US adds Merck pill as 2nd easy-to-use drug against COVID-19
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have authorized a second pill against COVID-19, an antiviral drug from Merck…
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Universal Orlando reinstates mask rule as COVID cases rise
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press ORLANDO (AP) — Universal Orlando is reinstating its mask requirements beginning Christmas Eve as COVID-19…
Continue ReadingUS jobless claims unchanged at 205,000
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, remaining at a historically…
Continue Reading2 Boxing Day Premier League games off due to COVID outbreaks
BY ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Coronavirus outbreaks at Leeds and Watford have led to two Premier League matches scheduled for…
Continue ReadingGermany pledges to speed up Afghanistan evacuation efforts
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s new foreign minister has pledged to speed up efforts to get thousands of former local employees and other endangered…
Continue ReadingOfficial: Small plane crashes in Congo, all 5 aboard killed
By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Authorities say five people have died after a small passenger plane crashed in eastern…
Continue ReadingConsumer prices up 5.7% over past year, fastest in 39 years
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Wrkter WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose 5.7% over the past year, the fastest pace in 39 years as a…
Continue ReadingAlbanian prime minister apologizes over database leak
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister has apologized for a large leak of personal records from a government database of state and…
Continue ReadingTurkey, Qatar to discuss Kabul airport plans with Taliban
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run agency says a joint Turkish and Qatari delegation is traveling to Afghanistan to discuss plans for…
Continue ReadingGreece cancels Christmas events, brings back mask mandate
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Christmas concerts and other events have been canceled in Greece under new restrictions that include a general mask mandate…
Continue ReadingPope shakes up office that handles migration, COVID
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has removed the head of the Vatican office that handles the high-priority issues of…
Continue ReadingTurkish court once again extends philanthropist’s jail term
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court has again ruled to keep businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala behind bars, despite a decision from…
Continue ReadingTalks on Iran nuclear deal to resume in Vienna on Monday
BERLIN (AP) — The European Union says negotiators from Iran and five world powers that are trying to revive Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal…
Continue ReadingIsraeli opposition lawmaker to resign under plea deal
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Justice Ministry says it has reached a plea deal with a powerful opposition lawmaker that will see him…
Continue ReadingCrews extinguish Texas refinery fire that left four injured
BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — Crews have extinguished a large fire at a Houston-area refinery that left four people injured. The fire started at about 1…
Continue ReadingBelgium commits to phasing out existing nuclear power plants
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian government has tentatively committed to phasing out the country’s existing nuclear…
Continue ReadingUK data suggests hospitalization is less likely with omicron
By JILL LAWLESS and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s public health agency says preliminary data suggests that people with…
Continue ReadingButtigieg doles out $241M to US ports to boost supply chain
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is announcing more than $241 million in grants to bolster…
Continue ReadingIn Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores
By MATT O’BRIEN and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words…
Continue Reading5 teenagers charged in armed carjacking of US Rep. Scanlon
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Five teenagers were charged Thursday after the vehicle stolen at gunpoint in Philadelphia from U.S. Rep. Mary…
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