Month: September 2021

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home construction rebounded 3.9% in August after a July decline with the strength…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says the British government’s decision not to recognize coronavirus vaccine certificates…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch king has outlined a pared-back government plan for the coming year in the…

BERLIN (AP) — German police say they have solved a burglary case at a kindergarten after a storytelling gadget the suspect had swiped revealed his…

LONDON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson says a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people…

By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet The pandemic isn’t crushing the entrepreneurial spirit. It’s fueling it. People normally tied to a desk or working…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say they are charging a third Russian suspect in the 2018 nerve agent attack on a…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Energy officials from Qatar and Turkey, two long-standing foes of the United…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is racing to avert shortages of meat, poultry and packaged foods amid a…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won his third straight election but he failed to get the majority he…

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Seven survivors of a shooting at a university in central Russia that left six people dead and 28…

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Kosovo-Serbia border was blocked for a second day by ethnic…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has announced plans to draft a new electoral code and appoint a…

By ARITZ PARRA and RENATA BRITO Associated Press EL PASO, Canary Islands (AP) — On the Spanish island of La Palma, a new volcanic vent has blown…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Health officials in the Thai capital have made headway in their effort to vaccinate children…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian general who ruled the country following the Arab Spring uprising that removed longtime…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares are mostly lower after major indexes ended mixed on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo,…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press Sudanese authorities have reported a coup attempt by a group of soldiers but said the attempt failed and that the…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global investors are watching nervously as one of China’s biggest real estate developers…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A bronze bust of Burt Reynolds, featuring his famous cowboy hat and even more famous…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have expanded their interim Cabinet by naming more ministers and deputies,…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel, Germany’s first female chancellor, has been praised by many for her pragmatic…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Senior politicians in Germany have expressed shock over the weekend killing of a young gas station…

By BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a Nairobi slum named Korogocho, which means “crowded shoulder to shoulder” in…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It’s an image that has come to symbolize America’s chaotic end to 20 years of war in…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter said Monday it will pay $809.5 million to settle a consolidated class action…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has begun a key hearing that could determine whether the Boy Scouts of…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning global leaders at the opening of the U.N.’s foremost…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are launching an uphill fight to rescue their drive to help millions of immigrants…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its…

By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is rolling out new COVID-19 rules for travelers flying into the…

By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden has used his first address before the U.N. General…

By JULIE WATSON, JUAN A. LOZANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The route for Haitian migrants camped under a bridge in a…

By JOE McDONALD and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s “zero tolerance” strategy of trying to isolate every case and…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, MARIA VERZA and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — U.S. officials say many Haitian migrants camped in a small…