Germany mulls bringing back masks this autumn
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the country may need to bring back a requirement for wearing face masks in public this autumn after…
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Greece gets 3.6 billion euros from European recovery fund
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has received a 3.6 billion euro payment out of its allotted 30.5 billion from the European Union’s pandemic recovery…
Continue ReadingBus crash near Egypt’s Red Sea kills 3, including 2 Poles
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state-owned MENA news agency has reported that at least three people including two Polish tourists were killed when a bus…
Continue ReadingDoctors, crater disprove Russia’s hospital airstrike misinfo
By LORI HINNANT and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Accounts by three doctors at a Ukrainian maternity hospital hit by an…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka business leaders demand end to political impasse
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan business leaders are calling for an end to…
Continue ReadingFood prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The United Nations says prices for world food commodities like grains and vegetable oils have…
Continue ReadingUK airport warns COVID-related delays could last months
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) —  A major British airport is warning passengers to expect the delays plaguing travel to continue for…
Continue ReadingForeign businesses protest Myanmar foreign currency rules
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Foreign business groups in Myanmar are balking at new rules requiring businesses and…
Continue ReadingJapan to expel 8 Russian officials, impose new sanctions
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is expelling eight Russian diplomats and trade officials and will phase out imports of…
Continue ReadingEU imposes sanctions on Putin’s daughters
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on two adult daughters of Russian…
Continue Reading3 Shanghai officials sacked over COVID-19 response
BEIJING (AP) — Three local officials in Shanghai have been sacked over a slack response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest city,…
Continue ReadingPower outage strands 11 on Universal Studios Hollywood ride
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say nearly a dozen people were rescued after a power outage left them stranded on a ride at Universal Studios…
Continue ReadingPriest dies from stabbing on seaside promenade in Egypt
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s interior ministry says a knife-wielding man has mortally wounded a Coptic priest in an attack at the popular seaside…
Continue ReadingAussie jailed 5.5 years for killing Singaporean with bottle
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An Australian man has been sentenced to five and a half years in jail for killing a Singaporean man and injuring his…
Continue ReadingNATO eyes in the sky, keeping Europe out of Russia’s war
By LORNE COOK Associated Press UEDEM, Germany (AP) — As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, NATO planners went into overdrive. Their aim was to put…
Continue ReadingWall Street falls to first down week in four on rate worries
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its first losing week in the last four with an up-and-down…
Continue ReadingNBA At 75: What to expect at the league’s 100th anniversary
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Nobody knows for certain where the NBA will be in 25 years, when it’ll be celebrating its 100th anniversary.…
Continue ReadingVoting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines
By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French voters in Sunday’s presidential election will use the same system that’s been used for generations.…
Continue ReadingIsraeli forces kill Palestinian attacker; third victim dies
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A third Israeli has died following the attack by a Palestinian man who opened fire into a…
Continue ReadingBoston Mayor Michelle Wu hopes to transform her adopted city
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When she was elected mayor of Boston in November, Michelle Wu transformed the image of the city’s…
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