Argentina squeezes foreign travel to protect its dollars
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s government has launched measures to discourage foreign travel as a way to protect the country’s thin…
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Omar seeks action over House colleague’s remarks on Muslims
By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Minnesota’s Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling on House leaders to take “appropriate…
Continue ReadingParis archbishop offers to resign over ‘ambiguous’ relations
PARIS (AP) — The archbishop of Paris has offered to resign after admitting to having had an “ambiguous” relationship with a woman in 2012. The…
Continue ReadingBig flotilla of illegal gold miners splits up in Brazil
EDMAR BARROS, SILAS LAURENTINO and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press ON THE RIO MADEIRA, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of barges of illegal gold miners are…
Continue Reading19 dead, 32 injured in Mexico pilgrimage bus crash
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nineteen people are dead and 32 more are injured after a bus apparently carrying pilgrims to a religious site in central Mexico…
Continue ReadingGeorgia outlines plans to improve slow pace of rental help
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials struggling to distribute federal funds to prevent evictions have outlined…
Continue ReadingFlooding fears hit Northwest due to ‘atmospheric river’
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Flood watches were issued for much of western Washington as storms associated with multiple “atmospheric rivers”…
Continue ReadingBayern Munich’s AGM ends in tumult over Qatar sponsorship
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer Bayern Munich’s annual general meeting ended in tumult with members yelling and booing the club’s directors for…
Continue ReadingWill flight restrictions help as new virus variant emerges?
By MARIA CHENG and HALELUYA HADERO A coronavirus variant recently identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as…
Continue ReadingEU orders travel ban on South Africa to halt variant spread
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union nations have agreed to impose a ban on travel from southern Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19…
Continue ReadingArgentine movement tries to make Black heritage more visible
By CHRISTIANA SCIAUDONE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A growing movement in Argentina is fighting the persistent myth that there…
Continue ReadingBiden sets out oil, gas leasing reform, stops short of ban
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina abortion appellate hearing moved to January
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Appellate arguments over a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s abortion law have been…
Continue ReadingChris Diamantopoulos builds a hot career, on screen and off
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you get a sense of déjà vu when you see actor Chris Diamantopoulos on screen, but…
Continue ReadingHundreds of FedEx packages are found in Alabama woods
HAYDEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities are trying to figure out how hundreds of FedEx packages ended up dumped in the woods in Alabama. The Blount County…
Continue ReadingPolice fire tear gas at protesters in Iran’s city of Isfahan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Online videos show police firing tear gas and fighting protesters with batons in a central Iranian city that has…
Continue ReadingGerman far-right AfD party cancels congress due to COVID
BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany, which has opposed many of the country’s pandemic restrictions, has canceled its planned…
Continue ReadingNew Russian module docks with International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian cargo craft carrying a new docking module has successfully hooked up with the International Space Station after a two-day…
Continue ReadingWWII Museum show to feature stories of bravery, sacrifice
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans museum plans to launch an elaborate nighttime sound-and-light show next year to showcase individual stories of…
Continue ReadingShots fired at police, journalists in Martinique COVID riots
PARIS (AP) — French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says shots were fired overnight at security forces and journalists on the French Caribbean…
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