Month: October 2021

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — COVID-19 travel restrictions will cut the representatives of Pacific island nations…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has denied a defense request to dismiss the most serious charge against a former suburban Minneapolis police…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hampered by COVID-19 cases and supply shortages, the U.S. economy slowed sharply to a 2%…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer defending WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has argued that promises offered by the U.S.…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son has been granted bail in a high-profile drug case that led to the actor finding himself…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a pandemic low last week,…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s chief executive is calling for climate leadership ahead of two major international meetings focused on…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African health officials and the United Nations are warning of a looming shortage of up to 2…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Ethiopian government spokesman says a new airstrike has hit the capital of the country’s Tigray region following several…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How did Gordon Ramsay spend his pandemic lockdown? Getting frenetic in a kitchen, of…

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In order to combat the struggles low-income and first-generation…

BEIJING (AP) — China has defended a new border law following criticism by India that it might disrupt the resolution of a 17-month-old standoff…

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — The businessman who organized the flight that resulted in the death of Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala has been found…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that North Korean…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian officials have praised the “steel friendship” with China during talks with…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish appeals court has increased a sentence to two brothers by a year, giving them 15 years in prison each for the…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The move to phase out gifted education in New York City comes as districts across the country confront…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Public school programs for the gifted and talented are getting increased scrutiny as critics…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Monika Bickert, Facebook’s head of global policy management, says the social media giant does not…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s president says the ballot box is the best way of breaking a political…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The U.N.‘s top human rights official and U.S. President Joe Biden’s envoy to this year’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say an American Airlines flight from New York to California was diverted to Denver after a passenger assaulted a flight…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — European gas prices have dropped after Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Fighter jets have flown over the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki in an aerial display as troops marched in the…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A Hungarian official announced Thursday that the government will allow employers to…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors have brought charges against a former defense minister over a massive blast at a munitions disposal…

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African cricket player Quinton de Kock has apologized for refusing to play in…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow city authorities have ordered most people to stay off work for at least 11 days, to…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia has reported third-quarter profit above analyst…

HONG KONG (AP) — The president of Hong Kong’s legislature says it has become more efficient with no opposition members, after all pro-democracy…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Statistics Institute says consumer prices increased this month by the country’s highest rate in 29 years…