Spain expands IVF to lesbians, single women, trans people
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s health minister has signed an order granting single women, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people access to medically…
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Latvia: Employers can suspend, dismiss unvaccinated workers
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Latvian parliament has given employers the go-ahead to dismiss employees who are required to get vaccinated against…
Continue ReadingPfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by…
Continue ReadingLone French fisherman left adrift in UK-France fishing spat
By NICO GARRIGA and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press GRANVILLE, France (AP) — French fisherman Hermann Outrequin gave up his fishing company job and…
Continue ReadingChina lashes out at press freedom survey in Hong Kong
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has criticized a press freedom survey from the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club that…
Continue ReadingJapan, Germany expand military ties as German warship visits
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense minister, Nobuo Kishi, has said it will step up military cooperation with…
Continue ReadingFloods generate 4 decades’ worth of junk in German valley
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say that hundreds of thousands of tons of junk have been removed from a valley in western Germany since it was devastated…
Continue ReadingFlash floods in Bosnia prompt evacuations, power outages
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in Bosnia, prompting evacuations,…
Continue ReadingSuspected Islamic extremists kill 69 people in western Niger
By DALATOU MAMANE Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Officials in Niger say suspected Islamic extremists have killed 69 people in an attack on a…
Continue ReadingIran says has enriched over 210 kilograms of uranium to 20%
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s atomic agency says that its stockpile of 20% enriched uranium has reached over 210 kilograms (463 pounds), the latest…
Continue ReadingBritish stage and TV veteran Lionel Blair dies at 92
LONDON (AP) — Entertainer Lionel Blair, a staple on British stage and television for decades, has died. He was 92. Blair’s agent said he died…
Continue ReadingGerman Greens see slow progress in talks on new government
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens are signaling that negotiations to form a new governing coalition are progressing slowly and…
Continue ReadingDeadly week for migrants on French coast; at least 3 killed
PARIS (AP) — A train struck and killed a migrant from Eritrea and at least two bodies were recovered from the sea and on a beach during a…
Continue ReadingBosnian doctors brace for new wave as virus rages in region
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Doctors in Bosnia are bracing for a new wave of the coronavirus in the Balkan nation, which has a low…
Continue ReadingEx-prosecutor in SKorea wins opposition presidential ticket
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s conservative former top prosecutor, who has called for a stronger U.S.…
Continue ReadingRussia gets partial win in $50B case over bankrupt oil giant
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court has handed Russia at least a temporary victory in its appeal…
Continue ReadingHonda lowers profit, vehicle sales forecast over chip crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda has lowered its profit and vehicle sales forecasts for the fiscal year,…
Continue ReadingGermany seeks to break COVID momentum amid new case records
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has recorded its second consecutive daily record for new coronavirus cases as infections…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s ultra-Orthodox protest women’s prayer at holy site
By SHLOMO MOR Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews have gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to protest against…
Continue ReadingReport: US cancels vaccine maker’s multimillion dollar deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has canceled a multimillion dollar deal with Emergent BioSolutions, a Maryland- based vaccine manufacturer…
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