Iran holds military drill near strategic Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s state TV says the country’s military has kicked off its annual drill in the coastal area of the…
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China faces bumpy road to normal as infections surge
BEIJING (AP) — China is on a bumpy road back to normal life as schools, shopping malls and restaurants fill up again with the easing of COVID-19…
Continue ReadingFormer IS families face neighbors’ hatred returning home
By HOGIR AL ABDO and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Marwa Ahmad rarely leaves her run-down house in the Syrian city of Raqqa.…
Continue Reading26 bodies found as search ends at Cambodian hotel fire site
By HENG SINITH and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press POIPET, Cambodia (AP) — The search for bodies in the wreckage of a burned-out casino hotel…
Continue ReadingEvidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ten months into Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, overwhelming…
Continue ReadingCourt in Myanmar again finds Suu Kyi guilty of corruption
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A legal official says a court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader…
Continue ReadingS&P 500 closes out dismal year with worst loss since 2008
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street capped a quiet day of trading with more losses Friday, as it closed the book on…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 takeaways: Final revelations from investigation
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Destroyed documents. Suggestions of pardoning violent…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s Tsai thanks troops after China military maneuvers
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has thanked navy and army personnel for their service defending the island, after China sent a…
Continue ReadingTrump’s returns shed light on tax offsets, foreign accounts
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN and CHRIS RUGABER Associated Press Democrats in Congress released thousands of pages of former President Donald…
Continue ReadingJapan tests all China arrivals for COVID as cases surge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency…
Continue ReadingCanada tribunal won’t block proposed big telecom merger
OTTAWA (AP) — Canada’s Competition Tribunal has rejected an effort by the country’s competition watchdog to block the proposed merger of Rogers…
Continue ReadingCalifornia deputy killed by driver, suspect dies in shootout
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Thursday by a man with a violent criminal history during…
Continue ReadingUS says Chinese intercept could have caused air collision
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. military says a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to an Air Force reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea,…
Continue ReadingIndiana blocks Chinese-owned app TikTok from state devices
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices, its technology office said Thursday. The…
Continue ReadingReal snowbird in Southern California? Snowy owl to be exact
CYPRESS, Calif. (AP) — Snowbirds are a common sight in Southern California in wintertime — except when they’re actually a bird. A snowy owl…
Continue ReadingLife sentence for North Carolina man in boy’s shooting death
WILSON, N.C. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a North Carolina man charged in the fatal shooting of a 5-year-old boy in 2020 to life in prison without…
Continue ReadingMovies, music and TV helped Pelé to even more stardom
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer great Pelé took part in movies, music and TV while also being a star on…
Continue ReadingSabres, Bills send support to city devastated by blizzard
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The wallop of a two-day blizzard that struck Buffalo over the weekend and the sense of…
Continue ReadingProbe: Alzheimer’s drug approval ‘rife with irregularities’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration’s contentious approval of a questionable Alzheimer’s drug took another hit Thursday as…
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