19 dead, dozens injured in Senegal road crash
By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Authorities in Senegal say a bus swerved to avoid hitting a donkey and collided with a…
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Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on run
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, a Mafia boss convicted of helping to mastermind some of the…
Continue ReadingYellen to meet with Chinese finance minister in Switzerland
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to meet with her Chinese counterpart in Switzerland on…
Continue ReadingUK: Royal Mail cyber incident delivers overseas disruption
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Royal Mail has asked customers to refrain from posting items to overseas destinations until further notice as it tries to…
Continue ReadingAfrican musicians awarded in Senegal at annual ceremony
By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The four-day event celebrating African musicians across the continent culminated Sunday…
Continue ReadingThousands turn out to bid farewell to Greece’s former king
By ELENA BECATOROS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As a crowd of thousands chanted “Long live the king” and…
Continue ReadingGermany’s defense minister resigns amid Ukraine criticism
By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned following persistent…
Continue ReadingLast activists leave hamlet at heart of German coal protest
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The last two climate activists holed up beneath a German village due to be destroyed for the…
Continue ReadingScandal-hit EU political group starts damage limitation work
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The major political group embroiled in a massive European Union corruption scandal will seek this…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea president, in UAE, backs return to nuclear power
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says his nation’s efforts to be…
Continue ReadingUkraine strike deaths hit 40; Russia seen preparing long war
By VASILISA STEPANENKO and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian emergency crews on Monday sifted through what was left…
Continue ReadingWorld shares mostly higher ahead of China GDP data
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Monday ahead of China’s release of…
Continue ReadingReport: Myanmar arms industry growing after army takeover
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report says companies from at least 13 countries have helped Myanmar build up its capacity…
Continue ReadingBusiness trusted most in a more polarized world, report says
By COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — People worldwide are more gloomy about their economic prospects than ever before and trust…
Continue ReadingAs Davos opens, Oxfam urges windfall tax on food companies
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Anti-poverty group Oxfam says companies making big profits as inflation surges should face windfall…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico to privatize power generation amid outages
By DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government says it plans to privatize electricity generation, a…
Continue ReadingClearance of German hamlet for mine said to be near-complete
BERLIN (AP) — A village in western Germany that is due to be demolished to make way for a coal mine expansion has been cleared of activists, apart…
Continue ReadingItalian energy company says new gas discovered off Egypt
ROME (AP) — Italian energy giant Eni has announced what it calls a significant gas discovery offshore of Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean. In a…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean president travels to UAE, seeks arms sales
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol received an honor guard welcome Sunday…
Continue ReadingAndrew Tate case: Romania tows luxury cars, other assets
By STEPHEN McGRATH AND VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities descended on a compound near Bucharest on…
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