Opposition candidate wins in Venezuela’s cradle of Chavismo
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ Associated Press BARINAS, Venezuela (AP) — Voters in the home state of Venezuela’s late President…
Continue ReadingAP National News
A glance at who’s getting paid sick days
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Omicron is shining a spotlight on the disparities between who gets paid sick days and who doesn’t. Nearly…
Continue ReadingStay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers Millions of workers whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose…
Continue ReadingSudan protest group rejects UN offer for talks with military
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading Sudanese protest group has rejected a United Nations initiative to hold talks with the…
Continue ReadingAmid tensions, Bosnian Serbs celebrate outlawed holiday
by RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Under growing international pressure over their leader’s…
Continue ReadingIraq’s new parliament holds 1st session marked by disarray
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s new parliament has held its first session, nearly three months after Iraqis voted in…
Continue ReadingBiden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden wraps up his first year in the White House, he has held fewer news…
Continue ReadingSaudi princess freed after nearly 3 years in jail
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Advocates say that Saudi authorities have released a princess detained in the kingdom under mysterious…
Continue ReadingPakistani police say they killed 6 militants in southwest
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani counterterrorism police say they have killed six militants from the Islamic State group in an overnight raid at a…
Continue ReadingSpanish police nab drug smugglers who used helicopters
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have dismantled a drug-trafficking ring that allegedly brought hashish and marijuana from Morocco to southern…
Continue ReadingSnow cleared after deaths of 22 people at Pakistani resort
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say roads at a popular Pakistani resort are clear after the deaths of 22 people who were stuck in their cars during a…
Continue ReadingCyprus foreign minister quits amid presidential run tussle
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ foreign minister has resigned his post amid swirling speculation over his intention to run for president of the…
Continue ReadingGerman vaccine mandate may take months to pass, parties say
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s ruling parties are hitting the brakes on plans for compulsory coronavirus vaccinations,…
Continue ReadingOfficial: 30 Nigerian students freed after 7 months
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A government official says gunmen have released 30 Nigerian students who spent nearly seven…
Continue ReadingPope baptizes 16 babies in Sistine Chapel after year’s break
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has baptized 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel to resume a decades-old Vatican tradition. The ceremony wasn’t…
Continue ReadingKazakhstan says 164 killed in last week’s protests
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s health ministry says 164 people, including a 4-year-old girl, have been killed in…
Continue ReadingThis will be South Sudan’s hungriest year ever, experts say
By SAM MEDNICK and DENG MACHOL Associated Press OLD FANGAK, South Sudan (AP) — Aid groups say more people will face hunger this year in South Sudan…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka seeks Chinese debt restructuring amid crisis
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of debt-ridden Sri Lanka has asked China for the restructuring of its…
Continue ReadingUS, Japan agree to keep troops on base to curb COVID spread
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. and Japan have agreed to keep American troops within their bases as worries grew about a…
Continue ReadingProspects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With the fate of Ukraine and potentially broader post-Cold War European stability at stake,…
Continue Reading