Month: December 2021

MIAMI (AP) — A wake and funeral services in Florida are being prepared for former Congresswoman Carrie Meek, who died last week at 95 following a…

In a story published December 6, 2021, about stocking-stuffer gift ideas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a Vermont syrup company. It is…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says all private…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official has criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the…

By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has testified that claims he staged an…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says he accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris because…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police in Slovenia say body of a man from Bangladesh has been found near the border with Croatia. The remains were…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says there are plans for a possible second meeting with the head of…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as…

BERLIN (AP) — Karl Nehammer has been sworn in as Austria’s third chancellor in two months. Monday’s ceremony capped a round of upheaval…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says attacks on Muslim houses of worship on Cyprus would “not go unanswered”…

By COLLIN BINKLEY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press A new poll finds that the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic have been especially hard for…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets in the capital of Khartoum and other cities. They are…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — French prosecutors have opened an investigation into violence that erupted at the first…

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has confirmed a third case of the new omicron COVID-19 variant. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The family of the British woman charged with helping the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exploit…

TROMSO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian soccer club has collaborated with Amnesty International and a former migrant worker in Qatar to launch a jersey…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is looking to expand reporting requirements on all-cash real estate…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet A personalized financial blueprint from a qualified planner should offer smart ways to manage your money both now and in…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says one of its helicopters has crashed in bad weather in the Pakistan-administered section of disputed…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian health authorities on Monday said they have confirmed the first two cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus in travelers…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian archaeologists have found a cluster of longhouses including one of the largest in Scandinavia in the…

By JILL LAWLESS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes are receiving their awards in scaled-down local…

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has traveled to Oman, the…

By AAMER MADHANI and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the…

By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A three-party deal to form a new German government under center-left leader Olaf…

By DALATOU MAMAN Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s interior ministry says that extremist gunmen have attacked a military camp…

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates has met with…