France to work with Saudis to resolve crisis with Lebanon
By AYA BATRAWY and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France’s president and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince held a…
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Death toll rises to 13 in Indonesia volcano eruption
By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most…
Continue ReadingSudan group condemns UN’s call to support reinstated PM
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese pro-democracy group has condemned comments by the U.N. chief urging citizens to support a…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Republicans pick a woman as presidential candidate
PARIS (AP) — Valérie Pécresse, the head the Paris region and a former conservative minister, has been chosen to run in France’s presidential…
Continue ReadingItalian dentist presents fake arm for vaccine to get pass
MILAN (AP) — A dentist in Italy faces possible criminal charges after trying to receive a coronavirus vaccine in a fake arm made of silicone. A…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s new Catholic bishop hopes to foster healing
HONG KONG (AP) — The new head of Hong Kong’s Catholic diocese has expressed hope that he could foster healing in a congregation and a city…
Continue ReadingMerkel: Virus death toll ‘so bitter because it is avoidable’
BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has made what is likely her final appeal before leaving office next week for Germans to get…
Continue ReadingGambia counts marble votes in 1st post-Jammeh election
By ABDOULIE JOHN and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Election officials in the West African nation of Gambia have started…
Continue ReadingTraditional wrestling continues as a Friday fixture in Kabul
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Through clouds of billowing dust, two men circle each other warily before one plunges…
Continue ReadingPolice: Pakistan detains scores in lynching of Sri Lankan
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say police have arrested 13 suspects and detained dozens of others in the…
Continue ReadingScholz’s party approves deal for new German coalition govt
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press German Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholz’s center-left party has given its overwhelming approval to a deal to…
Continue ReadingLe Pen: The right takes step to build ‘big European force’
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of European right-wing populist parties say they will cooperate more closely at…
Continue ReadingMichigan parents found in building; bond set at $500K apiece
By KATHLEEN FOODY and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge has imposed a combined $1 million bond for the parents of the…
Continue ReadingStorm weakens after heavy rain, evacuation in southern India
By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A tropical storm has weakened after dumping heavy rains overnight in parts of southern…
Continue ReadingChina’s communists bash US democracy before Biden summit
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Communist Party has taken American democracy to task, sharply criticizing a global…
Continue ReadingTime is no ally as Dems strain to finish Biden’s $2T bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are hoping that Congress is nearing the finish line in its seven-month trek on President…
Continue ReadingUS intelligence finds Russia planning Ukraine offensive
By AAMER MADHANI, ELLEN KNICKMEYER, NOMAAN MERCHANT and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pledged to make…
Continue ReadingAP EXCLUSIVE: Afghan judges in Brazil still fear the Taliban
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and TATIANA POLLASTRI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A female judge was hiding from the newly empowered Taliban in…
Continue Reading210 migrants found packed into truck in central Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration authorities say they have discovered 210 migrants packed into a truck trailer in the central part of the…
Continue ReadingSKorea sets daily records for new coronavirus cases, deaths
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported daily records in coronavirus infections and deaths and…
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