Month: October 2022

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — A third cruise ship has been hired by World Cup organizers in Qatar to operate as a soccer fan…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Activists calling for the decriminalization of assisted suicide in the Netherlands…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After finishing a tour in Afghanistan in 2013, Dionne Williamson felt emotionally numb. More…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is lamenting the bloc’s slow pace of action in setting up a military training…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief says he will bring forward the publication of the government’s full…

By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Human rights activists have pressed their call for the immediate…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The international Red Cross and the United Nations want people and governments to do more to beat…

By SYLVIE CORBET and JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A former Liberian rebel went on trial in Paris on charges of crimes against…

BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency is under scrutiny over reports of ties to Russian intelligence. Arne…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Makeshift furnaces made of clay bricks have been built on the grounds of…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Workers at the site of a major complex of refineries crucial for Iran’s…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A power outage briefly hit the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm Monday. Authorities initially said that an…

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Airbus and Air France have gone on trial on manslaughter charges over…

BERLIN (AP) — A government-appointed expert panel is proposing a two-stage system for distributing some of the up to $195 billion in subsidies…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced Monday that Parliament will…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese cities are imposing fresh lockdowns and travel restrictions after the number of new daily COVID-19 cases tripled during a…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Tampa Bay Lightning are suspending defenseman Ian Cole pending an investigation into allegations made on social…

By DAVID KEYTON, FRANK JORDANS and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — This year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences has been awarded…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Mulayam Singh Yadav, India’s former defense minister and a veteran socialist leader, has died. He was 82. Yadav was admitted to…

By RIAZAT BUTT and ADIL JAWAD KHAN Associated Press DADU, Pakistan (AP) — Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — India’s External Affairs minister says Russia’s war on Ukraine “does not serve the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Tuesday as losses in technology-related shares weighed on global…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Individual travelers will be able to visit Japan without visas beginning Tuesday, just like in…

By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has told China that “armed confrontation is absolutely not an…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrats predicted abortion would be Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s saving grace.…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Marjorie Taylor Greene took her seat directly behind Republican House leader Kevin…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press I crouched onto the damp grass and picked at the weeds sprouting around my dad’s headstone. I struggled for…