Swiss museum to give up more works from Gurlitt art trove
BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss museum to which the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt bequeathed an art trove he amassed at his home says it will relinquish…
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Varsity Truce: Last parent in college bribery scandal pleads
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say the owner of a warehousing company for the shipping industry who paid $75,000 to have someone correct his son’s…
Continue Reading Judge declines to toss suits challenging Georgia voting law
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has rejected motions to dismiss eight lawsuits that challenge Georgia’s sweeping…
Continue Reading Cyprus issues 2nd offshore drilling license to ExxonMobil
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Energy have expanded their stake in potential oil and…
Continue Reading New York’s COVID surge is back — and so is its mask mandate
By KAREN MATTHEWS, MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a cold-weather surge in COVID-19 infections, New York…
Continue Reading Scholz meets with Macron in 1st trip as German chancellor
By SYLVIE CORBET and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has met with French President Emmanuel Macron in…
Continue Reading Uber helping detectives solve Florida ‘grandparent scams’
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a “grandparent scam” that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man who was…
Continue Reading UK warns over reliance on Russian gas as G7 ministers meet
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat is warning that “free democratic nations” must wean…
Continue Reading Nobel Peace Prize winners call for journalist protections
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The two journalists who shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have received their…
Continue Reading Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell have completed presenting their…
Continue Reading Serbs vote to weaken Bosnia, step up their secession drive
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serb parliament has vote to launch a series of steps that would weaken the war-ravaged Balkan…
Continue Reading Pope to Catholic jurists: Respect basic human rights
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has told Catholic jurists that they must strongly defend basic human rights in their…
Continue Reading Nationwide ‘silent strike’ in Myanmar protests military rule
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Opponents of military rule in Myanmar have held one of their biggest nationally coordinated protests…
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Surging inflation is forcing people and businesses to adapt
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A warehouse worker in Tennessee is running up against price…
Continue Reading Germany vows solidarity with Poland in Belarus border fight
By VANESSA GERA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s new foreign minister has voiced solidarity with Poland while…
Continue Reading Armenia will allow employers to fire unvaccinated workers
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s parliament has passed a law that would allow employers to fire those who refuse to provide proof of vaccination…
Continue Reading 2021 in Books: `Everything feels magnified’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, few in the publishing industry worried that no one cared about books anymore.…
Continue Reading Chinese leaders promise more economic support after slowdown
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders have promised tax cuts and support for entrepreneurs to shore up slumping…
Continue Reading German officials say arrest foiled planned Islamist attack
BERLIN (AP) — German security officials said Friday that they have a foiled a planned Islamist attack, after arresting a man in the northern city…
Continue Reading Rights group calls for ICC probe into Myanmar crackdown
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A human rights group is calling on an international court to open an investigation…
Continue Reading Japan confirms 8 more cases of new coronavirus variant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Health officials in Japan have confirmed eight more cases of the new omicron variant of the…
Continue Reading Probe by Poland refutes Belarus account of diverted flight
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish security officials say the diversion to Minsk of a Lithuania-bound flight carrying a self-exiled Belarusian journalist…
Continue Reading Flight to LA diverted to Oklahoma due to unruly passenger
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say a flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles diverted to Oklahoma City after an unruly passenger assaulted a…
Continue Reading Report: Germany’s Merkel plans a political autobiography
BERLIN (AP) — A close aide of Angela Merkel’s has told a German news outlet that the former chancellor wants to write an autobiographical…
Continue Reading 2 Philippine planes involved in accidents, all aboard safe
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Officials say a Philippine Airlines plane carrying 33 people has veered off the runway after landing in rainy weather at…
Continue Reading Shell walks ‘tightrope’ of demands amid climate pressures
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell investors are expected to change the company’s name and approve moving its…
Continue Reading US sanctions Liberia’s ex-warlord and senator Prince Johnson
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The U.S. government has sanctioned Liberia’s ex-warlord and current senator…
Continue Reading Hungarian court declines challenge to primacy of EU law
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Constitutional Court has declined to rule on a motion challenging the primacy…
Continue Reading New UK mask rules start as Johnson under fire over parties
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tighter restrictions to curb the coronavirus have gone into effect in Britain. Starting Friday, face…
Continue Reading UK economy barely grows as nation faces new restrictions
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy barely grew in October as construction activity slowed due to shortages of building materials and…
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