Month: December 2022

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic covered his face as he walked off. Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie and…

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and JARI TANNER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says Turkish authorities have arrested and…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say that U.S.-owned Hess Corporation, a consortium partner in Guyana’s offshore oil sector, has agreed to buy…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is considering allowing express toll lanes on highways and…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. set out to make an objective portrait, a tribute to his father, the underground…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British authorities have arrested a wealthy Russian businessman on suspicion of money laundering…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press When members of the small Pennsylvania chapter of Secular Democrats of America log on for their monthly meetings,…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press RAPA NUI, Chile (AP) — The causes are worthy, the course is daunting – almost 500 kilometers (about…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people, is…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country’s oil set by Ukraine’s…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Hy-Vee Hall ballroom in Des Moines erupted in cheers in 2008 when the youthful…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republicans who lost their races for Michigan’s top three…

CAIRO (AP) — Iranian state TV said the country has begun construction on a new nuclear power plant. The new 300-megawatt plant will take eight…

HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member and Russia’s neighbor Estonia is boosting its defense capabilities by acquiring an advanced U.S. rocket artillery…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, causing panic but only minor damage…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the…

By ZEN SOO HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic…

By AUDREY McAVOY and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States has condemned the attack on the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan’s capital in…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A musical manuscript handwritten by Ludwig van Beethoven is getting returned to the heirs of the…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Even as Ukraine celebrates recent battlefield victories, its government faces a…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators representing organized labor marched in South Korea’s…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When BNSF railroad conductor Justin Schaaf needed to take time off from work this summer, he had…

By DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — The mourners in Shanghai lit candles and placed flowers. Someone scrawled “Urumqi,…