KFC apologizes for app alert urging orders for Kristallnacht
BERLIN (AP) — KFC has apologized for accidentally sending an automated push alert to its app users in Germany that appeared to urge people to order…
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Just Stop Oil pauses UK highway protest that snarled traffic
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British climate activists say they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major…
Continue ReadingFamed painting ‘The Scream’ targeted by climate activists
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to…
Continue ReadingGerman regions plan to end mandatory COVID isolation
BERLIN (AP) — Four German regions plan to scrap rules requiring people infected with the coronavirus to isolate at home, arguing that the pandemic…
Continue ReadingVeterans ‘best of America,’ VP Harris says in laying wreath
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under gray clouds and pouring rain at Arlington National Cemetery, Vice…
Continue ReadingTsunami advisory lifted after powerful earthquake hits Tonga
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful, shallow underwater earthquake has struck near Tonga in the southern Pacific, prompting authorities to…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Netanyahu given chance to form far-right government
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president has asked former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government,…
Continue ReadingGerman lawmakers OK delay in switching off nuclear plants
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved a plan to keep the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants until mid-April. That will extend…
Continue ReadingTakeoff fans gather for Atlanta celebration of slain rapper
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fans gathered Friday to remember slain rapper Takeoff, a member of the hip-hop trio Migos, in a…
Continue ReadingIran-born brothers charged in Sweden with spying for Russia
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say two Iranian-born brothers have been charged with aggravated…
Continue ReadingBiden tightens methane emissions rule amid push for more oil
By MATTHEW DALY and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The Biden administration has ramped up efforts to reduce methane…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy says Ukrainian special military units in Kherson
By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president said Friday that special military units have…
Continue ReadingEU expects recession to hit this year as inflation hangs on
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission slashed its forecast for economic growth…
Continue ReadingJapanese music stars form band ‘to make the world rock’
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Four of Japan’s biggest rock stars formed a new band, The Last Rockstars, in a race against time…
Continue ReadingEthiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s lead negotiator in ongoing peace talks is asserting that 70% of the country’s northern Tigray region is now…
Continue ReadingMigrant rescue ship docks in French port amid Italy rift
By BARBARA SURK and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — A maritime rescue ship has docked in a southern French port carrying 230…
Continue ReadingJapan’s SoftBank returns to profit as investments rebound
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group has reported a 3 trillion yen, or $21 billion, profit…
Continue ReadingWall Street rallies for best week since June on rate hopes
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street piled more gains Friday onto its mammoth rally from a day earlier to close out its best…
Continue ReadingUK economy shrinks as economists warn of more pain to come
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Statistics show that Britain’s economy shrank in the three months to September, and forecasters…
Continue ReadingChina confirms Xi to attend G-20, APEC meetings
BEIJING (AP) — China has confirmed leader Xi Jinping will attend both the meeting of the Group of 20 industrialized countries and the gathering of…
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