Month: September 2021

HENRICO, Va. (AP) — Striking union members have voted to accept a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with snack company Mondelez…

By KRISTI EATON Associated Press TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — It was a central set piece in the 1983 movie, “The Outsiders.” A low-slung white…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted two Syrian brothers of holding leading roles in the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group in…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Youth activists are hoping to turn up the heat on governments with the first large-scale…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have begun moving asylum-seekers living in a squalid camp on the island of Samos into a new facility on the…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Abandoned coal mines in the U.S. have been polluting rivers and streams for decades, but…

LONDON (AP) — London’s subway has opened two new stations in the network’s first expansion since the 1990s. It’s an expansion that Mayor…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Guinness World Records has certified two Japanese sisters as the world’s oldest living identical…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat. The…

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have announced the birth of their daughter. The baby,…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of his countrymen…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s intellectual property agency says innovation marched forward last year despite the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The foreign ministers of Israel and Sweden held their first phone call in seven years, a move hailed as the “relaunching of…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has apologized to Algerians who fought alongside French colonial forces in Algeria’s war for…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities were seeking a suspect in a shooting that claimed the life of the grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson, police…

LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday for allegedly shouting antisemitic abuse while driving around in a convoy in north London. The suspects,…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Deciding when to take Social Security benefits can make a huge difference in the amount of money you’ll have in…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it is sending 500 additional troops and special vehicles to the border with…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11. The vaccine maker said Monday it plans to…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A former school counsellor has testified in an Australian court from Israel that she suspected two sisters had alleged…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s business secretary says there is no danger that people won’t be able to heat their…

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new Cabinet has won a vote of confidence from Parliament during a session that was…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions have soared on the border between Kosovo and Serbia as Pristina authorities…

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain’s relationship with France is “ineradicable,” despite fury in Paris over…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The front-runner in Germany’s election has appeared before lawmakers during the final week of…

BEIJING (AP) — Harry Potter fans came dressed as wizards as Universal Studios opened its first theme park in China under anti-virus controls. The…

By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press LA LAGUNA, Spain (AP) — Giant rivers of lava are tumbling slowly but relentlessly toward the sea…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A student opened fire at a university in Russia, leaving six people dead and 28 hurt, before being…