Russia backs down from unpopular COVID restrictions
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have backed away from introducing some of the restrictions for the…
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have backed away from introducing some of the restrictions for the…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted eight people over their role in a data processing center installed at a former military bunker that…
Continue ReadingCNN’s Max Foster speaks with World Health Organization chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan about the spread of the Omicron variant and whether Western…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Geneva prosecutors have fined a Swiss bank for failing to alert money laundering authorities about…
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts church that supports immigrants fleeing their countries for their sexual…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is in Hungary’s capital for talks…
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN Britain is facing a “tidal wave” of infections from the new Omicron coronavirus variant, ministers have warned, as…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A leading Catholic LGBTQ advocacy group is praising a Vatican official for apologizing for the pain…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Several European Union nations have made it clear they have little appetite to join the U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Two brothers who are among Nepal’s most famous Sherpa guides have set out to scale…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has released a federal strategy to build 500,000 charging stations for…
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet For people 50 and older, taking care of year-end financial tasks can help you make the most of your money. As 2021 draws…
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou and Lauren Kent, CNN The Swedish Coast Guard is investigating whether alcohol contributed to an early Monday…
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press VARANASI, India (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a dip in the sacred Ganges River…
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s ruling Social Democrats have elected Dimitar…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The German government has approved 60 billion euros in funding to be used for combating climate change and modernizing the country.…
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of…
Continue ReadingCoronavirus infections are increasing in nearly every state as the race between vaccines and variants continues. The Omicron variant has now been…
Continue ReadingA significant storm pushing into the West Coast will bring some much needed drought relief. It is also bringing threats of flooding, beach erosion,…
Continue ReadingSE Cupp, Will Bunch and Julia Ioffe analyze Chris Wallace’s exit from Fox News. Fox is like “a crazy sauce that you keep on the burner… and gets…
Continue ReadingThe House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed additional witnesses as they narrow their focus to how…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators are opening an investigation into Microsoft’s $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company…
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish currency has dipped to an all-time low amid another anticipated interest rate cut later this week and after the…
Continue ReadingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A gem company in Sri Lanka has unveiled a rare and massive gemstone weighing 683 pounds (310 kilograms) that has been…
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc is threatening further sanctions against Mali if the…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing $1.2 billion in commitments from international businesses to support the economies and…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is announcing 60 finalists for $1 billion in economic development grants tied to the…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Long lines have formed for booster shots across England as the U.K. government…
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, CNN One of the Louisville detectives who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a botched raid is appealing his termination this week. The…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say a homemade bomb went off in a school attached to an Orthodox Christian convent and injured 12 people. They…
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