Fire sends smoke over Doha skyline during World Cup in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatari authorities say a fire has broken out at an under-construction building in a newly built city where a World Cup match is…
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Civilians escape Kherson after Russian strikes on freed city
By SAM MEDNICK and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Fleeing shelling, civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern…
Continue ReadingFlashes of Arab unity at World Cup after years of discontent
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — For a brief moment after Saudi Arabia’s Salem Aldawsari fired a ball from just inside the…
Continue ReadingMacao awards casino licenses to MGM, Sands, Wynn, 3 others
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Macao has tentatively renewed the casino licenses of MGM Resorts, Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts…
Continue ReadingSober or bright? Europe faces holidays during energy crunch
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VERONA, Italy (AP) — Early season merrymakers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the…
Continue ReadingHead of Haiti’s police academy killed at training facility
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian police say the director of the National Police Academy, Harington Rigaud, was shot and killed…
Continue ReadingWildlife conference boosts protection for sharks, turtles
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — An international wildlife conference moved to enact some of the most significant protection…
Continue Reading‘Miracle’: Missing cruise ship passenger found OK in water
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a passenger who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued on Thanksgiving…
Continue ReadingGiants-Cowboys sets NFL regular-season record for viewers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Thanksgiving afternoon game between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys set the mark for the most-watched NFL…
Continue ReadingTaiwan president resigns as party leader after election loss
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party…
Continue ReadingBiden, family attend Christmas tree lighting on Nantucket
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The Biden family’s tradition of eating lunch, shopping and watching a…
Continue ReadingLake seeks election records in suit against Arizona county
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records…
Continue ReadingPrime minister: Coup thwarted in Sao Tome and Principe
Associated Press SAO TOME, Sao Tome and Principe (AP) — Authorities in the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe say four men are dead and two…
Continue ReadingHonduras declares state of emergency against gang crime
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras became the second country in Central America to declare a state of…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response…
Continue ReadingUS frustrates England again at a World Cup in 0-0 draw
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — Loud jeers rang around the stadium. England’s fans were not happy. The United States had…
Continue ReadingNASA’s Orion capsule enters far-flung orbit around moon
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around…
Continue ReadingOddball 6-foot ‘Lobsta Mickey’ statue returns to Boston
BOSTON (AP) — A long-forgotten, and somewhat unsettling, statue of Mickey Mouse with giant lobster claws for hands has found its way back to…
Continue ReadingUS FCC bans sales, import of Chinese tech from Huawei, ZTE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is banning the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting the use of some…
Continue ReadingCourt revives wrongful death claim in Ohio Walmart shooting
CINCINNATI (AP) — An appeals court has revived a wrongful death claim against Walmart by the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white…
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