Month: November 2021

The Associated Press Thailand’s DTAC and True Corp. plan a merger that they say will create an “equal partnership” for pursuing…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A day after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev secured his second term with a landslide victory in a runoff election, he drew…

By LISA RATHKE and WILSON RING Associated Press Vermont’s sole congressman, Democratic Rep. Peter Welch, says he’ll run for Democratic Sen.…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the rapid rise in coronavirus cases means it’s likely everyone…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s coronavirus death toll continues to hover near all-time highs, but the number of…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Democracy is deteriorating across the world, with countries notably taking undemocratic…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement with Pakistan, toward…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer A video call between the head of the International Olympic Committee and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was meant…

By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press ROCCELLA JONICA, Italy (AP) — Officials in southern Italy are seeing a sharp increase in the number of migrant…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A one-time spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu has taken the stand against him in a corruption trial in Jerusalem. Nir Hefetz, a…

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The world police agency meets in Istanbul this week to elect new leadership. But human rights groups…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — It was the decade Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, the Celtics-Lakers rivalry took flight and…

By LEE KEATH Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Many Afghan families who once had steady, stable incomes have plummeted into desperation,…

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A person taken into custody after an SUV plowed into a…

By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — After slow starts, vaccination campaigns in several countries in…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Bars, restaurants and gyms can reopen in Auckland from early December but customers…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken saw first-hand the limits of America’s influence…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping says his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbors, despite a…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge social and environmental policy bill passed by House Democrats includes a plan to impose…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrians have begun a new 10-day national lockdown and many are wondering how they will endure…

By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A conservative lawmaker with a history of defending Chile’s military…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys made a final push to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the…

By HAROLD ISAAC Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two of 17 members of a missionary group who were kidnapped more than a month ago are…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse says in a new interview that he believes the jury that acquitted him of murder came to the right verdict, and…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military has defiantly redeployed two supply boats to provide food to…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares are mixed after a late drop left major Wall Street indexes mostly lower. Tokyo was closed…

BEIJING (AP) — China says five of its citizens have been kidnapped from a mining operation in eastern Congo. The Chinese Embassy in Kinshasa posted…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government expects 200,000 vaccinated foreign students and skilled…