France’s African ex-soldiers win last battle – over pensions
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Some of the last survivors in France from a colonial-era infantry corps that recruited tens of…
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Bosnian ski resorts suffer as Europe sees record warm winter
By SABINA NIKSIC and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia (AP) — The new year’s festivities are over in Bosnia, and visitors to the…
Continue ReadingEgyptian pound sees largest single-day fall since IMF deal
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Central Banks says the pound has seen its largest single-day slide since the government agreed to a $3 billion…
Continue ReadingMeta fined 390M euros in latest European privacy crackdown
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines…
Continue ReadingCoinbase to pay $100M in settlement with New York regulators
NEW YORK (AP) — New York announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase on Wednesday over what state officials called significant failures in…
Continue ReadingTurkish, Russian forces could ‘expand’ Syria joint patrols
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense minister says Turkish and Russian troops could “expand” their joint patrols in northern Syria as part…
Continue ReadingNFL rallies to support Hamlin as his condition improves
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — As a sedated Damar Hamlin lay before him in a Cincinnati hospital bed surrounded by…
Continue ReadingWHO worried about surge of COVID in China amid lack of info
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says the agency is “concerned about the risk to life in China” amid the coronavirus’…
Continue ReadingMan charged in university student killings arrives in Idaho
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The suspect in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students has arrived in…
Continue ReadingChristian graves desecrated in historic Jerusalem cemetery
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 30 graves at a historic Christian cemetery in Jerusalem have been found toppled and…
Continue ReadingA lion roars on Broadway as box office hauls reveal winners
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It was feast or famine at the Broadway box office as 2022 wound down, with eye-popping…
Continue ReadingDelta airliner goes off icy taxiway in Minneapolis snowstorm
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Delta jet went off an icy taxiway after landing in a snowstorm in Minneapolis but no passengers were injured, the airline…
Continue ReadingBiden: GOP speaker drama ’embarrassing,’ ‘not a good look’
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says House Republicans’ inability to unify behind a speaker…
Continue ReadingUS job openings stayed high in sign of economic resilience
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings slipped in November but remained at high suggesting businesses are…
Continue ReadingUK’s Sunak vows to halve inflation, tackle illegal migration
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in his first major speech of 2023, has pledged to halve inflation,…
Continue ReadingCzech government OKs bill for 2% GDP spending on military
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has approved a bill aimed at bringing defense spending at the required NATO goal of 2% of gross domestic product…
Continue ReadingIn troubled Mexico prison, inmates ruled their cell blocks
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A violent prison break in which 30 inmates escaped and 17 people — mostly guards — were…
Continue ReadingUS bishops’ rifts unlikely to ease after Benedict’s death
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the conservative prelates who dominate the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were…
Continue ReadingPoland signs deal to buy 2nd batch of U.S. Abrams tanks
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister has signed a deal to buy a second batch of U.S Abrams main battle tanks as Warsaw beefs up…
Continue ReadingIsrael demolishes parts of West Bank hamlet set for eviction
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Residents and activists say the Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive…
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