Greece: Funeral held for Roma teen shot during police chase
By KOSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of mourners have gathered in a Roma settlement in northern Greece for the…
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South Africa leader fights for political future over scandal
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The president of South Africa is fighting for his political future amid an unfolding scandal…
Continue ReadingAt ‘Church City,’ a taste of Catholic life in Qatar
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hymns echo through the spacious, blue-walled church. The congregants listen to the Gospel and the…
Continue ReadingDanish Prime Minister Frederiksen presents new government
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has presented a three-party majority coalition crossing the left-right divide…
Continue ReadingUN Irish peacekeeper killed in shooting in southern Lebanon
By ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Irish U.N. peacekeeper has been killed and several others were wounded when…
Continue ReadingFiji parties say election count should stop after glitch
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The leaders of four political parties contesting Fiji’s general election called for…
Continue ReadingMusk’s Twitter tweaks foreshadow EU showdown over new rules
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Self-proclaimed free speech warrior Elon Musk’s more unfettered version of Twitter could collide…
Continue ReadingHome-grown supply operation outfits Ukraine’s women soldiers
By VASILISA STEPANENKO and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When 25-year-old Anastasia Mokhina donned fatigues and rushed off…
Continue ReadingHarry, Meghan vent grievances in final Netflix episodes
By SYLVIA HUI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, vented their grievances against the British…
Continue ReadingJapan trade deficit soars on weak yen, high oil prices
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its trade deficit surged to over 2 trillion yen ($15 billion) in November as higher costs for oil and a weak yen…
Continue ReadingA week into China’s easing, uncertainty over virus direction
By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A week after China dramatically eased some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 containment…
Continue ReadingAsian shares decline after retreats on Wall Street, Europe
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares followed Wall Street and Europe lower on Friday, with markets jittery over the…
Continue ReadingBethlehem welcomes Christmas tourists after pandemic lull
By SAM MCNEIL Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the…
Continue ReadingLengthy prison terms for 3 who aided Whitmer kidnap plotter
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot…
Continue ReadingGroup casts doubt on Amazon’s claims of reducing plastic
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A report by environmental group Oceana has found that plastic waste from Amazon packages went…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What can the Patriot missile do for Ukraine?
By TARA COPP and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies…
Continue ReadingHealth officials revise tool to track severe obesity in kids
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were…
Continue ReadingHow Fed’s series of rate hikes could affect your finances
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s move Wednesday to raise its key rate by a half-point brought it to a…
Continue ReadingVenezuela’s Maduro enters 2023 seeking global recognition
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was not invited to a summit of Western Hemisphere…
Continue Reading6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Taiwan’s east coast
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A 6.2 magnitude earthquake originating in the waters off Taiwan’s eastern coast shook the island…
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