BEIJING SNAPSHOT: At Olympics, differing views of the news
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Reporters from abroad and Chinese reporters have different approaches to the daily news briefings…
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AstraZeneca sees $4B in COVID vaccine sales as revenue soars
LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca has recorded a big jump in revenue as it begins to take a profit from its coronavirus vaccine for the first time. The…
Continue ReadingBuilding collapses in Syria, killing woman and 3 children
BEIRUT (AP) — The opposition Syrian Civil Defense group says a building collapse in northwest Syria has killed a woman and three of her children,…
Continue ReadingMoroccan region held death recipe for boy trapped in well
By MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press IGHRAN, Morocco (AP) — The death of a 5-year-old boy trapped for days in the dark depths of a well…
Continue Reading`We’re Filipinos’: Women soccer players decry criticisms
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Members of the Philippines women’s soccer team which recently qualified for its…
Continue ReadingBlockades by virus protest convoys banned in Paris, Brussels
PARIS (AP) — Authorities in France and Belgium have banned road blockades threatened by groups organizing online against COVID-19 restrictions. The…
Continue ReadingReport: Troubled Chinese builder promises 600,000 apartments
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A newspaper says a Chinese real estate developer that is struggling under $310 billion in debt is…
Continue ReadingShiffrin seeks Olympic reset; enters super-G after training
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. ski team says Mikaela Shiffrin will enter the super-G at the Beijing Games. She has…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea to roll out Novavax COVID-19 vaccine next week
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will begin offering Novavax Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine at hospitals,…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What are the key parts of Ukraine’s peace deal?
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A peace agreement for eastern Ukraine has remained stalled for years. But it has come into…
Continue ReadingPrince William focuses on conservation during first UAE trip
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Britain’s Prince William has made his first official visit to the United…
Continue ReadingCalifornia accuses Tesla of alleged discrimination at plant
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — California regulators have sued electric car maker Tesla Inc. They allege the…
Continue ReadingAsian shares skid after hot price data point to rate hikes
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a sell-off on Wall Street spurred by news that…
Continue ReadingTonga’s virus outbreak growing rapidly; omicron confirmed
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Coronavirus cases continue to rise rapidly in Tonga, and tests have confirmed that the particularly…
Continue ReadingAdrift after enslavement, Yazidi teen says she can’t go home
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BARZAN, Syria (AP) — Many Yazidi women who were abducted and enslaved by the Islamic State group as children have…
Continue ReadingBlinken says century will be shaped by Indo-Pacfic region
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States remains focused long-term on…
Continue ReadingGLIMPSES: At Olympics, images from one visitor’s COVID scare
By MATT SLOCUM Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — For one Associated Press photographer, the Olympics were a chance to cover ice hockey — and…
Continue ReadingChen’s near-perfect skate wins long-sought Olympic gold
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen remembers making the long drive with his mother from his home in Utah to Rafael…
Continue ReadingHindu nationalism pushed in voting test for Modi’s politics
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press AYODHYA, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is touting Hindu-first politics and…
Continue ReadingHome of the huge: China has long history of going really big
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Beijing’s Winter Olympics remind us of how everything in China is big, bigger — and even…
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