FBI probing ex-CIA officer’s spying for World Cup host Qatar
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar’s rivals to help the tiny Arab country land this year’s World Cup is…
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By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast the conflict in Ukraine as part of efforts by the West to secure its…
Continue ReadingColumbus art museum debuts major Maurice Sendak exhibit
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Museum of Art has opened a comprehensive exhibit on artist and…
Continue ReadingPoland removes 4 communist-era Red Army monuments
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has dismantled four communist-era monuments honoring Red Army soldiers, in a renewed drive to remove symbols of…
Continue ReadingUN report: Climate pollution reductions ‘highly inadequate’
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains “far behind” and is not doing nearly enough…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry’s memoir, titled ‘Spare,’ to come out Jan. 10
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry’s memoir, an object of obsessive anticipation worldwide since it was first…
Continue ReadingInflation, gas prices looming over sports biz, concessions
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Persistently high inflation and gas prices are looming over sports and the monetary pipeline that…
Continue ReadingUS stock indexes are mixed as Facebook parent company slumps
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stock indexes are mixed on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday as more big companies…
Continue ReadingChina’s Huawei says revenue down 2.2% so far this year
BEIJING (AP) — Figures reported by Chinese tech giant Huawei indicate its revenue rose in the latest quarter as infrastructure sales helped to…
Continue ReadingBrexit crisis pushes N Ireland to brink of new election
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland politicians are making a last-ditch attempt to break a political impasse triggered…
Continue ReadingBiden zeroes in on economic message as campaign winds down
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden is focusing on economic issues as he fine-tunes his closing argument in…
Continue ReadingEgypt, IMF reach preliminary agreement for $3 billion loan
CAIRO (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has reached a deal with the Egyptian government that paves the way for the country to access a $3…
Continue ReadingRussian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak arrives in Lithuania
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak — the glamorous daughter of Russian President…
Continue ReadingLebanon and Israel sign sea border deal
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Israel signed and delivered copies of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal following…
Continue ReadingRebels kill 2 soldiers in quake-hit Philippine province
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine military officials say suspected communist rebels have killed two soldiers in an attack in a northern…
Continue ReadingUkraine attacks Russia’s hold on southern city of Kherson
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces attacked Russia’s hold on the southern city of Kherson on Thursday…
Continue ReadingEuropean Central Bank makes another large interest rate hike
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank piled on another outsized interest rate hike aimed at…
Continue ReadingBattle of the Alps? Water woes loom amid climate change
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BRIG, Switzerland (AP) — A battle is brewing around Europe’s rooftop over the planet’s most precious…
Continue ReadingItaly’s fascist past under scrutiny a century after putsch
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s failure to come to terms with its fascist past has become evident as it prepares to mark…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea to review extradition of New Zealand suspect
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has initiated a court review on whether to extradite a 42-year-old woman…
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