AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Rauw Alejandro, higher level
By MARCELA ISAZA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — He started off wanting to be a star soccer player, but instead Rauw Alejandro has become a…
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Polish lawmakers overturn senate veto on disputed media law
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president will have the final decision on a controversial media bill seen as…
Continue ReadingFar-right using COVID-19 theories to grow reach, study shows
By DAVID KLEPPER and LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — New research indicates far-right extremists and white supremacists are gaining…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Holmes’ fraud case heads to the jury
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury that will weigh 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos…
Continue Reading2021 Notebook: The war in Ethiopia is 2021’s hidden conflict
By The Associated Press A war that erupted in November 2020 between Ethiopian forces and fighters from the country’s Tigray region has killed tens…
Continue ReadingFrance wants EU legal action over fishing dispute with UK
PARIS (AP) — French authorities say they will seek European Union legal action against Britain over a months-long, unresolved fishing dispute. The…
Continue ReadingSweden’s most endangered Christmas decorations burnt, again
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The two straw goats of Gavle, Sweden’s most endangered Christmas decorations, have gone up in flames after surviving…
Continue ReadingFrance offering top defense technology for ties with India
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and France have discussed future collaboration and co-production of defense equipment…
Continue ReadingEmirati mall, supermarket billionaire Majid Al Futtaim dies
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Emirati billionaire Majid Al Futtaim, who rose from working as a bank clerk to…
Continue ReadingDenmark to shut down public venues as virus infections rise
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister says her government is moving to close theaters, cinemas,…
Continue ReadingThai inmates riot to demand better COVID-19 treatment
BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of inmates have set fire at a prison in southern Thailand in a riot over demands for better medical care for those…
Continue ReadingCelebration and protests mark Tunisia’s new Revolution Day
By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Opponents and supporters of Tunisia’s leader held rival demonstrations on the new…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa to give J&J vaccines to other African nations
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says the country will donate just over…
Continue ReadingEU faces nuclear rift in decision on energy funds, future
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Heading into the Christmas week, nuclear energy has become a big thorn in the…
Continue ReadingSurging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021
BY JENNIFER PELTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials intensified calls for unvaccinated Americans to get…
Continue ReadingIn Your Debt: Get skills, not bills, at an unpaid internship
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet A summer spent fetching coffee and answering phones can result in a more impressive resume, but you may be paying for…
Continue ReadingInflation a worry for most economies, but not Japan
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer The Federal Reserve and most other central banks are shifting into inflation-fighting mode as pandemic…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s lira sinks to new low, prompting bank to intervene
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s currency has crashed to an new all-time low against the dollar a day after the Central Bank again lowered a key…
Continue Reading20 Chinese miners rescued from flooded shaft, 2 found dead
BEIJING (AP) — Crews have safely rescued 20 Chinese coal miners trapped inside a flooded shaft, while two others were found dead. The accident at…
Continue ReadingGlamour night for Bosnia migrants presenting fashion brand
By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Some migrants in Bosnia were able to escape the hardship of their everyday…
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