Month: November 2021

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker is defending his 400,000-pound ($540,000) a year second job, as calls grow for a…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — A prime-time address to the nation by French President Emmanuel Macron sounded very much…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s ambassadors who were recently asked to leave Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid an unprecedented diplomatic spat with Gulf…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Ferries in Greece are to remain tied up in port for two days after unions declared a 48-hour strike. The strike which began…

By SHONAL GANGULY and ALTAF QADRI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A vast stretch of one of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna, is covered…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elton John has formally received one of the highest awards that can be bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II.…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say nearly 83% of hospital beds designated for COVID-19 patients are filled,…

By BRITTANY PETERSON and SAM METZ Associated Press DENVER (AP) — More places around the U.S. are eyeing the practice of recycling wastewater for…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A worsening surge of inflation for such bedrock necessities as food, rent, autos and…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a new pandemic low 267,000…

By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Despite its infection surge, Croatia is becoming a new favored destination for Russians…

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — COVID-19 has had a staggering impact on the sheriff’s department in Broward County, Florida. During a memorial service…

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who left his 19-month-old daughter to die in a burning car during a police chase was given 28 years…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Washington Post reporters are working on a biography of George Floyd, from his family history in the tobacco fields of North…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for a British newspaper publisher say the Duchess of Sussex crafted a letter to her…

By KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press For lovers of Advent calendars, there are lots of new offerings to count down to Christmas. Show up with one for…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Microsoft has launched a digital immersive tour at the ancient…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top Taliban official has urged former Afghan military pilots to remain in the country, saying…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has stepped down after seven years in office. Lofven will continue as as caretaker…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — An Italian judge has issued an international arrest warrant for the Israeli grandfather of a…

By ZEKE MILLER and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The campaign to vaccinate elementary school age children in the U.S. is off to a…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech prosecutors have asked the newly-elected lower house of Parliament to lift Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ immunity from…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says Ethiopian authorities have arrested and detained some 70 truck drivers…

By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former French President François Hollande has testified at the trial of 14 men accused of helping in…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia have urged military-ruled Myanmar to resolve its…

By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Cryptocurrency banking allows consumers to hold and spend cryptocurrency such as bitcoin, litecoin and ether. Card…

By ALEX NISHIMOTO Edmunds Introduced for 2021, the Volkswagen ID.4 is the German automaker’s first all-electric SUV and part of a new wave of…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers has cut its 2021 growth prediction for Europe’s biggest economy to…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A top European Union court has rejected Google’s appeal of a 2.4 billion euro fine from…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator says it has started evaluating whether to authorize Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for…

By CHARLENE PELE Associated Press BRESCIA, Italy (AP) — Two German men have gone on trial in northern Italy in connection with a boat crash in…

PRAGUE (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have jumped significantly and are at levels close to record numbers seen during previous…