Malaysia, Singapore set to reopen borders to some travel
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Singapore say they will partially reopen their borders next week to fully vaccinated citizens, after…
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Sweden offers COVID-19 booster shot to those ages 18 to 65
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is recommending that everyone between the ages of 18 and 65 should get a booster shot against COVID-19 six months…
Continue Reading Coronavirus infections hit new record high in Czech Republic
PRAGUE (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have soared to a new record high, reaching almost 26,000 daily cases. The Health…
Continue Reading Ethiopia says PM, a Nobel Peace laureate, is at battlefront
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government says Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to…
Continue Reading Belgian leader COVID-19 negative after meeting French PM
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has tested negative for COVID-19 after his French counterpart, whom he met early in the…
Continue Reading Iraqi Kurds cite work, graft as reasons behind Minsk gamble
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Rising unemployment, endemic corruption and a recent economic crisis that slashed state…
Continue Reading Big injuries and absences disrupt NHL Thanksgiving benchmark
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Injuries and COVID-19 protocol absences have muddled the NHL standings throughout the first quarter of the season.…
Continue Reading Europe is only region with more COVID, with 11% case rise
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says coronavirus cases jumped by 11% in Europe in the last week, the only region in the world where…
Continue Reading Israel, Morocco ink defense deal after normalizing ties
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Israel and Morocco have signed a landmark agreement that lays the foundation for security…
Continue Reading Sweden’s first female prime minister quits hours later
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Hours after being tapped as Sweden’s prime minister, Magdalena Andersson has resigned…
Continue Reading Benzema gets 1-year suspended sentence in sex-tape case
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has been given a one-year…
Continue Reading Qatar detains 2 Norway journalists amid World Cup coverage
By JON GAMBRELL and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two journalists from Norwegian state television were arrested…
Continue Reading German parties reach deal for government to end Merkel era
By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Three German parties have reached a deal to form a new government that will end…
Continue Reading Australia’s Barrier Reef erupts in color as corals spawn
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder…
Continue Reading Pakistani cultural capital is now world’s most polluted city
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A thick cloud of smog has enveloped Pakistan’s cultural capital, earning it the ignominious title of the world’s most…
Continue Reading On the road again: Travelers emerge in time for Thanksgiving
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Millions of Americans are loading up their cars or piling onto planes, determined to reclaim…
Continue Reading Germany faces grim COVID milestone with leadership in flux
By DANIEL NIEMANN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ESCHWEILER, Germany (AP) — Germany is inching toward the mark of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19.…
Continue Reading Turkey, UAE sign cooperation agreements as they mend ties
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince have overseen…
Continue Reading Asian stocks down after Fed says ready to act on inflation
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are lower after Federal Reserve officials indicated they were ready to raise…
Continue Reading NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA has launched a spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would…
Continue Reading Israeli airstrike on central Syria leaves 2 dead, 7 wounded
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s military says Israeli warplanes attacked some army positions in the country’s central region leaving two…
Continue Reading 1966 death of Doris Duke employee an accident, review finds
By MARK PRATT Associated Press The city manager in Newport, Rhode Island, is standing by the city police department’s review of the 1966 death of…
Continue Reading 3 men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s death convicted of murder
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three men have been convicted of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. He’s the Black…
Continue Reading US couple helps Afghans escape, build life in rural America
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota (AP) — A Minnesota woman who worked as an agricultural adviser in the hinterlands of…
Continue Reading Beyond Manchin: Dems’ $2T bill faces Senate gauntlet
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have finally driven President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion package of family services,…
Continue Reading ‘They become our family:’ US farming couple rescues Afghans
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota (AP) — A Minnesota woman who worked as an agricultural adviser in the hinterlands of…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes denies deception at her criminal trial
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, a former billionaire accused of…
Continue Reading Many environmentalists back Biden’s move to tap oil reserve
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and climate activists generally support President Joe Biden’s decision to release a…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered the release of 50 million barrels of oil from America’s…
Continue Reading Mexico breaks up second migrant march
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a group of hundreds of mainly Haitian and Central American migrants who had started walking north have…
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