Sudan officials: 31 bodies retrieved from collapsed mine
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Continue Reading World Cup hotel shortage for supporters planning Qatar trips
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer World Cup ticket sales begin in January but supporters are in for a shock when they look for somewhere to stay:…
Continue Reading Missouri school doctor arrested in Arkansas on abuse counts
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri boarding school doctor accused of several child sex crimes has been taken into custody in Arkansas. The Kansas…
Continue Reading Friendly family man’s 50-year secret: He was fugitive, too
BY JOHN SEEWER and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press For more than 50 years, a Boston man kept a secret that not even his family knew until just…
Continue Reading Friendly family man’s 50-year secret: He was fugitive, too
BY JOHN SEEWER and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press For more than 50 years, a Boston man kept a secret that not even his family knew until just…
Continue Reading Trial to open next month in spectacular German jewelry theft
BERLIN (AP) — A court says six men will go on trial in Germany next month over their alleged role in the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels…
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Continue Reading A look at de Blasio’s NYC mayoral tenure and what’s next
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Continue Reading How to help your parents navigate health care in retirement
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Continue Reading How democracy was dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021
By ZEN SOO and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — For Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, 2021 has been a year in which the city’s…
Continue Reading France ups pressure on unvaccinated amid record infections
By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on…
Continue Reading Court shuts down another human rights group in Russia
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has granted a request to shut down another prominent human rights organization…
Continue Reading Indonesia to let Boeing 737 Max fly again after 2018 crash
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is lifting its ban on Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft, three years after one…
Continue Reading These players won (and lost) sports bettors the most in 2021
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Here are some athletes who were money in the bank for sports bettors this year:…
Continue Reading Indonesian prosecutors delay sentence for top terror suspect
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors have postponed their sentencing demand for a top terror suspect…
Continue Reading WHO chief worried about ‘tsunami’ of omicron, delta cases
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says he’s worried about the omicron and delta variants…
Continue Reading China urges US to protect its space station from satellites
BEIJING (AP) — China is urging the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that…
Continue Reading Israel strikes Gaza after gunfire wounds civilian near fence
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli and three Palestinians were wounded in the first exchange of fire in months on the…
Continue Reading Asia stock markets mixed after Wall St high, virus surge
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street hit a high and new daily U.S. coronavirus cases…
Continue Reading Tutu’s advocacy for LGBTQ rights did not sway most of Africa
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Desmond Tutu is being remembered for his passionate advocacy on behalf of LQBTQ people as well as his fight for…
Continue Reading In exodus from Lebanon, the well-off find new home in Cyprus
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press PARALIMNI, Cyprus (AP) — Many well-off Lebanese who escaped their country’s economic tailspin for a new…
Continue Reading Asia keeps omicron at bay, but a surge may be inevitable
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Omicron caseloads have remained relatively low in many countries in Asia. For now, many…
Continue Reading Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82
By LAURIE KELLMAN and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving…
Continue Reading Suspect in Denver shootings wrote books previewing attacks
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man accused of killing five people in a rampage in Denver is believed to have…
Continue Reading Decades of DOD efforts fail to stamp out bias, extremism
By KAT STAFFORD and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press An AP investigation found that despite new Defense Department guidelines on extremism, racism and…
Continue Reading Decades of DOD efforts fail to stamp out bias, extremism
By KAT STAFFORD and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press An AP investigation found that despite new Department of Defense guidelines on extremism, racism…
Continue Reading Indonesia allows boat with 120 Rohingya refugees to land
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have decided to allow a boat carrying 120 Rohingya Muslims to…
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