Greek prime minister COVID-positive day after Istanbul visit
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be self-isolating at home, a day after meeting in…
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Watchdog: European arms imports rise despite global fall
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish watchdog says European countries bought 19% more major arms in the five years to 2021 than they did in the five years…
Continue ReadingLiz Weston: How buy now, pay later loans could alter credit
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Credit reporting bureaus are eager to add popular and largely unregulated “buy now, pay later” loans to credit…
Continue ReadingFrance lifts COVID-19 rules on unvaccinated, mask wearing
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is lifting most COVID-19 restrictions. People no longer are required to wear face masks in…
Continue ReadingShooting outside Chicago pizza shop leaves 7 men wounded
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a shooting outside a pizza shop on Chicago’s South Side has left seven men wounded. Police say the men were…
Continue ReadingCyprus president vows “more humane” migrant camp conditions
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says his government will work to make conditions at an overcrowded migrant camp “more humane”…
Continue ReadingDutch, Australians launch case against Moscow over MH17
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch and Australian governments have launched a legal case against Russia at the International Civil Aviation Organization.…
Continue ReadingGerman airport strike causes flight cancellations, delays
BERLIN (AP) — More than 1,000 security personnel have walked off their jobs at airports across Germany, leading to dozens of flight cancellations…
Continue ReadingRussia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Russian forces have continued their assault on Ukraine, firing on suburbs around the capital of Kyiv and attacking other cities, even as the two…
Continue ReadingLeaders of Germany, Turkey press for cease-fire in Ukraine
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and FRANK JORDANS ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey and Germany pledged Monday to continue diplomatic work for a cease-fire in Ukraine,…
Continue ReadingUAE authorities order arrests over rare riot at soccer match
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Public prosecutors in Abu Dhabi are calling for the arrest of “all rioters” after a soccer game in the…
Continue ReadingAs Ukraine war rages, Israel grapples with fate of oligarchs
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is grappling with how to deal with dozens of Jewish Russian oligarchs…
Continue ReadingChina battles multiple outbreaks, driven by stealth omicron
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The “stealth omicron” variant is fueling China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two…
Continue ReadingTaiwan air force Mirage fighter lost, pilot ejects safely
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s air force said one of its French-made Mirage 2000 fighter jets appears to have been lost off the…
Continue ReadingPregnant woman, baby die after Russian bombing in Mariupol
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A wounded pregnant woman who was seen being carried on a stretcher from a bombed…
Continue ReadingTrial over approval of Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan begins
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has begun a trial to determine whether the Boy Scouts of…
Continue ReadingIndia unsure of Russian arms to meet China, Pakistan threats
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is bracing for a disruption in Russian arms supplies following Moscow’s invasion of…
Continue ReadingRussia keeps up attacks in Ukraine as two sides hold talks
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine kept a fragile diplomatic path open with a new round of talks Monday…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly lower as crude slides to $100 per barrel
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks are mostly lower in Asia and oil prices have fallen further after another day of…
Continue ReadingWar censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers BOSTON (AP) — Russia’s increasingly strict online censorship measures have…
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