Avoid going overboard and over budget on kids’ holiday gifts
By AMANDA BARROSO of NerdWallet It’s easy to go overboard on gifts for your kids for the holidays, but the result could be a drained bank account…
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Norway caps indoor gatherings to ward off coronavirus
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian government is introducing a 10-person limit for gatherings at private homes to counter an uptick in…
Continue ReadingTurkey calls for Israeli ‘sensitivity’ toward Palestinians
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is open to improved relations with Israel but the country must first display…
Continue ReadingMercedes F1 team and firm end deal opposed by fire survivors
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Building materials maker Kingspan says it has agreed with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One…
Continue ReadingMuseum to fix ‘ripples’ in Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ national museum is planning to restretch Rembrandt van Rijn’s…
Continue ReadingEnd of an era: Germany’s Merkel bows out after 16 years
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel is credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence and working to hold a…
Continue ReadingWith vaccine resistance high, Poland faces surge of deaths
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and several other countries in Central and Eastern Europe are facing the emergence of…
Continue ReadingIndonesian militant given life sentence in 2005 attack
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamic militant who eluded capture for 16 years…
Continue ReadingTense nuclear talks with Iran to resume Thursday in Vienna
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European diplomat chairing nuclear talks between Iran and world powers says negotiations in…
Continue ReadingUN: Fighting around key Yemeni port displaces over 25,000
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says fighting between troops loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and…
Continue ReadingArrested man is freed, not a suspect in Khashoggi’s murder
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities have announced that a man arrested at Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport linked to…
Continue ReadingFacebook broadens ban on military-linked Myanmar companies
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced a new ban on postings linked to Myanmar’s military…
Continue ReadingRain, lava from Indonesian volcano hamper search for missing
By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — Heavy rains and torrents of hot lava and mud sliding down an erupting volcano on…
Continue ReadingDozens of camels barred from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi media says that authorities have conducted their biggest-ever crackdown on camel beauty contestants that…
Continue ReadingIndia’s military chief, 12 others killed in helicopter crash
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s air force says the country’s military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, his…
Continue ReadingUK’s Johnson apologizes, orders probe of staff lockdown fest
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized and ordered an inquiry after a leaked video…
Continue ReadingGermany-wide police raids target alleged worker trafficking
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German police and customs officers have conducted dozens of raids and arrested at least nine…
Continue ReadingAsian markets rise as investors wait for U.S. inflation
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as investors wait for U.S. inflation data…
Continue ReadingJapanese tourists dock at International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space on Wednesday and reached the International Space Station several hours…
Continue ReadingUSSR’s death blow was struck 30 years ago in a hunting lodge
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When the leaders of the Soviet Union’s three Slavic republics met at a…
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