Hamas: Qatar paying public salaries by sending fuel to Gaza
By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas official says Gaza’s rulers have reached an agreement by which Qatar…
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Iraq electoral commission confirms October election results
BAGHDAD (AP) — The final results announced by Iraq’s electoral commission have confirmed Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as the biggest winner in…
Continue ReadingBrazil president joins centrist party with election ahead
By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially joined the centrist Liberal…
Continue ReadingPoland restricts access to area bordering Belarus till March
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s interior minister has applied freshly adopted regulations and declared area…
Continue ReadingIn shadow of Texas gas drilling sites, health fears escalate
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Next to a North Texas day care center is a site where Total Energies…
Continue ReadingMichigan office of US Rep. Dingell broken into, vandalized
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A suburban Detroit office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell has been broken into and ransacked, with memorabilia…
Continue ReadingBiden tries to reassure on COVID as he sells spending plan
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday went to Minnesota to pitch his completed infrastructure deal…
Continue ReadingGerman prosecutors probe alleged tax evasion by tax advisers
German investigators have searched offices of accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the homes of current and former employees in a probe of…
Continue ReadingTeen shot 18 times while waiting for bus in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 14-year-old Philadelphia boy waiting for a bus to take him home from school was shot 18 times and killed Monday afternoon,…
Continue ReadingGraham Nash shows a candid side in a book of his photographs
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — He’s a legendary musician and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, but the…
Continue ReadingNYC OKs safe sites for drug use, aiming to curb overdoses
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City says the first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and…
Continue ReadingGreece mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for residents over 60
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says residents over 60 will have to undergo mandatory vaccinations against COVID-19 or face monthly 100-euro ($114)…
Continue ReadingNovember delivers another hit to sinking consumer confidence
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low in November, held back by rising…
Continue ReadingTens of thousands protest in anti-military marches in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — Security forces have fired tear gas at anti-coup protesters in the Sudanese capital in the latest demonstrations against a military…
Continue ReadingRussian coronavirus-denying monk given prison sentence
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has convicted a monk who denied the coronavirus’ existence and…
Continue Reading1st of 4 accusers takes stand at Ghislaine Maxwell trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has testified she had repeated sexual contact with disgraced financier…
Continue ReadingRihanna’s officially ‘right excellent,’ named Barbados hero
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The eastern Caribbean island of Barbados has honored Rihanna as a national hero at a…
Continue ReadingMercedes, Stellantis to work with US firm on new batteries
BERLIN (AP) — Automakers Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis have announced agreements with U.S. company Factorial Energy to help develop solid state…
Continue ReadingSupply chain problems hit charities’ holiday gifts for kids
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer As supply chain bottlenecks create shortages on many items, some charities are struggling to secure holiday…
Continue ReadingTruck rams into tent in Syria camp, killing 3 Iraqi women
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Kurdish official says a tanker truck distributing water at a sprawling camp housing families of…
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