Lebanon’s president in Qatar for talks over Gulf crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president has arrived in Qatar to attend the opening ceremony of an Arab soccer tournament amid an unprecedented…
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Lock in: Dozens stuck in England’s highest pub after storm
LONDON (AP) — Dozens of customers who stopped for a drink at Britain’s highest pub are getting a longer stay than they bargained for after the…
Continue ReadingCouple detained on plane after leaving Dutch quarantine
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch military police have arrested a husband and wife who left a hotel where they…
Continue ReadingWhite House holiday decor honors COVID-19 frontline workers
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Decorations unveiled for Joe and Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas honor…
Continue ReadingIndian lawmakers repeal farm reforms after year of protests
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers have repealed agricultural legislation that provoked a year of nationwide…
Continue ReadingPortugal probes local transmission of omicron at soccer team
By ARITZ PARRA and HELENA ALVES Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese health authorities have identified 13 cases of the omicron…
Continue ReadingUK to expand COVID vaccine boosters amid omicron fears
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is extending its COVID-19 booster vaccine program to millions more people as part of efforts to…
Continue ReadingWHO chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemics
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight…
Continue ReadingIran nuclear deal talks resume, chair feels ‘positive’
By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Negotiators in Vienna have resumed talks over reviving Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world…
Continue ReadingUAE eases drug laws: No more jail for those bringing in THC
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has eased some penalties for travelers arriving in the country with products containing…
Continue ReadingFrance waits on tests for 8 suspected omicron variant cases
PARIS (AP) — French authorities are waiting for laboratory confirmation of eight suspected cases of the new version of the coronavirus, involving…
Continue ReadingFood, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally
By JUSTIN SPIKE, PAUL WISEMAN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — From appliance stores in the United States to food markets…
Continue ReadingMob attacks Pakistan police, fails to grab blasphemy suspect
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a mob has burned a police station and four police posts in the…
Continue ReadingNew variant not stopping New Zealand’s reopening plans
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The emergence of the omicron variant isn’t changing New Zealand’s plans to ease…
Continue ReadingJoyful reunions as Malaysia-Singapore land border reopens
By SYAWALLUDIN ZAIN Associated Press JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysians working in Singapore are holding joyful reunions with their loved ones…
Continue ReadingInterfaith love a risk amid India’s Hindu nationalist surge
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press BELAGAVI, India (AP) — Arbaz Mullah was a Muslim man in love with a Hindu woman. But the romance so angered the…
Continue ReadingInterfaith love a risk amid India’s Hindu nationalist surge
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press BELAGAVI, India (AP) — Arbaz Mullah was a Muslim man in love with a Hindu woman. But the romance so angered the…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Election 2022-Spanish Misinformation story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published November 29, 2021, about misinformation targeted at Latino voters, The Associated Press erroneously reported…
Continue ReadingMerriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an omnipresent truth: Merriam-Webster has declared vaccine its 2021 word of the year.…
Continue ReadingAustralia delays relaxing border, 5th omicron case reported
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities have announced that they will delay for at least two weeks plans…
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