Month: June 2022

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials say the Turkish and Greek defense ministers have met on the sidelines of a NATO meeting amid renewed…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is preparing its recommendation on Ukraine’s request to join the EU. The European…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The cryptocurrency company Circle says it will start issuing its first euro-denominated…

PARIS (AP) — McDonald’s France and related companies have agreed to pay over 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to the French state to settle a…

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at an international tribunal have sentenced two members of the militant Hezbollah group to life…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Central Bank has issued a directive allowing licensed exchange offices to resume buying and selling foreign currency,…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar Airways, one of the Mideast’s largest carriers known for on-board…

LONDON (AP) — Britain has announced a new round of sanctions against Russia. Those targeted include Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Violence has erupted in parts of India with thousands of angry youths setting train coaches and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Blas whirled off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast Thursday, prompting a precautionary port closure in a region…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Severe weather has forced Abbott Nutrition to pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that had just…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is beefing up its code of practice on disinformation by enlisting more tech…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon, a cosmetics maker that broke racial barriers and dictated beauty trends for…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white man who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket made his first…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence won’t be testifying at the Jan. 6 committee hearing. But Pence…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before the ceremony and the serious meetings about war, the European leaders witnessed the…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors said Thursday they have issued an indictment for murder and other charges…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say that at least 35 teenage girls have been rescued after being held…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in Bangladesh’s capital to demand the governments of Bangladesh and India officially…

By IRINA TITOVA and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The head of the Russian Central Bank is warning that the country’s…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Police in Kosovo have reported a series of bomb threats to schools in Serb-dominated areas of the country and say they have…

By FRANCESCA EBEL and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A nationwide public sector strike in Tunisia is poised to paralyze…

GENEVA (AP) — After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by 4% last week, according to…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials say a fire broke out in an apartment building in Slovakia overnight, killing at least four people. Police say…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor is stepping up an appeal for the country’s residents to save energy after Russia’s Gazprom…