Month: December 2022

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched. Russia’s…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met on Thursday with Saudi Arabia’s king and…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Young women diagnosed with breast cancer often must delay pregnancy for years while they take hormone-blocking…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of a virtual-reality…

TAMAQUA, Pa. (AP) — Two firefighters died responding to a house fire Wednesday in rural eastern Pennsylvania where a man’s body was found…

By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has slammed the U.S. State Department’s listing last week of the South Asian country…

By STEVE DOUGLAS and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A future for Portugal’s national team without Cristiano Ronaldo…

LONDON (AP) — Artist Veronica Ryan has won the prestigious Turner Prize for work that transforms materials including fruits, seeds and volcanic ash…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Supreme Court of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan says that 27 people were lashed in public in a…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Ukrainian rights activist who leads the group that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize says there will be no…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government is calling for calm after overnight unrest in an Athens neighborhood and an area outside Greece’s…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has helped mark a milestone in U.S.…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s attacks on fellow Republican David McCormick contributed to the former…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Experts say an alleged plot to topple the German government, led by a self-styled prince, a retired…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press President Joe Biden is announcing the infusion of nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union…

BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have briefly disrupted traffic at Munich airport in southern Germany, in a protest against the environmental impact…

Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Portugal’s Civil Protection Agency says one person died Thursday during the heavy rains that fell overnight in the…

BEIJING (AP) — China has begun implementing a more relaxed version of its strict “zero COVID” policy amid steps to restore normal life, but…

BERLIN (AP) — The former chief executive of financial services company Wirecard and two other ex-managers has gone on trial over the firm’s…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party looks set to retain control in…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin has been acquitted in Norway of violating a law that…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, made a sweeping indictment of Britain’s media…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press TABAWA, Nigeria (AP) — When the floodwaters reached Aisha Ali’s hut made of woven straw mats and raffia palms,…

BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities say Thai soldiers clashed with suspected drug smugglers in a forested area in the country’s north near the Myanmar…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People across China reacted with relief and caution Thursday to the dramatic government…

By STEPHEN McGRATH and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Croatia has been given a green light to join the group of nations that make up…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Friday after an advance on Wall Street led by the latest rally in…

By PETER SMITH and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine’s historic…

BEIJING (AP) — In a move that caught many by surprise, China announced a potentially major easing of its rigid “zero-COVID” restrictions,…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press His name was Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Nearly 66 years after the battered body of a young boy was found stuffed…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A tart retort by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a U.S. offer of help and a call by former U.S. President Donald…

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — One of the world’s most ruthless pirates hid in plain sight in the American…