used in electric…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India is reopening its borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists traveling on chartered flights starting Friday. Foreign…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended higher again on Wall Street Friday, giving the S&P 500 its best week since July. The…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have arrested four people for allegedly installing hidden cameras in the rooms of an entire motel and…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. says it plans to build a computer chip factory in Japan. TSMC’s CEO C.C. Wei…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most populous state New South Wales says it will end hotel quarantine for…
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