As case counts fall, WHO chief warns “COVID isn’t finished”
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says “COVID isn’t finished with us,” as he appealed…
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Jefferson Quran returns to US as Dubai Expo 2020 winds down
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A rare, two-volume Quran owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson is returning…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly higher after Wall Street tech rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher as investors try to gauge U.S. inflation, tensions between Russia…
Continue ReadingGerman exports rise again in December, strong gains in 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German exports increased for the third consecutive month in December. That capped a year in which they…
Continue ReadingJacobellis earns 1st US gold at Olympics in snowboardcross
By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States’ first gold medal of…
Continue ReadingSweden ends COVID-19 testing as pandemic restrictions lifted
By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has ended wide-scale testing for COVID-19 even among people showing symptoms of a…
Continue ReadingIran unveils new missile with reported region-wide range
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has unveiled a new missile with a reported range that would allow it to reach both U.S. bases in the region and targets…
Continue ReadingTaiwan, Somaliland ties growing despite diplomatic isolation
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan and Somaliland are expanding economic and political ties despite being two of the world’s most diplomatically…
Continue ReadingIndonesia frees croc from tire stuck on its neck for 6 years
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A wild crocodile with a used motorcycle tire stuck around its neck for six years has…
Continue ReadingTruck driver rams cars in Germany, 31 vehicles damaged
BERLIN (AP) — German police say an intoxicated truck driver rammed his vehicle into parked cars after ignoring a red light in southern Germany. The…
Continue ReadingChristian revival at school prompts student walkout in W.Va.
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Students in a West Virginia city have staged a walkout to protest a Christian assembly…
Continue ReadingOlympic medals in team figure skating delayed by legal issue
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The winners in the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics still have not received…
Continue ReadingUkrainians not panicking as West ramps up invasion rhetoric
By INNA VARENYTSIA, LORI HINNANT and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press ADIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Washington is raising the rhetoric about the buildup…
Continue ReadingBlinken lands in Australia ahead of Indo-Pacific meeting
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Secretary of State Antony Blinken and key allies are “voting with…
Continue ReadingWorkers clean Apollo 16 spaceship ahead of 50th anniversary
By JAY REEVES Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The Apollo 16 spacecraft is dusty and home to a few cobwebs decades after it carried three…
Continue ReadingHonda’s sales, profit drop amid rising costs, chip shortages
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda has reported its profit dropped 32% in the last quarter as rising material costs and a…
Continue ReadingMusk helping restore Tongan internet; virus outbreak growing
By NICK PERRY and DAVID RISING Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Entrepreneur Elon Musk is trying to help reconnect Tonga to the…
Continue ReadingNew COVID surge batters Afghanistan’s crumbling health care
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — All but five of the 38 COVID-19 treatment hospitals that once operated in Afghanistan…
Continue ReadingOfficers shot on Virginia college campus mourned as heroes
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two officers who were shot to death on the campus of a private college in Virginia were…
Continue ReadingChina opens investigation into woman found chained by neck
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in eastern China are investigating the case of a woman found chained by the neck in a hut in freezing weather, images of…
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