German zoo presents 3 lion cubs, 5 weeks after birth
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — A zoo in the western German city of Gelsenkirchen has proudly presented three female lion cubs born in early October.…
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UK says Liverpool taxi blast was a bomb, raises threat level
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has increased the terror level to severe, meaning an attack is…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: How to talk money with your parents this holiday
By LIZ WESTON OF NerdWallet Before you bring up money at a holiday gathering, family and caregiving experts recommend researching options so you can…
Continue Reading Spanish gov’t says Cuba must return all press credentials
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s foreign minister says the Cuban government’s decision to revoke the press credentials of journalists working for the…
Continue Reading Women travelers to sue Qatar over ‘invasive’ body searches
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Sydney lawyer says a group of seven Australia-based women intend to sue Qatar’s…
Continue Reading Kuwaiti emir transfers some duties to crown prince
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait has temporarily handed its crown prince some of the ruling emir’s constitutional duties. The royal…
Continue Reading Poland arrests 3 in connection to antisemitic demonstration
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Interior Minister says three people have been arrested in connection with an…
Continue Reading Sudan doctors say 2 more protesters die from gunshot wounds
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese doctors say two more protesters died in the hospital after being shot during demonstrations over the weekend…
Continue Reading Shell wants to move headquarters amid cleaner energy shift
By DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell proposed moving its headquarters from the Netherlands to the…
Continue Reading Belgium expedites decision on COVID-19 measures to Wednesday
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s government is bringing forward a meeting to decide on tighter measures to control the spread of COVID-19 amid a rapid…
Continue Reading Italy: Police move against violent anti-vaccine activists
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Police in Italy are conducting searches against 17 anti-vaccine activists who were purportedly…
Continue Reading Heir to Sweden’s throne cancels Dutch trip due to lockdown
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is canceling a trip to the Netherlands because of the three-week partial lockdown…
Continue Reading Philippine leader runs for Senate after vow to retire
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has filed his candidacy for a Senate seat in next…
Continue Reading UK extends COVID vaccine booster program amid ‘storm clouds’
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned of a “blizzard” of new coronavirus infections…
Continue Reading US journalist jailed in Myanmar for nearly 6 months is freed
By GRANT PECK and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — American journalist Danny Fenster is on his way home from military-ruled Myanmar.…
Continue Reading Children fall from building in Sweden, 1 dies; 2 adults held
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish police say they have arrested two adults on suspicion of murder after two children fell from “a great…
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Report: Storms in Egypt leave 3 dead, unleash scorpions
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state-run media reports that heavy rains and flooding in the country’s south have left three people dead and more…
Continue Reading Roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s capital wounds two people
By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN Associated Press KABUL (AP) — Police say a roadside bomb has exploded on a busy avenue in the Afghan capital Kabul, wounding…
Continue Reading Austrian unvaccinated lockdown starts amid COVID resurgence
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austria has taken what its leader called the “dramatic” step of implementing a nationwide…
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Authorities begin identifying Michigan plane crash victims
BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — The victims of a deadly plane crash on Michigan’s Beaver Island include a real estate agent and a couple who were…
Continue Reading Macron, Putin discuss deescalating Belarus border tensions
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin have talked on the phone about…
Continue Reading Critics: Greece criminalizes migration, prosecutes helpers
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press CHIOS, Greece (AP) — Among the inmates of Chios prison, nestled in the warren of narrow streets of this Greek…
Continue Reading A groom, a lawyer, an ambulance driver among Ethiopia’s dead
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A groom at his wedding, a construction worker and father of four, an ambulance driver: All…
Continue Reading ‘You can’t even cry loudly’: Counting Ethiopia’s war dead
By CARA ANNA, DAVID KEYTON and NAT CASTANEDA Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Ethiopia’s war is now one year old. Its dead are in…
Continue Reading Airbus strikes 2nd major aircraft deal of Dubai Air Show
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus has clinched a major deal valued into the billions of dollars to sell…
Continue Reading ‘You can’t even cry loudly’: Counting Ethiopia’s war dead
By CARA ANNA, DAVID KEYTON and NAT CASTANEDA Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Ethiopia’s war is now one year old. Its dead are in the…
Continue Reading India opens to vaccinated foreign tourists after 18 months
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has began allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular…
Continue Reading Afghans in Indonesia protest slow UN resettlement process
By EDNA TARIGAN and ACHMAD IBRAHIM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers living in Indonesia…
Continue Reading New outbreak prompts China to lock down university campus
BEIJING (AP) — China has confined nearly 1,500 university students to their dormitories and hotels following an outbreak of COVID-19 in the…
Continue Reading Jeffrey Epstein faces trial by proxy: Ghislaine Maxwell
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Despite his suicide, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein will still be put on…
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