Stellantis recalls heavy duty diesel Rams to fix fuel pumps
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling more than 240,000 diesel heavy-duty trucks mainly in North America to fix fuel pumps that can fail and cause…
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Taliban urges U.S. Congress to release Afghanistan’s assets
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban foreign ministry is urging the U.S. Congress to release Afghanistan’s assets. The militant group’s acting…
Continue Reading Lebanese central bank governor says corruption charges false
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s central bank governor says he asked an auditing firm to look into transactions and investments and that contrary to media…
Continue Reading Sudan minister: Return to pre-coup arrangement ‘unrealistic’
By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the…
Continue Reading Edmunds: 2022 Kia Carnival versus 2021 Honda Odyssey
By MIKE SCHMIDT Edmunds For years the Honda Odyssey sat atop the pile as Edmunds’ top-rated minivan. It defined what a good minivan should be. Then…
Continue Reading UN atomic watchdog: Iran further raising nuclear stockpile
By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog says it believes Iran has further increased its…
Continue Reading Sikhs arrive in Pakistan for annual religious festivities
Thousands of Sikh pilgrims have arrived in Pakistan for an annual commemoration of the birth of their religion’s founder, officials said on…
Continue Reading The catch with buy now, pay later could be your credit
By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet Buy now, pay later payment plans often promise no interest or hidden fees, which can make them a tempting financing…
Continue Reading Belarus brings some migrants at Polish border in from cold
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials say groups of migrants who were camped in the cold on the Poland-Belarus…
Continue Reading Police say Liverpool attacker bought bomb parts for 6 months
LONDON (AP) — British police say the suspect who was killed in a Liverpool taxi explosion spent at least six months buying components for a bomb…
Continue Reading Filipino martial law victims challenge Marcos’ election bid
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Filipino activists who were jailed and tortured during late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’…
Continue Reading Israel sentences Spanish woman for aiding banned group
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli military court has handed down a reduced sentence to a Spanish woman who admitted to…
Continue Reading Hungary’s COVID-19 deaths, cases hit new highs amid surge
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s number of daily COVID-19 deaths and new officially recorded cases have reached highs not seen since a…
Continue Reading Swiss government: Same-sex couples can marry starting July 1
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s executive body says same-sex couples will be able to get married in the rich Alpine nation starting on July 1 next…
Continue Reading Amazon stops accepting UK Visa credit cards, cites high fees
LONDON (AP) — Amazon says it will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom because of a dispute over fees. The e-commerce…
Continue Reading Christmas stretch: UK inflation highest in nearly a decade
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom surged at the fastest rate in nearly a decade in October amid…
Continue Reading Greeks hold peaceful march on deadly uprising anniversary
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — About 20,000 people have marched peacefully through Athens to mark the anniversary of a bloody anti-dictatorship uprising in…
Continue Reading German farm to cull 4,000 pigs after swine fever detected
BERLIN (AP) — A pig farm in northern Germany is culling all of its animals after a case of African swine fever was confirmed there this week. The…
Continue Reading Czechs, Slovaks hit virus records, target the unvaccinated
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic and Slovakia have both reported record daily new coronavirus cases. The Czech…
Continue Reading Police detain kin seeking bodies of slain Kashmir civilians
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Dozens of relatives of two civilians killed in a gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir are…
Continue Reading Germany sees 52,826 new virus cases, seeks earlier boosters
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control agency has reported 52,826 new coronavirus cases as infection rates continue to climb. The Robert Koch…
Continue Reading Charity: 10 migrants suffocated on packed boat off Libya
MILAN (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says 10 people were found dead at the bottom of an overcrowded wooden boat packed with 99 surviving migrants…
Continue Reading Hate speech trial of likely French far-right candidate opens
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A far-right TV pundit who is expected to run for the French presidency is going on trial  for…
Continue Reading Hundreds go missing in Burkina Faso amid extremist violence
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press FADA N’GOURMA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group is ravaging…
Continue Reading Top US envoy appeals for preservation of democracy in Africa
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has  begun his first official visit to Africa…
Continue Reading Azerbaijan loses 7 troops in border clashes with Armenia
MOSCOW (AP) — Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry says seven Azerbaijani service members were killed and 10 more were wounded in clashes with Armenia…
Continue Reading Schools close as smog-laden India capital considers lockdown
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in New Delhi have closed schools indefinitely and shut some…
Continue Reading State media release attributed to Peng raises WTA concerns
BEIJING (AP) — The head of the women’s professional tennis tour is questioning the legitimacy of a retraction Chinese state media says was from a…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly decline after US stocks shuffle lower
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have mostly declined after indexes shuffled lower on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Europe lacks natural gas. Is it Russia’s fault?
By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is short of gas. Russia could in theory supply more…
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