Afghan museum reopens with Taliban security — and visitors
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The National Museum of Afghanistan is open once again and the Taliban, whose members…
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Fearing misuse, Israel tightens supervision of cyber exports
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Ministry says it is tightening supervision over cyber exports — a move…
Continue ReadingThailand reports ‘likely’ case of omicron
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai health official says that authorities have detected the country’s first suspected case of the new omicron variant but that…
Continue ReadingUK police contacted over report of cocaine use in Parliament
LONDON (AP) — British parliamentary authorities say they are calling in the police after a newspaper reported that traces of cocaine had been found…
Continue ReadingIsrael stops plan for contentious east Jerusalem settlement
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem municipal officials have frozen plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem.…
Continue ReadingSchool in UK city of Bristol to ditch slave trader’s name
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 311-year-old school in southwest England named after the slave trader Edward Colston is to change its…
Continue ReadingBelarus bans Western imports, airlines from EU and UK
By YURAS KARMANAU The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus has announced retaliatory restrictions on airlines from the European Union and…
Continue ReadingUN delays action on Myanmar and Afghanistan’s bid for seats
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution delaying action on requests by…
Continue ReadingTrump media venture eyed by regulators; names Nunes CEO
By STAN CHOE and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The blank-check company that aims to take Trump Media & Technology Group…
Continue ReadingBody of Sri Lankan lynching victim arrives from Pakistan
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The charred body of a factory manager who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy has been brought back to…
Continue ReadingReport says Russian hackers haven’t eased spying efforts
By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds…
Continue ReadingEU drug agency recommends approving COVID-19 treatment
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s drugs agency has recommended approving the use of an anti-inflammatory medicine to treat…
Continue ReadingUS religious group says Haitian gang releases 3 hostages
By PETER SMITH and EVENS SANON PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A religious group based in Ohio has announced that a violent gang in Haiti has released…
Continue ReadingTrump gets wish in Georgia, sparks ‘a political civil war’
By JEFF AMY and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has set out to reshape the GOP in his image across the…
Continue ReadingCroatia confirms first 2 cases of omicron variant in country
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian health authorities have confirmed the first two cases of the new omicron variant in the country. Health officials…
Continue ReadingHow can I protect myself from the new omicron variant?
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer To protect yourself against the omicron variant, experts say to do what you would against any other variant.…
Continue ReadingFuneral planned for former Florida congresswoman Carrie Meek
MIAMI (AP) — A wake and funeral services in Florida are being prepared for former Congresswoman Carrie Meek, who died last week at 95 following a…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Food-KitchenSmarts-Holidays-Stocking Stuffers
In a story published December 6, 2021, about stocking-stuffer gift ideas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a Vermont syrup company. It is…
Continue ReadingNYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says all private…
Continue ReadingNigeria slams UK’s ‘discriminatory’ travel ban over omicron
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official has criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the…
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