Indonesia wants to use G20 presidency to aid COVID rebound
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s leader says the country holding the presidency of the Group of 20…
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Barbados PM appears to have swept general elections
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The party of Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley appears to have won every legislative seat in the first elections…
Continue ReadingUK lawmaker says Johnson critics face government ‘blackmail’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawmaker from Britain’s governing Conservatives has accused the government of blackmailing…
Continue ReadingMultiple-car crash as heavy snowfall closes Czech highway
PRAGUE (AP) — A heavy snowstorm that has hit the Czech Republic caused a multiple-car crash and completely shut down one of the major highways near…
Continue ReadingEU orders Poland to pay 70 million euros in spat over judges
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union is ordering Poland to pay a fine of nearly 70 million euros ($80 million)…
Continue ReadingNATO starts work to upgrade Albanian communist-era air base
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — NATO has started work to upgrade Albania’s communist-era Kucova Air Base, which will…
Continue ReadingGhislaine Maxwell requests new trial after juror interviews
NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial, less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. In a…
Continue ReadingUS jobless claims rise to 286,000, highest since October
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three…
Continue ReadingRalph Lauren unveils Team USA’s opening Olympic uniforms
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Team USA’s opening ceremony uniforms for the Beijing Olympics include some sneaky new warming…
Continue ReadingNew Mo Willems ‘Pigeon’ book to be released in September
NEW YORK (AP) — The bus-loving Pigeon of children’s picture books fame is back on the move. Author-illustrator Mo Willems has a five-book deal…
Continue ReadingSick bear cub in Poland euthanized as no improvement
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Veterinarians in Poland say they have euthanized a brown bear cub after more than a week of treatment failed to ease its…
Continue ReadingGerman FM: Diplomats shared blame for Holocaust
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says that the country’s diplomats during the Nazi era shared blame for the Holocaust and she wants…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka settles sovereign bond payment as reserves dwindle
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has paid $500 million due on sovereign bonds from its badly depleted…
Continue ReadingUS researchers test pig-to-human transplant in donated body
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. researchers are reporting the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human…
Continue ReadingThailand loosens entry restrictions as omicron worries ease
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand will ease entry requirements for vaccinated visitors from all countries next month as concerns about the omicron variant of…
Continue Reading19-year-old woman sets record for solo global flight
By MARTA FIORIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press KORTRIJK, Belgium (AP) — The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford has set a world…
Continue ReadingTrying to stem the pandemic, Uganda creates a fuel crisis
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A dispute over COVID-19 testing fees for truckers has created a fuel crisis in Uganda,…
Continue ReadingHow to crush your holiday debt
By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet Paying for gifts, travel, entertaining and other holiday expenses has caused many of us to start off the new year in…
Continue ReadingPolish LOT plane struck by lightning, forced to land
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish news broadcaster has reported that a LOT Polish airlines plane was struck by lightning, prompting the plane to…
Continue ReadingMore than 2 dozen drugmakers to make Merck’s COVID-19 pill
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed group says it has signed agreements with more than two dozen generic drug makers to produce versions of Merck’s…
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