Artist wants safe passage in Hong Kong to remove sculpture
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish artist who is seeking to retrieve his sculpture in Hong Kong commemorating the victims of China’s 1989…
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AstraZeneca to book modest profit from coronavirus vaccine
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca says it will start to book a modest profit from its…
Continue ReadingPope offers hope to poor in visit to namesake’s Assisi home
By ALESSANDRA TARANTINO and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis is visiting the hilltop town of his namesake for the…
Continue ReadingCollege football coaching carousel spinning faster than ever
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The college football coaching carousel is spinning faster than ever. It is being pushed by the early…
Continue ReadingOfficials worry China’s men’s hockey team not Olympics ready
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Concerns are growing that China’s men’s hockey team could get embarrassed on home ice in Beijing at the…
Continue ReadingPacific leaders agree on vaccines but not on US hosting APEC
By NICK PERRY and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Pacific Rim leaders have agreed to do all they can to improve access to…
Continue ReadingUK, EU meet as gloom grows over post-Brexit trade feud
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Top U.K. and European Union officials are meeting Friday to try to resolve their intractable…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Toshiba spins off energy, computer device units
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Embattled Japanese technology conglomerate Toshiba is restructuring to improve its…
Continue ReadingMore than 1 million need urgent food aid in south Madagascar
By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — International agencies warn that more than 1.1 million people in southern…
Continue ReadingDanes reintroduce coronavirus pass after uptick in cases
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark has reintroduced its digital pass and is once again considering COVID-19 to be “a socially critical disease”…
Continue ReadingAlaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to run in 2022; Trump backs rival
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she’s running for reelection next year.…
Continue ReadingDutch govt orders 3-week partial lockdown amid virus surge
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced a three-week partial lockdown…
Continue ReadingRace to lead Merkel’s party in German opposition takes shape
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A former German environment minister and outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff have…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How power and ideology define Xi’s rise in China
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping emerges from a party conclave this week not only more firmly ensconced in power than ever, but also with a…
Continue ReadingThailand delays reopening of entertainment venues to Jan. 15
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand says it would delay the reopening of nightlife entertainment venues to Jan. 15 despite pleas from the industry to make it…
Continue ReadingJury recommends 28 years for Missouri man in wife’s murder
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A jury has recommended up to 28 years in prison for a Missouri man found guilty of killing his wife. The jury returned the…
Continue ReadingWorld leaders bolster troubled Libya ahead of key election
By SAM MAGDY and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Libyan leaders have reaffirmed in Paris their commitment to ensure the success of the…
Continue ReadingCan world’s climate target and India’s development coexist?
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — No country will see energy needs grow faster in coming decades than India, and even…
Continue ReadingBulgarians to vote in 3rd parliamentary election of the year
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Voters go to the polls in Bulgaria for the third time in seven months this weekend after…
Continue ReadingDisease center urges Germans to cancel or avoid big events
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control center is calling for people to cancel or avoid large events and to…
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