Israel sentences Spanish woman for aiding banned group
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli military court has handed down a reduced sentence to a Spanish woman who admitted to…
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Hungary’s COVID-19 deaths, cases hit new highs amid surge
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s number of daily COVID-19 deaths and new officially recorded cases have reached highs not seen since a…
Continue ReadingAmazon stops accepting UK Visa credit cards, cites high fees
LONDON (AP) — Amazon says it will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom because of a dispute over fees. The online retail…
Continue ReadingSwiss government: Same-sex couples can marry starting July 1
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s executive body says same-sex couples will be able to get married in the rich Alpine nation starting on July 1 next…
Continue ReadingChristmas stretch: UK inflation highest in nearly a decade
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom surged at the fastest rate in nearly a decade in October amid…
Continue ReadingGreeks hold peaceful march on deadly uprising anniversary
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — About 20,000 people have marched peacefully through Athens to mark the anniversary of a bloody anti-dictatorship uprising in…
Continue ReadingGerman farm to cull 4,000 pigs after swine fever detected
BERLIN (AP) — A pig farm in northern Germany is culling all of its animals after a case of African swine fever was confirmed there this week. The…
Continue ReadingCzechs, Slovaks hit virus records, target the unvaccinated
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic and Slovakia have both reported record daily new coronavirus cases. The Czech…
Continue ReadingKashmir families seek bodies of 2 civilians killed in raid
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Dozens of relatives of two civilians killed in a gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir are…
Continue ReadingGermany sees surge in COVID cases, mulls new measures
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control agency has reported 52,826 new coronavirus cases as infection rates…
Continue ReadingCharity: 10 migrants suffocated on packed boat off Libya
MILAN (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says 10 people were found dead at the bottom of an overcrowded wooden boat packed with 99 surviving migrants…
Continue ReadingHate speech trial opens for French far-right pundit
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A far-right TV pundit who is expected to run for the French presidency is going on trial for…
Continue ReadingHundreds go missing in Burkina Faso amid extremist violence
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press FADA N’GOURMA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group is ravaging…
Continue ReadingBlinken, in Kenya, seeks to cool regional crises
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NAIROBI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his first official visit to Africa with an…
Continue ReadingAzerbaijan loses 7 troops in border clashes with Armenia
MOSCOW (AP) — Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry says seven Azerbaijani service members were killed and 10 more were wounded in clashes with Armenia…
Continue ReadingSchools close as smog-laden India capital considers lockdown
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in New Delhi have closed schools indefinitely and shut some…
Continue ReadingState media release attributed to Peng raises WTA concerns
BEIJING (AP) — The head of the women’s professional tennis tour is questioning the legitimacy of a retraction Chinese state media says was from a…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly decline after US stocks shuffle lower
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have mostly declined after indexes shuffled lower on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Europe lacks natural gas. Is it Russia’s fault?
By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is short of gas. Russia could in theory supply more…
Continue ReadingWA redistricting panel urges high court to look at its maps
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The head of Washington state’s bipartisan redistricting commission that failed to…
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