Month: December 2021

LONDON (AP) — British police have arrested a man armed with a weapon on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Thames Valley police say the security breach…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three members of the K-pop superstar group BTS have been infected with the coronavirus…

By ABDUR RAHMAN JAHANGIR Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi authorities have buried 23 unclaimed bodies after a day-long search…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II in her Christmas Day message has shared the pain she felt after the death of her…

By ABDOULIE JOHN Associated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — A truth and reconciliation commission in Gambia says former dictator Yahya Jammeh should…

MADRID (AP) — Authorities on one of Spain’s Canary Islands have declared an official end to a volcanic eruption that started in September. The…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press SPENCER, W.Va. (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic prepares to enter another calendar year, the fatigue on the front…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people across England are spending a few minutes of Christmas Day to line up under…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Abortion rights groups say President Nayib Bukele’s government has freed three Salvadoran women who were…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The president of Ukraine has held a video call with 20 U.S. senators and members of Congress  amid tensions with Russia.…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope has blasted off on a high-stakes quest to behold light…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has used his Christmas Day address to pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two members of the international humanitarian group Save the Children are missing after…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says at least 16 people died after a migrant boat capsized in…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian organization that tracks political arrests and provides legal aid to detainees says…

By DANIEL COLE Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The staff is tired, the omicron variant is bearing down and the intensive care unit beds…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese protesters have again taken to the streets in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere across the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media are reporting that a road accident in the country’s southwest has killed at least 10 people. The official…

Associated Press Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation 30 years ago was a momentous event that ended an era by drawing a line under the…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — People strolling across Moscow’s snowy Red Square on the evening of Dec. 25, 1991 witnessed…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two servers at an Albuquerque restaurant got a big surprise when a group of business owners left a $5,555 tip. It was the…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The holiday scene at the White House has been a little less merry under under…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A policeman has opened fire on a group of fellow officers in Sri Lanka, killing…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has ordered The New York Times to relinquish confidential legal memos it obtained between conservative group…

By NICOLE WINFIELD, MICHAEL TARM and PETER SMITH Associated Press A worldwide surge in COVID-19 infections thanks to the omicron variant is tempering…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has recorded more than 6,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for the first time, adding a somber note to…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Satu, a male orangutan at the San Diego Zoo, has died. He was 26. The zoo announced Satu’s death on social media on Thursday,…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Marines on snowmobiles helped Santa this month while delivering toys to boys and girls in Alaska’s Arctic. Marines flew to…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ office says she has tested negative for the…

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Masked worshipers on Friday lined up to enter the church across from the Louvre Museum and…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a Yemeni rebel attack on the southern border town of Jizan has killed two people and wounded…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The holiday scene at the White House has been a little less merry under under…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Michael Avenatti say there is a strong likelihood that the once high-flying…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s King Felipe VI has warned citizens to remain cautious as the coronavirus can still inflict widespread damage. His annual…