Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US
CAIRO (AP) — An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities…
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Danish screenwriter Lise Nørgaard dies at age 105
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Lise Nørgaard, a screenwriter who penned the popular epic television drama “Matador” about the lives of ordinary…
Continue ReadingGreece: Baby’s body found in dam; mother arrested
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A 29-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her baby daughter in northern Greece. The…
Continue Reading65,000 view Benedict XVI’s body lying in state at Vatican
By GIADA ZAMPANO and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘s body, his head resting on a…
Continue ReadingFloods in Philippines leave 51 dead, over a dozen missing
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people in the Philippines remained in emergency shelters in the wake of devastating Christmas flooding, as…
Continue ReadingMoscow says Ukrainian rocket strike kills 63 Russian troops
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fired rockets at a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian…
Continue ReadingIndia’s top court upholds legality of 2016 currency ban
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court says the government’s surprise decision in 2016 to demonetize high-value…
Continue ReadingDemocrat Katie Hobbs takes office as Arizona governor
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Katie Hobbs took the oath of office to become Arizona’s 24th governor and the first…
Continue ReadingPolice: 2 kids among 6 people die in Kashmir village attack
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Two children have been killed and five other civilians wounded in a blast in a village in Indian-controlled Kashmir a day…
Continue ReadingJeremy Renner undergoes surgery after snow plow accident
RENO, Nevada (AP) — Jeremy Renner suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries in a snow plow accident in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday, a…
Continue ReadingHelicopters collide over Australian beach, 4 people dead
By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two helicopters collided in an Australian tourist hotspot, killing four people and…
Continue Reading2024 contest comes into view with hurdles for both parties
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are being forced to confront critical questions about the…
Continue Reading2024 contest comes into view with hurdles for both parties
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Both political parties are opening the new year confronting critical questions about…
Continue ReadingWorld markets mixed after S&P 500 ends worst year since 2008
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares began the year mixed, with European benchmarks opening higher on Monday after a…
Continue ReadingJapanese emperor greets crowd at palace after COVID hiatus
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli army kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank confrontation
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a man claimed by an armed group as a member, during a confrontation…
Continue ReadingMacao eases COVID rules, but tourism, casinos yet to rebound
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press MACAO (AP) — Only a few tourists crisscrossed the wavy black and white paving of Macao’s historic Senado…
Continue ReadingIsraeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service
By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army says missile strikes by Israel’s military have put the…
Continue ReadingUS tourist killed by gunfire in Belize
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States Embassy in the tiny Central American nation of Belize on Sunday confirmed the death of a U.S. citizen there…
Continue ReadingNY lawmakers get pay raise making them nation’s best-paid
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Just in time for the New Year, New York lawmakers have become the highest…
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