India randomly testing international visitors for COVID-19
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19…
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Seoul: North Korean hackers stole $1.2B in virtual assets
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency says North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5…
Continue Reading3-party coalition to form government on Faeroe Islands
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of the Faeroe Islands’ social democrats says his party will form a majority coalition government after a…
Continue ReadingHigh school football incidents spark racism talks, programs
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Superintendent Torie Gibson felt she had no choice but to make the unpopular decision. When learning Amador…
Continue ReadingPope warns Vatican staff an ‘elegant demon’ lurks among them
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned Vatican bureaucrats on Thursday to beware the devil that lurks among…
Continue ReadingVirginia state Sen. McClellan wins Democratic nomination
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan has overwhelmingly won the Democratic…
Continue ReadingTaliban minister defends ban on women’s university studies
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from…
Continue ReadingOn a roll: Croatia set for new currency, borderless travel
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — More than nine years after Croatia became the European Union’s newest member, the…
Continue ReadingSpain kicks off festivities with ‘El Gordo’ bumper lottery
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain kicked off the winter holidays with its huge Christmas lottery known as “El Gordo,” and…
Continue ReadingGermany nationalizes gas supplier Uniper after EU approval
BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it has nationalized energy company Uniper after the European Union gave its blessing for it to rescue the…
Continue ReadingExplosion in northern Iraq kills two soldiers, injures three
BEIRUT (AP) — Iraqi state news says two soldiers have been killed and three have been injured in an explosion in northern Iraq. The agency reported…
Continue ReadingBosnian children’s gifts to Ukraine evoke parents’ memories
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — In homes and schools around Bosnia, youngsters have been preparing gift boxes…
Continue ReadingRussia scrubs Mariupol’s Ukraine identity, builds on death
By LORI HINNANT, VASILISA STEPANENKO, SARAH EL DEEB and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down…
Continue ReadingHow the AP estimated 10,300 new graves in occupied Mariupol
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press The Associated Press estimated at least 10,300 new graves in and around Mariupol — most in the Staryi Krym…
Continue ReadingRussia scrubs Mariupol’s Ukraine identity, builds on death
By LORI HINNANT, VASILISA STEPANENKO, SARAH EL DEEB and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down…
Continue ReadingAustralian vandals destroy 30,000-year-old rock art
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities say vandals have destroyed rock art believed to be some 30,000 years old. Kyam Maher, the…
Continue ReadingUN deputy urges countries to consider armed force for Haiti
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. deputy secretary-general is urging every country “with capacity” to…
Continue ReadingReal coffee, but a fake ‘Starbucks’ in piracy-ridden Iraq
By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — There are three “Starbucks” cafes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, all…
Continue ReadingJapan adopts plan to maximize nuclear energy, in major shift
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has adopted a plan to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build…
Continue ReadingWall Street points modestly higher ahead of inflation report
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed slightly higher in premarket trading Friday as investors await the…
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