Month: November 2021

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — While many workers deemed essential in their respective states have already received…

PARIS (AP) — France has launched a plan to give booster shots to all adults, opting against a further lockdown or curfew, to help combat a worrying…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets in the capital of Khartoum to renew their demand…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says that starting in December the government will cut tax on fuels and on energy and will…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he’s praying that God will help Lebanon “get up” and get back on its…

By TED SHAFFREY and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Giant balloons once again wafted through miles of Manhattan, high school and…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday swore in a new coalition government led…

By MIKE CORDER and MARIA CHENG Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator has authorized Pfizer’s…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers buoyed by solid hiring, healthy pay gains and substantial savings are…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ defense chief has rejected China’s renewed demand that it remove its…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean governing party’s presidential candidate says he will continue a…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel is fueling tensions between the U.K. and…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh has begun relocating hundreds of Rohingya refugees to an island in the Bay of…

MADRID (AP) — Metalworkers in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz are returning to work after trade unions reached a pay agreement with…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has opened a virtual meeting of Asian and European…

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court has started hearing a petition to shut down one of the country’s…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — An official says at least 10 people, including five children, died this week in South…

By ZEN SOO and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A renowned Chinese fashion photographer has apologized for her past work after online…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has drawn up plans to help people better understand when they are seeing…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman has been readmitted to hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19, just hours after he had been…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Union of Journalists is urging journalists not to travel to Qatar to cover next year’s World Cup, saying…

By DARIA LITVINOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say 52 miners and rescuers have died after a…

By MASHA MACPHERSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is launching a new process for women to formally report abuse,…

By OLEG CETINIC and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — France’s president is urging European neighbors to do more to stop…

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Interpol has elected a contentious official from the United Arab Emirates as its…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will launch a task force to consider outlawing dog meat consumption…

By DAVID McHUGH, EMILY SCHULTHEIS and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Some of Europe’s Christmas markets are warily…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — In the West African country of Burkina Faso, many feel the government has let them down…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia says it is sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after anti-government…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — In the West African country of Burkina Faso, many feel the government has let them down…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — The first rainstorm of winter has sent water pouring into homes across the Gaza…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has become the latest country to record 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. It confirmed its first case on Jan. 27, 2020, rising to…

By DAVID RISING and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Solomon Islands prime minister has blamed foreign interference for…