Masked Milanese fill La Scala for gala premiere of ‘Macbeth’
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Masked Milanese turned out in all their finery for La Scala’s gala season opener of Verdi’s…
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Hungarian deputy minister suspected of accepting bribes
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s chief prosecutor has submitted a motion to the speaker of parliament to…
Continue Reading Bosnia arrests 5 ex-soldiers for war crimes in Sarajevo
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian authorities have arrested 5 ex-soldiers for crimes against Serb civilians in Sarajevo during the…
Continue Reading Omicron travel bans strike South Africa’s safari business
By SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, South Africa (AP) — Recent travel bans imposed on South Africa and neighboring…
Continue Reading Whistleblower: As Afghanistan fell, UK abandoned supporters
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A whistleblower has alleged that Britain’s Foreign Office abandoned many of the…
Continue Reading Dutch court upholds Gantz immunity in Israeli airstrike case
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to throw out a civil case…
Continue Reading Motorcycle explosion in southern Iraqi city kills at least 4
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — An explosion has rocked the center of Iraq’s southern city of Basra, killing at least four people and wounding four others.…
Continue Reading German parliament to debate job-specific vaccine mandate
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is set to debate a proposed vaccine mandate for hospital and nursing…
Continue Reading Armed gangs raise risks in vaccinating rural Nigerians
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KUJE, Nigeria (AP) — As Nigeria tries to meet an ambitious goal of fully vaccinating 55 million of its 206…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Chinese builder’s debt struggle rattles investors
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global investors are watching nervously as one of China’s biggest real estate developers tries…
Continue Reading German parties sign coalition deal for new Scholz government
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s incoming governing parties have signed their agreement for what they portray as a progressive coalition, a day before…
Continue Reading In major change, UAE workweek to be Monday through Friday
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says that it is changing its official workweek to…
Continue Reading Blast levels French building; at least 1 dead, baby found
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French rescue workers have dug out the body of a man but rescued his baby and the child’s mother…
Continue Reading Stellantis wants to outfit cars with AI to drive up revenue
MILAN (AP) — Carmaker Stellantis has announced a strategy to embed AI-enabled software in 34 million vehicles across its 14 brands. It hopes the…
Continue Reading Cambodia’s premier to visit military-led Myanmar next month
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen plans to pay an official visit early next month…
Continue Reading China says US diplomatic boycott violates Olympic spirit
BEIJING (AP) — China has accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit after the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s behind Russia-Ukraine tensions?
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian and Western officials are worried about a Russian military buildup near Ukraine.…
Continue Reading End of an era: Germany’s Merkel bows out after 16 years
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel is credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to hold a…
Continue Reading Indonesian leader visits eruption survivors, vows to rebuild
By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president has visited areas devastated by a powerful volcanic eruption…
Continue Reading About 100 Japanese lawmakers visit controversial shrine
TOKYO (AP) — A group of about 100 Japanese lawmakers has prayed at a Tokyo shrine viewed by China and the Koreas as a symbol of Japanese wartime…
Continue Reading ‘Cheugy,’ ‘omicron’ among 2021’s most mispronounced words
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press The list of 2021’s most mispronounced words is out, and they’re a mouthful. The U.S. Captioning…
Continue Reading New York City poised to give voting rights to noncitizens
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, noncitizens are about to win an important…
Continue Reading Desperation drives thousands of Afghans a day across borders
By LEE KEATH and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghans are streaming across the border into Iran in accelerating…
Continue Reading Pearl Harbor survivors gather on 80th anniversary of attack
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Pearl Harbor attack survivors gathered at the site of the bombing to remember more…
Continue Reading Asian shares advance as easing virus fears boost Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks have advanced in Asia after another broad rally on Wall Street as investors wagered…
Continue Reading Dangerous storm threatens havoc across Hawaiian archipelago
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — From the now empty shores of Oahu’s Waikiki Beach to the snowy summit of the Big Island’s…
Continue Reading Fallon teams with Grande, Megan Thee Stallion for holidays
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Jimmy Fallon has always wanted his “That Thing You Do!” movie moment when he gets to hear his song comes on…
Continue Reading Seattle socialist politician faces tight race in recall push
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Preliminary results show voters in Seattle narrowly in favor of recalling socialist City…
Continue Reading Picasso, Cassatt art among pieces donated to Boston College
BOSTON (AP) — Works by Pablo Picasso, Mary Cassatt and Winslow Homer are among 30 pieces of art worth more than $20 million that alumnus and…
Continue Reading Pence’s former top aide cooperating with Jan. 6 panel
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence is cooperating…
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