Month: December 2022

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told dozens of African leaders gathered in Washington that…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has banned the popular social media app TikTok from…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dressed as Elvis and nonchalantly walking a pig on a leash, Stephanie Hsu made a memorable…

By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press The Scripps National Spelling Bee has its third executive director in the past two years. Scripps announced Wednesday…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer More than half of U.S. adults say it’s harder to afford holiday gifts this year. According to a new poll from…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer A new Netflix docuseries about professional tennis called “Break Point” is scheduled to debut on Jan. 13.…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press British banking giant HSBC announced Wednesday it will no longer finance new oil and gas fields as part of its…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s foreign secretary says China’s government has removed a Chinese consul general and five of his staff from the U.K.…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three chimpanzees escaped from their enclosure in a Swedish zoo and roamed freely before being captured and euthanized on…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A security guard died after suffering a fall at a World Cup stadium in Qatar, tournament organizers said on Wednesday. The…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Crowds in Paris and other French cities erupted in shouts of joy as France advanced to the World Cup…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military chief of staff has suggested that Israel was behind a strike on a…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s national carrier says seven flights that were meant to take soccer fans to Qatar for Morocco’s World Cup…

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The people of Ukraine and their representatives have been handed the European Union’s top human rights prize for their…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union and southeast Asian countries are commemorating 45 years of diplomatic ties with a summit overshadowed by political…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has outlined her agreement for a new…

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara (AP) — The Moroccan soccer team’s history-making successes at the World Cup are stirring mixed emotions in the…

By The Associated Press Two men and a pet dog were rescued from a sailboat without power or fuel more than 200 miles off Delaware, 10 days after…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Say goodbye to virtual wine tastings, and bust out the karaoke. Love them or hate them,…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet “Buy now, pay later” services like Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna can sometimes provide a cheaper, more accessible…

By ERION XHABAFTI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s leaders on Wednesday signed a formal application seeking…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has failed to elect a government proposed by the center-right GERB party to resolve a political…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, over hate speech…

RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — An Afghan official says 20 people have been lashed in public in the Taliban-ruled country as punishment for alleged…