US making COVID antiviral drug more available at test sites
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more…
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President: 11 babies killed in fire at Senegalese hospital
By CHEIKH A.T. SY and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press TIVAOUANE, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s president says 11 newborns have died in a fire that…
Continue ReadingDavos ends with Germany pushing global work on climate, war
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed hopes for global cooperation on climate…
Continue ReadingGermany: G-7 nations can lead the way on ending coal use
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s energy and climate minister says the Group of Seven wealthy nations can lead the way on…
Continue ReadingUK foreign secretary visits Bosnia to pledge support
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is visiting Sarajevo to reaffirm the U.K.’s commitment to peace and…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s ex-premier calls off planned sit-in, demands vote
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called off a planned, open-ended sit-in…
Continue ReadingCollege sports eye gambling money amid safeguard concerns
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NCAA rules remain clear when it comes to gambling on sports: Don’t do it.…
Continue ReadingIn Lebanon, a nascent reform movement faces tough road
By ZEINA KARAM and LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Ramy Finge spent two years braving tear gas and rubber bullets, sometimes trying to…
Continue ReadingIndian, Pakistani killed in UAE gas blast that injured 120
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A gas cylinder explosion in Abu Dhabi earlier this week that injured 120 people killed an Indian and a Pakistani…
Continue ReadingAsian shares’ rise broadly cheered by US earnings, rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares gained Friday as investors cheered a strong set of earnings from retailers that has…
Continue ReadingJapan, US fly fighters after China drill, N. Korean missiles
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s military says Japanese and U.S. forces have conducted a joint fighter jet flight over the…
Continue ReadingAbrams-Kemp slugfest promises to be pricey, long and ugly
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters didn’t get much of a break from election talk on the day after the Tuesday primary…
Continue ReadingChina’s foreign minister starts Pacific tour in the Solomons
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and a 20-strong delegation arrived in the Solomon…
Continue ReadingNearly 6 years later, man indicted in mother’s death at sea
By DAVE COLLINS and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The circumstantial evidence against Nathan Carman had been lying in plain…
Continue ReadingTrump ally Zinke fights claim he’s too ‘liberal’ for Montana
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — When Republican Ryan Zinke first ran for Congress, the former Navy SEAL faced false…
Continue ReadingHousekeepers struggle as US hotels ditch daily room cleaning
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and ANITA SNOW Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — After guests checked out of a corner room at the Hilton Hawaiian Village…
Continue ReadingUS Census Bureau: Big city losses early in COVID pandemic
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to…
Continue ReadingStates divided on gun controls, even as mass shootings rise
By RACHEL LA CORTE and ANDREW DEMILLO Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was quick to react to this week’s carnage…
Continue ReadingDispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s northern Varanasi…
Continue ReadingBoard may find Michigan GOP governor candidates ineligible
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press Two leading contenders for the GOP nomination for Michigan governor could be ruled ineligible for the primary…
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