Bad luck: Pope acknowledges he got caught at record store
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has long lamented that he can’t walk around town unnoticed like he used to before…
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3 women charged with beating airline security officer at JFK
NEW YORK (AP) — Three women are facing federal charges of attacking an airline security officer who tried to block them from boarding a flight at…
Continue ReadingEU flag drapes coffin of Sassoli, head of bloc’s parliament
ROME (AP) — With a state funeral, Italy has paid tribute to David Sassoli, the president of the European Union’s parliament, who died earlier…
Continue ReadingDecember retail sales slip after a record holiday season
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans overlooked shortages, spiking prices and uncertainty over the omicron variant…
Continue ReadingRomania to launch COVID-19 jabs for children aged 5 to 11
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say children aged between 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 starting late…
Continue ReadingIn southern Dutch town, cafes open in lockdown protest
By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press VALKENBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Shops, bars and restaurants in a southern Dutch town have…
Continue ReadingPoland: huge military data leak has only public information
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says that a massive leak from a military equipment database includes only publicly available…
Continue ReadingRussia backs away from unpopular anti-coronavirus measures
By ULIANA PAVLOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian government has decided to delay a controversial bill requiring QR codes confirming…
Continue ReadingMichigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general is asking federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation…
Continue ReadingCroatia census shows nearly 10% population drop in 10 years
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities say last year’s population census in the European Union country has shown an almost 10% drop over…
Continue ReadingSerbs dismayed as Djokovic’s visa again revoked in Australia
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s supporters in Serbia were dismayed after waking up to the news that…
Continue ReadingSwedish PM, others test positive after parliament debate
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The office of Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson says she has tested positive for COVID-19. She took part in a debate in…
Continue ReadingSKorean rescuers pull body from collapsed construction site
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescuers have pulled a body from a heap of rubble at the construction site of a 39-floor building that…
Continue ReadingUK court hearing for US woman in road death case called off
LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors say a court hearing for an American citizen who left Britain after being involved in a crash that killed a…
Continue ReadingChina touts support from Gulf states for Uyghur treatment
BEIJING (AP) — China says it gained support on issues including the treatment of Uyghur Muslims from Persian Gulf states following talks at which…
Continue ReadingDSquared2 designers welcome fashion crowd back to Milan
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan fashion houses were charting a path out of the pandemic that included a menswear calendar…
Continue ReadingBiden administration launches program to fix 15,000 bridges
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Transportation Department is launching a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade U.S. bridges. It’s…
Continue ReadingEthiopia objects to alleged “misconduct” of WHO chief Tedros
GENEVA (AP) — The government of Ethiopia has sent a letter to the World Health Organization accusing its Ethiopian director-general of…
Continue ReadingIran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian author whose bestselling comic novel, “My Uncle Napoleon,”…
Continue ReadingOmicron leaves Germany on brink of recession as growth dips
By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The risk of recession is looming for Germany after Europe’s biggest economy shrank at…
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