Health minister tells Germans: Get vaccinated or get COVID
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the rapid rise in coronavirus cases means it’s likely everyone…
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Russia’s coronavirus deaths still hover near all-time highs
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s coronavirus death toll continues to hover near all-time highs, but the number of…
Continue ReadingReport: Democracy backsliding across the world amid pandemic
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Democracy is deteriorating across the world, with countries notably taking undemocratic…
Continue ReadingIMF deal with Pakistan would revive $6 billion bailout
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement with Pakistan, toward…
Continue ReadingIOC call with Chinese tennis star Peng raises more questions
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer A video call between Olympic officials and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was meant to reassure the world that she…
Continue ReadingSailboats packed with migrants seek Italy in latest tactic
By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press ROCCELLA JONICA, Italy (AP) — Officials in southern Italy are seeing a sharp increase in the number of migrant…
Continue ReadingFormer Netanyahu aide testifies in ex-PM’s corruption trial
JERUSALEM (AP) — A one-time spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu has taken the stand against him in a corruption trial in Jerusalem. Nir Hefetz, a…
Continue ReadingInterpol election raises rights concerns about fair policing
By BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The world police agency meets in Istanbul this week to elect new leadership. But human rights groups…
Continue ReadingNBA laid key foundation during 1960s amid off-court chaos
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — It was the decade Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, the Celtics-Lakers rivalry took flight and…
Continue ReadingJobs lost, middle class Afghans slide into poverty, hunger
By LEE KEATH Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Many Afghan families who once had steady, stable incomes have plummeted into desperation,…
Continue ReadingSUV driver ID’d in parade crash; was he fleeing a crime?
By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A person taken into custody after an SUV plowed into a…
Continue ReadingAfter slow starts, some Asian vaccination rates now soaring
By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — After slow starts, vaccination campaigns in several countries in…
Continue ReadingAuckland lockdown to end as New Zealand tries new virus tack
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Bars, restaurants and gyms can reopen in Auckland from early December but customers…
Continue ReadingIn Africa, Blinken sees limits of US influence abroad
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken saw first-hand the limits of America’s influence…
Continue ReadingXi says China will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping says his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbors, despite a…
Continue ReadingDems confident on methane fee as budget bill moves to Senate
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge social and environmental policy bill passed by House Democrats includes a plan to impose…
Continue Reading‘Annoyed’: Austria’s national lockdown dampens holiday mood
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrians have begun a new 10-day national lockdown and many are wondering how they will endure…
Continue ReadingEx-protester, far-right lawmaker to meet in Chilean runoff
By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A conservative lawmaker with a history of defending Chile’s military…
Continue ReadingAttorneys make final case to jurors in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys made a final push to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the…
Continue ReadingKidnappers release 2 of 17 missionaries abducted in Haiti
By HAROLD ISAAC Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two of 17 members of a missionary group who were kidnapped more than a month ago are…
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