German president remembers anti-Jewish pogrom 83 years ago
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has marked the 83rd anniversary of the anti-Jewish…
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Russia labels LGBT rights group, lawyers as ‘foreign agents’
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have named a prominent LGBT rights group and several lawyers as “foreign…
Continue Reading Prosecutor orders detention of Dubai’s Union Properties boss
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top prosecutor in the United Arab Emirates has called for the detention of the chairman of Dubai-based real…
Continue Reading Lawyers: Ex-Marine in prison in Russia goes on hunger strike
MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers and the family of a former U.S. Marine who is imprisoned for assaulting police officers in Moscow says he has begun a hunger…
Continue Reading GE to end its run as a conglomerate, split into 3 companies
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Electric will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, health care and energy.…
Continue Reading US Holocaust Museum says China boosting Uyghur repression
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says it has compiled evidence of increasing government…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: 5 steps to weed out Instagram ad scams
By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Highly targeted advertising on social media sites like Instagram and Facebook makes it easier than ever for brands to…
Continue Reading Spain investigates emergency landing, suspects migrant ploy
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ordered 12 men to be held without bail on suspicion they faked a medical emergency to make a plane land in…
Continue Reading US VP Harris arrives in Paris for 4-day fence-mending trip
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has landed in Paris at the start of a four-day visit and charm offensive aimed at shoring up the…
Continue Reading Hospitals in southern Dutch province raise COVID-19 alarm
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hospitals in the southern Dutch province of Limburg are warning the national…
Continue Reading Virus deaths in Russia hit daily record after work limits
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit a new record two days after a nine-day non-working period…
Continue Reading German navy chief vows long-term commitment to Indo-Pacific
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The chief of Germany’s navy says its dispatch of a warship to the Indo-Pacific underscores his…
Continue Reading Little time, but ‘mountain to climb’ at UN climate talks
By SETH BORENSTEIN, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AND FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Time is running out on the two-week United Nations…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s TSMC to build first chip plant in Japan amid crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics maker Sony and TSMC of Taiwan say they are jointly building a computer chip…
Continue Reading Man with knife threatens passers-by in Norway, is shot dead
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man reportedly armed with a knife has threatened passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, before…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Facebook whistleblower fears the metaverse
By RAF CASERT and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is warning that the virtual reality world at…
Continue Reading Denmark wants to reintroduce phased-out coronavirus pass
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark wants to again consider COVID-19 as “a socially critical disease,” the…
Continue Reading Nissan returns to profit, ups forecast despite chips crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported a $479 million profit for the last quarter, a reversal from the loss it racked…
Continue Reading Cyprus to try Azeri ‘hitman’ allegedly targeting Israelis
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot police have formally charged an Azeri man on suspicion that he planned to…
Continue Reading Fire sweeps through school in Niger, killing 20 children
By DALATOU MAMANE Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s government says more than 20 children were killed and dozens more were…
Continue Reading 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes south of Nicaragua
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast…
Continue Reading Singapore delays appeal hearing on disabled man’s execution
By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s top court has postponed the appeal hearing for a Malaysian man on death row…
Continue Reading Tensions rise in migrant standoff at Poland-Belarus border
By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland reinforced its border with Belarus with more riot police, a day…
Continue Reading Rights groups urge Sudan army to free those detained in coup
By FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Two leading international rights groups have urged Sudan’s military to release…
Continue Reading Taiwan says China seeking to degrade its military and morale
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says China is seeking to take control of the island by wearing down its military capabilities and influencing public…
Continue Reading “Not on my watch!” War remembrance tourism fights for life
By RAF CASERT Associated Press POPERINGE, Belgium (AP) — The pandemic has crippled remembrance tourism in Belgium, the scene of some of the…
Continue Reading Obama appeals to young activists to stay in climate fight
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama has dropped in on U.N. climate talks to urge young…
Continue Reading Russia comes in from cold on climate, launches forest plan
By TANYA TITOVA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A large Russian island north of Japan will be a testing ground for Moscow’s…
Continue Reading In fast-changing Dubai, once-isolated village to be razed
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The bulldozers have come for one of the last bastions of “old” Dubai, an…
Continue Reading Do look down: Scaling one of NYC’s tallest skyscrapers
By DAVID R. MARTIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attraction opening Tuesday gives thrill-seekers a unique perspective on New York City from…
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