Norway’s central bank raises key policy interest rate
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate from 0.25% to 0.5%, citing the upswing in the economy…
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Life sentence for German man who drove into Carnival crowd
BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has convicted a 31-year-old man of 89 counts of attempted murder for driving his car into a crowd celebrating…
Continue ReadingSweden to end vaccine pass exemption for Nordic neighbors
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish authorities say citizens from fellow Nordic countries will have to show a valid COVID-19 vaccination certificate…
Continue ReadingBosnia police jail 8 for war crimes during 1992-95 conflict
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police have arrested eight former Bosnian Serb army commanders and soldiers in the 1992 wartime killing…
Continue ReadingRights group says protection for transgender Thais lacking
By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has a positive international image when it comes to the rights and lifestyles of…
Continue ReadingEU leaders urge booster shots, seek coordinated travel rules
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed that administering booster shots is “urgent” and…
Continue ReadingUK raises interest rates as central banks focus on inflation
By PAN PYLAS and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s central bank has become the first in a major advanced economy…
Continue ReadingHungarian fashion studio builds Roma cultural prestige
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A fashion studio in Hungary is challenging the centuries-old stereotypes faced by the…
Continue ReadingEuropean Central Bank to taper pandemic stimulus, but gently
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has decided not to abruptly pull back its pandemic support…
Continue ReadingBangladesh marks 50 years of war victory against Pakistan
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh has marked 50 years of victory over Pakistan in a bloody war for independence by hosting a military parade with…
Continue ReadingJapan trade recovers as supply chain troubles ease
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its exports jumped 20% and imports rose at an even faster pace in November as disruptions to manufacturing supply…
Continue ReadingFrance to restrict travel from Britain to fight omicron
By ANGELA CHARLTON and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France will restrict arrivals from Britain because of fast-spreading cases of the…
Continue ReadingFlood from illegal coal mining traps 21 people in China
BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers ae trying to reach 21 people trapped by a flood because of illegal mining for coal in northern China. The accident happened…
Continue ReadingEU hopes fresh talks, not sanctions, will avert Ukraine war
By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are pressing Russia to enter peace talks with Ukraine. At the…
Continue ReadingChina’s #MeToo victims face abuse, payback for going public
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says human resources and upper…
Continue ReadingVaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe having change of heart
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Some former vaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe are shifting over to the other…
Continue ReadingAsian shares fall after latest tech-led retreat on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia after technology companies led Wall Street benchmarks lower.…
Continue ReadingYoung Americans motivated to make change: AP-NORC, MTV poll
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows that millennials and Generation Z Americans say they are more likely to be…
Continue ReadingProsecution casts Elizabeth Holmes as a brazen con artist
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal prosecutor on Thursday described Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes as a…
Continue ReadingFights, drugs, racial tension: ’70s spelled trouble for NBA
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — If there was a decade when the NBA nearly disintegrated under the weight of its own problems,…
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