Main German opposition party backs second term for president
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest opposition party says it will support the reelection of President Frank-Walter…
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Top conservative Saudi cleric who once headed judiciary dies
By AYA BATRAWY and ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — An influential Saudi cleric who once served for years as head of…
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By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russia-led military alliance says it will dispatch peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after the…
Continue ReadingVatican novelty to start New Year as pope urges adoption
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has called for making it simpler for couples to adopt children as he presided over his…
Continue ReadingNovak Djokovic denied entry to Australia, has visa canceled
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s chance to play for a 10th Australian Open title has been thrown into…
Continue ReadingChinese developer asking bondholders to postpone repayment
BEIJING (AP) — A troubled Chinese real estate developer with $310 billion of debt is asking investors in one of its bonds to postpone when they…
Continue ReadingS. Korea military apologizes for defector’s border crossing
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military has apologized for causing public concern about its security…
Continue ReadingBases housing US troops in Iraq, Syria come under attack
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. and the Iraqi military say Katyusha rockets have struck Iraqi military bases hosting…
Continue ReadingReport: Ethiopia detains many Tigrayans deported from Gulf
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials in Ethiopia have arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared thousands of ethnic Tigrayans who recently were…
Continue ReadingGerman health minister advocates tougher curbs on contacts
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister is advocating tougher curbs on contact between people as the country prepares for a new rise in…
Continue Reading‘We were trapped’: Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakers
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the lawmakers who were trapped in the upper…
Continue ReadingNFL teams providing female fans with clubs of their own
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — More than half of the NFL’s 32 teams have female fan clubs. The Detroit Lions’ Women of…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks follow Wall St lower after Fed rates signal
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower after investors saw minutes from a Federal…
Continue ReadingVirus surge tests limits of primary health care in Europe
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — An unprecedented number of coronavirus infections is once again exposing the underfunding and…
Continue Reading10 dead, others missing after boat capsizes in Zanzibar
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — An official in Tanzania’s semiautonomous region of Zanzibar says 10 people have died when their boat capsized while…
Continue ReadingIndonesian prosecutors seek life for Bali bombing suspect
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors have demanded a life sentence for a top terror suspect who…
Continue ReadingWith salty language, Macron berates France’s unvaccinated
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has burst into the presidential race with an explosive remark about…
Continue ReadingIn Israel, omicron drives records, zigzag policy, 4th shots
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says coronavirus infections in the country have spiked to a new record high since…
Continue Reading‘Substitute camera’ captures Ghislaine Maxwell trial drama
By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Williams was the eyes of the public throughout Ghislaine Maxwell’s monthlong…
Continue ReadingA televised insurrection: AP video documents Jan. 6 riot
By NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 riot was an insurrection with a 360-degree view. The Associated Press compiled a…
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