Witnesses: Drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Oromia kill civilians
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Witnesses tell The Associated Press that drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Oromia region killed…
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UK Treasury chief delays detailing new economic plans
LONDON (AP) — UK Treasury Chief Jeremy Hunt has delayed a statement on the country’s economic affairs until Nov. 17, only a day after the new…
Continue ReadingSpanish man trekking to World Cup believed arrested in Iran
By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The family of a Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup says he is…
Continue ReadingEU, US set up task force to resolve electric vehicle feud
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. and European Union officials have set up a task force tasked with resolving a dispute over electric vehicle batteries that the…
Continue ReadingFrench TV star scrutinized in book about sex abuse, #MeToo
By SYLVIE CORBET and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — “At a certain level of fame, no French man has ever been convicted for sexual…
Continue ReadingMore kids to ride in ‘clean’ school buses, mostly electric
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several…
Continue ReadingSerbia toughens visa rules as migration prompts EU pressure
By IVANA BZGANOVIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is seeing a sudden tourism boom from countries whose citizens…
Continue ReadingUS, allies warn decisive response if North Korea tests nuke
By HARUKA NUGA and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials from the United States and its Asian allies Japan and South Korea suspect…
Continue ReadingLow-wage workers bear financial brunt of denied abortions
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers A Texas mother of a toddler, scraping by on her husband’s income, was…
Continue ReadingTurkish doctor detained for proposing chemical weapons probe
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police have detained the president of the Turkish Medical Association after she called for an independent investigation into…
Continue ReadingUK leader Sunak faces opposition in Parliament for 1st time
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held the first meeting of his new Cabinet before facing the…
Continue ReadingNoseda extends for 3 years with Zurich Opera through 2027-28
By The Associated Press Zurich Opera music director Gianandrea Noseda has agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2027-28 season. The…
Continue ReadingUN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather…
Continue ReadingUN: Almost 1 million drought-hit Somalis in al-Shabab areas
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says close to 1 million drought-affected people in Somalia are in areas…
Continue ReadingAfraid of needles? China using inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean chipmaker SK Hynix worries about China future
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean computer chipmaker SK Hynix says it might be forced to sell its…
Continue ReadingGermany finds compromise over Chinese stake in Hamburg port
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government has agreed on a compromise to allow a Chinese shipping group to take a smaller stake in the operator of…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed ahead of US GDP update, Europe rates call
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday ahead of an update on the U.S. economy and a European…
Continue ReadingReport finds sanctioned Syrians benefit from UN contracts
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A new report has found that the United Nations has procured tens of millions of dollars in…
Continue ReadingArab voters key to breaking deadlock in Israeli election
By TIA GOLDENBERG and SAM McNEIL Associated Press UMM AL FAHM, Israel (AP) — The voices of Israel’s Palestinian citizens are often drowned out or…
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