Month: December 2022

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Court of Justice says online retail giant Amazon may be in breach of luxury shoemaker Christian Louboutin’s…

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. economy contracted by more than earlier estimates between July and September, according to revised figures from the Office…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has praised the Hong Kong government’s efforts in revitalizing the…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, Lucila Gomez and her husband started their holiday shopping around…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency says North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of the Faeroe Islands’ social democrats says his party will form a majority coalition government after a…

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Superintendent Torie Gibson felt she had no choice but to make the unpopular decision. When learning Amador…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned Vatican bureaucrats on Thursday to beware the devil that lurks among…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan has overwhelmingly won the Democratic…

By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — More than nine years after Croatia became the European Union’s newest member, the…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has kicked off the festive period with one of its most iconic events: the huge Christmas…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it has nationalized energy company Uniper after the European Union gave its blessing for it to rescue the…

BEIRUT (AP) — Iraqi state news says two soldiers have been killed and three have been injured in an explosion in northern Iraq. The agency reported…

By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — In homes and schools around Bosnia, youngsters have been preparing gift boxes…

By LORI HINNANT, VASILISA STEPANENKO, SARAH EL DEEB and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down…

By LORI HINNANT, VASILISA STEPANENKO, SARAH EL DEEB and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down…

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press The Associated Press estimated at least 10,300 new graves in and around Mariupol — most in the Staryi Krym…

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities say vandals have destroyed rock art believed to be some 30,000 years old. Kyam Maher, the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. deputy secretary-general is urging every country “with capacity” to…

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — There are three “Starbucks” cafes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, all…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has adopted a plan to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed slightly higher in premarket trading Friday as investors await the…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fijian police on Thursday said they were calling in the military to help maintain…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The idea of a daring wartime trip by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington had percolated for some…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS policy governing the audits of tax returns filed by U.S. presidents is under new…