Month: December 2022

By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press Bocaina de Minas, BRAZIL (AP) — Down a dirt road in the mountains of Minas Gerais, Pelé’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Arguments over who was the greatest player in the history of men’s soccer can often see cheap hits…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot increased to $685 million ahead of Friday night’s drawing, giving lottery players a chance…

Associated Press Volkswagen is recalling nearly 42,000 Beetles in the U.S. and Canada because they have potentially dangerous Takata air bag…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos are betting they can finally put the COVID pandemic behind…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is in stable condition and…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say a gas canister explosion at a restaurant in western Turkey has killed seven people. The governor of Aydin…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines returned to a relatively normal flight schedule Friday, as the focus shifts to…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Did you win money betting on Saint Peter’s, the longest-of-longshots men’s…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader will have the power to decide whether foreign lawyers can be involved in…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has failed so far to create a path to residency for Afghans who worked alongside U.S.…

By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When a 38-year-old man anguished over the protests in Iran took his own life in the French city of…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SARA BURNETT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats will be in charge of Michigan’s state government for…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Almost three years after officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in…

PARIS (AP) — France says it will require negative COVID-19 tests of all passengers arriving from China and is urging French citizens to avoid…

By CARLOS VALDEZ and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A judge in Bolivia has sentenced opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho…

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed Friday to deepen their…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military says its prosecutor has filed indictments against two soldiers who allegedly…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A defense lawyer says a prominent Algerian journalist is behind bars and the offices of his website and radio station have…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, a divisive social media personality and former professional kickboxer, was detained in Romania on charges of…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Arata Isozaki, a Pritzker-winning Japanese architect known as a post-modern giant who blended…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese technology giant Huawei says it has pulled itself out of “crisis mode” following years of…

BEIJING (AP) — China is on a bumpy road back to normal life as schools, shopping malls and restaurants fill up again with the easing of COVID-19…

By HOGIR AL ABDO and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Marwa Ahmad rarely leaves her run-down house in the Syrian city of Raqqa.…

By HENG SINITH and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press POIPET, Cambodia (AP) — The confirmed death toll from a massive fire at a casino hotel complex…