Paphos bishop elected as new leader of Cyprus Church
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ Orthodox Church has elected Paphos Bishop Georgios as its new leader.…
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Tunisia’s political experiment threatens economic collapse
By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian president appears determined to upend the country’s…
Continue ReadingIndia opposition’s ‘unity march’ against hate enters capital
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Members of India’s main opposition Congress party and thousands of…
Continue ReadingA Christmas season without its traditional glow in Ukraine
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Just a year ago, Sophia Square in Kyiv was all about the big Christmas tree and thousands…
Continue Reading22 dead in fire at illegal shelter in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say 22 people died in a fire at a private shelter in the Siberian city of Kemerovo that was operating illegally.…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa marks holidays despite nationwide power cuts
By SEBABATSO MOSAMO and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Christmas lights twinkle, holiday music plays and Johannesburg’s…
Continue ReadingKiller dubbed ‘The Serpent’ arrives in France from Nepal
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Confessed serial killer Charles Sobhraj has arrived in France after being…
Continue ReadingChina blasts US defense bill while Taiwan welcomes it
BEIJING (AP) — China has blasted an annual U.S. defense spending bill for hyping up the “China threat” while Taiwan welcomed the legislation,…
Continue Reading18 die as monster storm brings rain, snow, cold across US
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A frigid winter storm killed at least 18 people as it swept across the…
Continue ReadingGeorgia special grand jury wraps up probe of Trump, allies
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally…
Continue ReadingAfter Jan. 6: Congress born of chaos ends in achievement
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The 117th Congress opened with the unfathomable Jan. 6, 2021, mob siege of the…
Continue ReadingPacked ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns
By DAKE KANG Associated Press BAZHOU, China (AP) — As China grapples with its first-ever national COVID-19 wave, emergency wards in small cities…
Continue ReadingPacked ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns
By DAKE KANG Associated Press BAZHOU, China (AP) — Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s…
Continue ReadingCubans, Nicaraguans drive migration to US border in November
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities say iIlegal border crossings by Cubans and Nicaraguans rose sharply in November…
Continue ReadingUniversity of California workers end strike, ratify contract
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Striking graduate students at the University of California have approved a bargaining agreement, ending a 40-day strike that…
Continue ReadingPolice: 19-year-old killed in shooting at Mall of America
By ABBIE PARR and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A teenager was killed during a shooting at the Mall of America on…
Continue ReadingEditions of Jan. 6 report already on Amazon best seller list
NEW YORK (AP) — It took less than a day for the Jan. 6 report to go from public unveiling to the bestseller list on Amazon.com. By late Friday,…
Continue ReadingRabuka sworn in as Fiji prime minister after close election
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sitiveni Rabuka has been sworn in as Fiji’s prime minister, capping a tense week in a fragile Pacific democracy where…
Continue ReadingNewsom grants 10 pardons, including for drug crimes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has granted 10 pardons, including for several people convicted of drug crimes more than 20…
Continue ReadingRenowned painter’s son convicted in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The son of a renowned American painter has been convicted of four counts of participating in the…
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