
Japan OKs record $317 B extra budget for COVID, economy
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament on Monday approved a record extra budget of nearly 36 trillion yen ($317…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament on Monday approved a record extra budget of nearly 36 trillion yen ($317…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors are explaining evidence and their indictment to judges in…
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A suspected pirate wounded during an exchange of gunfire last month with the Danish navy off West Africa has been…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese medical group says a protester was shot dead in mass demonstrations against the recent…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The new German government has chosen an experienced central banker and former board member of Germany’s state-owned development…
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian security forces are searching for armed gangs who killed 47 people in attacks in…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — An Asian American who is one of the biggest pop stars in China has apologized to his family and fans. Wang Leehom says he will take…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A wave of stormy weather has prompted Egyptian authorities to suspend classes in the capital of Cairo…
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is staging a major military exercise across the country’s south amid heightened…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar court has postponed to Dec. 27 the issuing of verdicts in the latest of a series of cases against the country’s ousted…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WESTERSTEDE, Germany (AP) — As hospitals across Europe brace themselves for a surge in coronavirus cases because…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher after a worldwide slump for financial markets spurred by…
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS and FARES AKRAM Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Each month, hundreds of trucks heavy with fuel, cement and other goods…
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS and FARES AKRAM Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of trucks heavy with fuel, cement and other goods cross a…
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Pro-Beijing candidates have won a landslide victory in Hong Kong’s legislative elections, beating…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Democrat Stacey Abrams is calling on Congress to act on voting rights as she launches a second bid…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jurors now responsible for assessing 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against…
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Rescue teams are working to free people trapped by Malaysia’s worst flooding in years after heavy rains stopped…
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces after West Virginia Sen. Joe…
Continue ReadingBy PATRICIA LUNA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Former student leader Gabriel Boric will be under quick pressure from…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — Schools are turning to educational programs based on cognitive behavior therapy in an…
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The death toll from the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has climbed…
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury has concluded its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower amid concern about the coronavirus’s latest…
Continue ReadingBy CHISATO TANAKA Associated Press NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — Eiko Kawasaki was among some 93,000 ethnic Korean residents of Japan who, along with their…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied saying she was sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey say they have tested positive for COVID-19. Their…
Continue ReadingBy CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube TV began restoring access to Disney content after a dispute between the companies led…
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut have safely returned to Earth…
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