Month: February 2022

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United Nations’ independent investigator on human rights in North Korea has called for the international community to provide 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the isolated authoritarian nation, which has recently showed signs of easing one of the world’s most restrictive pandemic border

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities have detained six people and fired eight lower-level Communist Party officials in a provincial-level investigation of the case of a trafficked woman that caused national outrage and frustration. Last month, a video circulated of a woman who was chained to a small shed. The

LONDON (AP) — Gary Brooker of the English rock band Procol Harum has died at age 76. The band said Brooker died at his home on Saturday. He had been receiving treatment for cancer. The London-born Brooker was singer and keyboard player with the band, which had a huge hit with its first single, “A

BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing the U.S. of creating “fear and panic” over the crisis in Ukraine, and calling for talks to reduce tensions. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says China is opposed to sanctions on Russia. She says the U.S. is fueling tensions by providing defensive weapons to Ukraine, without mentioning Russia’s deployment of

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media is reporting that Oman’s foreign minister has arrived in Tehran for talks with his Iranian counterpart. The move comes as nuclear negotiations between Iran and world powers continue in Vienna. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian welcomed Sayyid Badr Albusaidi upon his arrival, with the visit scheduled to focus

PARIS (AP) — The International Energy Agency says emissions of planet-warming methane from oil, gas and coal production are significantly higher than governments claims. The Paris-based agency said Wednesday that its analysis shows emissions are 70% higher than the official figure provided by governments worldwide. It says that if all leaks were plugged, the methane

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Clogged U.S. ports are being given access to nearly $450 million in federal money from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law. It’s part of the Biden administration’s recent stepped-up efforts aiming to ease supply chain congestion and lower prices for American consumers. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Environmental groups say Romania has failed to tackle illegal logging and nature destruction in areas protected by European Union law, two years after Brussels warned the country to put an end to illicit deforestation. A new report authored by nongovernmental groups Agent Green, EuroNatur, and ClientEarth

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Automaker Stellantis says it made a solid 13.4 billion euros in its first year. That’s three times the profit from the two separate companies that combined to make Stellantis at the start of the 2021. The company said Wednesday that the merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group paid off in

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, DASHA LITVINOVA, YURAS KARMANAU and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.” He said the attack was needed to protect