Chinese airline receives first domestic long-range jetliner
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese airline has become the first customer to take delivery of a long-range jetliner produced by a state-owned manufacturer set…
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Sri Lanka shuts schools as extreme weather brings pollution
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Schools across Sri Lanka are closed as health and environment officials say the…
Continue ReadingSpain hosts EU-Med summit to discuss energy crisis
MADRID (AP) — Leaders and representatives of nine Mediterranean and Southern European countries are preparing to meet in Spain, with the energy…
Continue ReadingLandmark Istanbul hotel suffers fire; no injuries reported
ISTANBUL (AP) — News reports in Turkey say a fire has broken out at a luxury hotel located on the grounds of a former Ottoman palace. There were no…
Continue ReadingGreece: House arrest for police officer in shooting of teen
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A Greek police officer accused of shooting and seriously wounding a Roma teenager…
Continue ReadingChina struggles with COVID infections after controls ease
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A rash of COVID-19 cases in schools and businesses were reported Friday in areas across China after…
Continue ReadingWith vote ahead, Polish leader turns up anti-German rhetoric
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s nationalist conservative ruling party has ratcheted up its anti-German…
Continue ReadingHelping Ukraine is ‘self-preservation,’ finance chief says
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ukraine’s finance minister says crucial Western financial support is “not…
Continue ReadingMyanmar rescues 154 Rohingya from boat in distress
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military says more than 150 Rohingya have been rescued off the coast of Myanmar after their boat started taking on…
Continue ReadingCrisis of confidence over cardinal shakes Cologne Catholics
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — An unprecedented crisis of confidence is shaking a historic center of Catholicism in…
Continue ReadingWall Street slips as US inflation slows but remains hot
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are edging lower on Wall Street Friday and bond yields are rising after a report showed…
Continue ReadingUK cost-of-living woes stir push for more free school meals
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — As the school bell rings, dozens of children begin filing into the canteen at Hillstone…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean truckers end 16-day strike over freight rates
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of South Korean truckers are returning to work after voting to end their…
Continue ReadingK-pop star among 8 to join Japan tycoon Maezawa’s moon trip
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Friday that K-pop star T.O.P will be among eight people…
Continue ReadingUC’s academic workers strike brings stress to undergraduates
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A month into the nation’s largest strike involving higher education, the work…
Continue ReadingMore South Korean adoptees demand probes into their cases
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nearly 400 South Koreans adopted as children by families in the West have requested…
Continue ReadingEx-cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5-year term
By STEPHEN GROVES and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back…
Continue ReadingSanta visit brings joy to a frosty Alaska Inupiat village
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press NUIQSUT, Alaska (AP) — Though the weather outside was frightful, schoolchildren in the northern Alaska Inupiat…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why can’t Lebanon elect a president?
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has been without a president for over a month, its legislators unable to agree on a new…
Continue ReadingChronic malnutrition stalks many poor children in Ecuador
By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Sara Milena is barely 20 days old. Her mother, Tania Herrera, lives with her parents, who…
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