Month: November 2021

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus state TV reported that an American who faces criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is seeking asylum in Belarus, a move that could heighten tensions between the turbulent former Soviet nation and the United States. Evan Neumann of Mill Valley,

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has been impeached by the lower house of Chile’s congress, setting up a Senate trial over whether to remove him due to allegations he favored the sale of a family property while in office. The accusation got the bare minimum of votes

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes, gifting is a crap shoot. You dig around and hope for the best, and you just might come up with gold. A company outside Boston offers tricked-out van rentals for three to 30 days. For an older person, try an animatronic pet that purrs

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said inequality can prevent the U.S. economy from reaching its potential. He underscored the Fed’s commitment to reducing unemployment as broadly as possible, including among disadvantaged groups. Powell’s comments illustrate one reason why the Fed has been hesitant to reverse its

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s president has asked the leader of the winning coalition in last month’s parliamentary election to form a new government. President Milos Zeman, who is currently hospitalized, says he has approached Petr Fiala, the coalition’s candidate for the post of prime minister, to lead negotiations with representatives of the parties

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A lot of that human-pet bonding during the pandemic is slowly coming to an end as more offices reopen. So what’s a lonely dog to do? Turns out, a lot. And we don’t mean a slow all-day whine, a messy rug delivery or mass furniture

By MATTHEW BROWN and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say political appointees in President Donald Trump’s administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday struck down a Trump-era rule that would have opened

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% last month from a year earlier, matching September’s record annual gain and offering more evidence that inflationary pressures are not yet easing. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In this world, there’s a book for everybody. Take advantage of that sentiment during the holiday shopping season. Book sales have thrived during the pandemic. Some new nonfiction might hit your holiday gifting sweet spot. A few examples: Costume designer and dress historian Camille Benda

BERLIN (AP) — German pharmaceutical company BioNTech says its earnings grew again in the third quarter. The company partnered with Pfizer to develop the first widely used COVID-19 vaccine. It reported Tuesday a net profit of over 3.2 billion euros for the July-September period. That compares with a loss a year earlier of 210 million

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brothers Osborne have a message for fans at this year’s CMA Awards: You’re not alone and it gets better. Their song, “Younger Me,” was released after lead singer TJ Osborne came out publicly as gay. TJ Osborne said singing such a meaningful song at

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida have determined the fatal shooting of a teenager who pointed what turned out to be an air rifle at police was justifiable homicide. Pinellas-Pasco County State Attorney Bruce Bartlett said in a letter released Monday that an investigation into the Oct. 16 shooting of 17-year-old Alexander King

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Music-related gifts are an easy choice this holiday season. Everyone likes music, right? The Associated Press is recommending box sets from Billy Joel looking back to his first albums, and Lil Wayne, who has collected hit singles from his “Tha Carter” albums. If you’re looking for something harder, Metallica

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Big cannabis companies are backing a new, celebrity-infused campaign to enlist marijuana users to pressure Congress to legalize pot nationwide. The initiative launched Tuesday is spearheaded by the industry’s U.S. Cannabis Council and HeadCount, a voter registration group. Actor-comedians Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman are among

By ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The morgue in Romania’s main hospital has no space for the dead any more. Bodies of COVID-19 victims, wrapped in black plastic bags, line a hallway of the hospital in the capital, Bucharest. They are a stark illustration of the cost of the coronavirus surge sweeping

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has marked the 83rd anniversary of the anti-Jewish pogrom that was labeled “Kristallnacht” — the “Night of Broken Glass” —  when Nazis, among them many ordinary Germans, terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria. In a speech on Tuesday, Steinmeier talked about Nov. 9,

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have named a prominent LGBT rights group and several lawyers as “foreign agents.” The Justice Ministry added the Russian LGBT Network, prominent lawyer Ivan Pavlov and four of his former colleagues to its registry of “foreign agents” on Monday night. The designation implies additional government

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The chairman of Dubai-based real estate developer Union Properties has been dismissed from his position on the company’s board along with three other board members. The announcement Tuesday on Dubai’s stock exchange website leaves in place just three of the company’s seven board members. The decision follows an order

MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers and the family of a former U.S. Marine who is imprisoned for assaulting police officers in Moscow says he has begun a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. Trevor Reed was convicted in July and sentenced to nine years in prison for an altercation in August 2019 in Moscow, where he

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says it has compiled evidence of increasing government repression against Uyghur Muslims in China’s western Xinjiang region. In a new report released Tuesday, the museum’s Center for the Prevention of Genocide says there’s “a reasonable basis” to believe previously alleged crimes

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ordered 12 men to be held without bail on suspicion they faked a medical emergency to make a plane land in Mallorca so they could try to enter Europe illegally. The court also alleges the group menaced the flight crew. Authorities are investigating events surrounding the unscheduled landing

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has kicked off a four-day visit to Paris and charm offensive aimed at shoring up relations with France, America’s oldest ally. Washington’s relationship with Paris hit a historic low this year after a U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia scuttled a French deal to sell subs to the

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hospitals in the southern Dutch province of Limburg are warning the national government that they can no longer cope with new COVID-19 patients. The warning Tuesday comes amid soaring rates of coronavirus infections. Five hospitals in the province that borders both Belgium and Germany raised

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Electric, the storied American manufacturer that struggled under its own weight after growing to become a sprawling conglomerate, will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, health care and energy. It is the culmination of an arduous, yearslong reshaping of a symbol of American manufacturing might

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit a new record  two days after a nine-day work stoppage ended in most of the country’s regions. The state coronavirus task force reported 1,211 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, Russia’s highest daily death toll of the pandemic. The task force also reported

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is condemning the assassination attempt against Iraq’s prime minister as a “vile act of terrorism.” The Vatican secretary of state sent a telegram to Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi expressing Francis’ solidarity and prayers to Kadhimi’s family and those injured in a Monday drone attack on the prime minister’s residence. Francis visited

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The chief of Germany’s navy says its dispatch of a warship to the Indo-Pacific underscores his country’s concern that freedom of navigation and the rule-based international order are being threatened in the region, an apparent reference to its biggest trading partner, China. Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schonbach, in

By SETH BORENSTEIN, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AND FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Time is running out on the two-week United Nations climate talks in Glasgow. New analyses published on Tuesday said the progress made is nowhere near the massive leaps needed to limit global warming to internationally accepted levels. A top U.N. official

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics maker Sony and TSMC of Taiwan say they are jointly building a computer chip plant in Japan with an initial investment of $7 billion. The plant in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, will be the first foundry in Japan for TSMC, one of the world’s leading

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man reportedly armed with a knife has threatened passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, before being shot dead by police. Norwegian media published footage of the alleged attacker, naked from the waist up and wielding a knife. Police said a patrol car in the Bislett neighborhood of