U.N. says 22 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2022
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A United Nations report estimates that 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022.…
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Putin to the West: ‘It is not us who threaten anyone’
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the West to “immediately” meet Russia’s…
Continue ReadingGerman police seek tips on fugitive convicted of 1993 murder
BERLIN (AP) — Police have launched a manhunt for a 56-year-old German who went on the run this week after losing his final appeal of a murder…
Continue ReadingPope demands humility in new zinger-filled Christmas speech
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has urged Vatican cardinals, bishops and bureaucrats to embrace humility this…
Continue Reading2021 Notebook: US withdrawal and Afghanistan’s next chapter
By The Associated Press For Afghanistan, 2021 was punctuated by the chaos of a U.S. withdrawal and an uncertain next chapter. The Taliban quickly…
Continue ReadingRenowned Tiananmen massacre monument removed in Hong Kong
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen…
Continue ReadingEx-Tunisian president convicted of undermining security
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s state news agency says a court has sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki in absentia to four years in…
Continue ReadingGerman health minister expects virus surge around New Year’s
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says he expects a surge in coronavirus cases around the New Year period, as the national disease control…
Continue ReadingUS denies man held in Turkey for fake passport is diplomat
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. officials have denied an American citizen who was arrested in Turkey for allegedly providing a fake passport to a Syrian…
Continue ReadingTo grandmother’s house or no? Omicron disrupts holiday plans
By LAURA UNGAR and TALI ARBEL Associated Press For the second year in a row, the ever-morphing coronavirus presents would-be holiday revelers with a…
Continue ReadingJury in Elizabeth Holmes trial hears replay of her boasts
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jurors in the fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes returned to the…
Continue ReadingIntel apologizes for asking suppliers to avoid Xinjiang
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Intel Corp. has apologized for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from Xinjiang after the…
Continue ReadingChina puts city of 13 million in lockdown ahead of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — China has plunged a city of 13 million people into lockdown to stamp out an increase in coronavirus infections, as the country…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What caused Amazon’s outage? Will there be more?
By MATT O’BRIEN and FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writers Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn’t start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for…
Continue ReadingChanging climate parches Afghanistan, exacerbating poverty
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press SANG-E-ATASH, Afghanistan (AP) — Fed by rain and snowmelt from mountains, this valley nestled among…
Continue ReadingAsian stock markets follow Wall St up as omicron fears ease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have risen after Wall Street hit a new high as fears of the coronavirus’s…
Continue ReadingAnother danger to illicit drug users: Animal tranquilizer
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press CHESTER, Vt. (AP) — An animal tranquilizer is turning up in drug overdoses across the country. A report from the…
Continue ReadingBustling bars, surging business: Dubai sees a post-vax boom
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The globalized city-state of Dubai appears to be in the midst of a boom season.…
Continue ReadingUS Navy says it seizes arms from Iran likely bound for Yemen
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it has seized a large cache of assault rifles and ammunition…
Continue ReadingUS delays intelligence center targeting foreign influence
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years have passed since Congress directed the creation of an intelligence center to lead…
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