By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic will get a chance to defend his Australian Open title after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne. The top-ranked Djokovic wrote on Instagram he has “an exemption permission” to compete at the tournament. Australian Open organizers have issued a statement to
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany have reported sporadic violence at demonstrations against the country’s pandemic restrictions. Authorities said one protester in an eastern town bit an officer and another attempted to steal a service weapon late Monday. Tens of thousands in total took to the streets in scores of German towns and cities for
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Matt Egan, CNN Business The White House on Monday offered a solution to surging meat prices: an action plan that includes investing $1 billion of American Rescue Plan funds to boost competition in the industry and promises to ramp up regulation and enforcement of anticompetition laws. But some experts say the
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy has set Jan. 24 as the start date to begin voting for a new Italian president. The announcement Tuesday by the lower chamber of parliament officially kicks off a campaign that is expected to see Premier Mario Draghi and ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi vie for the prestigious
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy has set Jan. 24 as the start date to begin voting for a new Italian president. The announcement Tuesday by the lower chamber of parliament officially kicks off a campaign that is expected to see Premier Mario Draghi and ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi vie for the prestigious
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Menos de 20 vehículos abandonados permanecían en la carretera interestatal 95 en el este de Virginia el martes por la noche, después de que una fuerte tormenta invernal dejó varados a muchos automovilistas durante horas en la noche del lunes. “No quedan personas varadas”, tuiteó la oficina del Departamento de Transporte de
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Novak Djokovic defenderá su título del Abierto de Australia en Melbourne este mes tras recibir una exención médica del mandato de vacunación, anunció este martes Tennis Australia (TA) en un comunicado. “Novak Djokovic competirá en el Abierto de Australia y está de camino a Australia”, decía el comunicado. “Djokovic solicitó una
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to pump more oil to the world economy amid hope that travel and demand for fuel will hold up despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The 23-member OPEC+ alliance led by oil cartel member
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Stocks certainly started off the year on a positive note. The Dow and the S&P both closed out the first trading day of the year at all-time highs. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Stocks certainly started off the year on a positive note. The Dow and the S&P both closed out the first trading day of the year at all-time highs. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By AJ Willingham, CNN Stocks certainly started off the year on a positive note. The Dow and the S&P both closed out the first trading day of the year at all-time highs. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces have killed a suspected militant accused of beheadings in a shootout Tuesday in a sweeping counterterrorism campaign against extremists in remote mountain jungles. Police say the man was a key member of the East Indonesia Mujahideen network. He was fatally shot by a
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN If this was to be goodbye then Ben Roethlisberger gave Heinz Field the perfect sendoff, keeping the Pittsburgh Steelers’ postseason dreams alive with a 26-14 win over the Cleveland Browns on Monday. The 39-year-old quarterback said on Friday that “all signs were pointing” to the Browns game being his last regular
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows that a year after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, only about 4 in 10 Republicans recall the attack by supporters of then-President Donald Trump as very violent or extremely violent. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean journalists are praising Iden Wetherell, one of the country’s most principled and exacting editors, who died on Dec. 23 after a battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 73. Njabulo Ncube, national coordinator of Zimbabwe National Editors Forum, an organization Wetherell helped found in 2002, said that
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Continue ReadingDEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford says it will nearly double the annual production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck based on a high number of advance reservations. The company says that it will be able to build at a rate of 150,000 pickups per year at its electric vehicle factory in Dearborn, Michigan, by
Continue ReadingDEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford says it will nearly double the annual production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck based on a high number of advance reservations. The company says that it will be able to build at a rate of 150,000 pickups per year at its electric vehicle factory in Dearborn, Michigan, by
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man suspected of starting the fire that gutted South Africa’s parliament buildings has appeared in court and will remain in custody pending his application for bail. Zandile Christmas Mafe faces several charges including arson, theft, housebreaking and contravention laws that restrict access to government buildings. Mafe
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic will get a chance to defend his Australian Open title after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne. The top-ranked Djokovic wrote on Instagram he has “an exemption permission” to compete at the tournament. Australian Open organizers have issued a statement to
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