UN leader says more aid needed for crisis-hit Lebanon
By LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has not done enough…
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Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at LA music festival
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A West Coast rapper known as Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation at a Los Angeles music festival. His real…
Continue Reading Thousands in Brussels protest renewed COVID-19 restrictions
BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of peaceful protesters have demonstrated in Brussels for a third time against reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by…
Continue Reading More COVID controls still possible in UK before Christmas
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before…
Continue Reading Israeli PM says kids must be vaccinated as omicron spreads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is calling on parents to vaccinate their children against the coronavirus as the new omicron variant…
Continue Reading Islamic world pitches ways to aid desperately poor Afghans
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Islamic countries are scrambling to find ways to help Afghanistan avert an imminent economic…
Continue Reading Report: Iran announces 1st case of omicron variant
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State TV reports that Iran has detected its first case of infection by the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The report…
Continue Reading German experts urge stricter virus measures, more boosters
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Germany should implement stricter measures this week to slow the spread of the omicron variant.…
Continue Reading Lauded modern British architect Richard Rogers dies at 88
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Richard Rogers, the lauded British architect who was one of the forces behind the Pompidou Center in…
Continue Reading Death toll in southern Pakistan sewer gas blast jumps to 17
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police officer says the death toll from a sewer gas blast in the country’s largest city has jumped to…
Continue Reading Mass anti-coup protests in Sudan mark uprising anniversary
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese have taken to the streets across the country in mass protests against a military takeover and…
Continue Reading DJ David Guetta lauds Saudi reforms ahead of show in kingdom
By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Internationally-known DJ David Guetta has defended his participation in Saudi…
Continue Reading Finland’s Christmas resorts in full swing but fear omicron
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — Christmas is in full swing in Finnish Lapland, where venue operators happily report that…
Continue Reading Restaurants anxious as omicron, high food costs take toll
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, MAE ANDERSON and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — While restaurants in the U.S. and United Kingdom are open without…
Continue Reading Iraq military: 2 rockets strike inside Green Zone
Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s military says two rockets have struck Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S.…
Continue Reading Light aircraft crash in Australia kills 2 children, 2 adults
SYDNEY (AP) — Four people including two children have died after a light aircraft crashed into the sea near the coast of Australia’s Queensland…
Continue Reading Israeli army arrests 4 suspects in deadly West Bank shooting
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has apprehended four Palestinian suspects believed to have taken part in a deadly shooting in the…
Continue Reading Indian man beaten to death inside historic Sikh temple
NEW DELHI (AP) — A man has been beaten to death in the northern Indian city of Amritsar after he allegedly attempted to commit a sacrilegious act…
Continue Reading Leftist millennial wins election as Chile’s next president
By PATRICIA LUNA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government…
Continue Reading 12 killed in Guatemalan village plagued by land disputes
n GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Police in Guatemala say 12 people have been slain in a village that has been involved in a years-long territorial dispute…
Continue Reading Typhoon deaths in Philippines top 140; mayors plead for food
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has reached at…
Continue Reading Osaka arson suspect identified, buildings to be checked
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police have identified a 61-year-old man as a prime suspect behind a fire that engulfed a…
Continue Reading 4 killed, 2 wounded in gun attack on Mexico holiday party
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four men are dead in north-central Mexico after armed assailants burst into a home where a holiday-season party was being held…
Continue Reading Voter turnout plunges in Hong Kong under new election laws
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Voter turnout in Hong Kong sank to 30 percent Sunday in the first legislative election since Beijing…
Continue Reading Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen dies after COVID battle
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen has died at age 52. The Ferndale Republican’s death Friday came weeks after he said he had…
Continue Reading UTFO’s Kangol Kid dies after battle with cancer at 55
By Jonathan Landrum Associated Press Kangol Kid, a member of the legendary hip-hop group UTFO, has died after a battle with colon cancer. He was 55.…
Continue Reading How COVID-19 upended Blinken’s diplomatic mission
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — The global surge in coronavirus infections wreaked havoc with Secretary of State Antony…
Continue Reading Migrants rally in Mexico City to mark immigration day
MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 100 migrants who trekked on foot north from the Guatemalan border have gathered in Mexico City to mark International…
Continue Reading Paul Rudd hosts ‘SNL’ sans audience, Charli XCX amid omicron
By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 Paul Rudd has been inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club…
Continue Reading Fire damages huge QVC distribution center in North Carolina
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — A fire has ripped through a distribution center in North Carolina for the QVC home-shopping television network, causing…
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