Month: January 2022

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Allegations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s staff held a “bring your own booze” garden…

By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British Council says an Iranian employee arrested in…

By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds 2021 was an unusual year for the automotive industry. While customer demand for new cars rebounded from the economic…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s first…

By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s government says it has earmarked some 6 billion kronor ($661 million) for a…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president has called for a debate over plans for compulsory coronavirus…

By HASSAN BARISE Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A large explosion outside the international airport in Somalia’s capital has killed…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus infections in the last week globally jumped by about 55% although…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has reiterated warnings that Russia is facing a new surge of coronavirus…

By ALICE FUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s legislature has convened for the first time since elections last month that were held…

BEIRUT (AP) — Austria’s foreign minister says the European Union wants to help Lebanon escape its economic meltdown – but only if the…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — With life in Kazakhstan’s largest city starting to return to normal after anti-government protests turned violent,…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Victims of torture in Syria and human rights activists say they hope the upcoming verdict in a…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States and NATO have rejected key Russian security demands for easing tensions over…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s fragile governing coalition is facing a crisis over tree-planting on disputed land in the Negev desert. Bedouin…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court says it will take up a petition seeking prosecution of several saffron-robed…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press MUREHWA, Zimbabwe (AP) — The number of pregnancies among girls and teenagers in Zimbabwe rose dramatically during…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press MUREHWA, Zimbabwe (AP) — The number of pregnancies among girls and teenagers in Zimbabwe rose dramatically during…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — The omicron variant of the coronavirus has swept across Australia despite its high vaccination…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — The Sony Open is a reunion of sorts for three No. 1 amateur players in the world. The mentor is…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese minister assigned the task of containing COVID-19 while steering the world’s third…

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A segment of a 110-year-old Florida Keys bridge has reopened to pedestrians and bicyclists following a $44 million…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescuers have resumed their search for six missing construction workers believed to be trapped at a…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after the latest report of surging prices in the U.S. appeared to…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice continues to experience moderate symptoms of COVID-19 a day…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Twin panda cubs have made their first public appearance before devoted fans in Tokyo, but they will…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press Democrats are speaking out against school closures even as the omicron variant of COVID-19…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The late Sen. Harry Reid has been remembered at the U.S. Capitol as a “legendary…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Novak Djokovic’s bid to get around rules requiring players at the Australian Open to be vaccinated against…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 surge caused by the omicron variant means once-reliable indicators of the…

By ED WHITE Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge has heard arguments from lawyers for Michigan’s former health director who wants…