Lebanon seeks dialogue with Saudi Arabia despite new tension
by SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon is seeking a dialogue with Saudi Arabia to resolve an unprecedented diplomatic rift over a…
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Mali seeking French former hostage who returned without visa
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian authorities say they are searching for a French woman who spent four years as an al-Qaida…
Continue ReadingUS woman who killed mom in Bali indicted on US murder charge
By DON BABWIN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman who served more than seven years in an Indonesian prison for…
Continue ReadingMyanmar court denies bail for US journalist, adds new charge
BANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar court has rejected the bail application of Danny Fenster, an American journalist jailed for the past five months, and…
Continue ReadingPolish central bank raises interest rate as prices surge
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank has made its second interest rate hike in as many months as consumer prices surge. The National Bank…
Continue ReadingUkrainians protest against vaccination as COVID cases soar
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Anti-vaccine protesters have blocked central streets in the Ukrainian capital, protesting…
Continue ReadingUS puts new controls on Israeli spyware company NSO Group
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Biden administration has announced it is putting new export limits on Israel’s NSO…
Continue ReadingIsrael tests massive inflatable missile detection system
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has begun testing a massive inflatable missile detection system designed to hover at high altitudes and detect…
Continue ReadingUK homeowners brace for potential interest rate hike
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British homeowners and borrowers are bracing for a possible interest rate increase from the Bank of…
Continue ReadingDeath toll rises to 23 in Nigerian building site collapse
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise apartment building under construction in…
Continue ReadingUS service sector expands at record pace in October
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The rate of expansion in the U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, hit a record…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea and Hungary commit to carbon neutrality by 2050
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has met with Hungary’s president in Budapest, where…
Continue ReadingThai companies accused of fraud in sales of medical gloves
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand have announced the arrest of the head of a company suspected of…
Continue ReadingBelarusian cargo plane crashes in Russia, all 7 aboard dead
MOSCOW (AP) — Officials say a Belarusian cargo plane has crashed while trying to land in eastern Russia, killing all seven people on board. The…
Continue ReadingPaul Newman memoir left unpublished to come out next year
NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir Paul Newman left unpublished in his lifetime will come out next fall. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday that…
Continue ReadingTreasury to trim debt auctions that accelerated in pandemic
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department plans to start scaling back the size of some of its…
Continue ReadingUK official warns of hard months ahead amid high COVID rates
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — England’s deputy chief medical officer says too many people believe the pandemic is over, and has…
Continue ReadingWHO authorizes Indian-made COVID vaccine, months into use
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and MARIA CHENG Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The World Health Organization has granted an emergency use license to a…
Continue ReadingVoters say ‘yes’ to early closing time for South Beach bars
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Last call could come three hours earlier in Miami Beach, where voters fed up with nighttime violence chose yes to rolling…
Continue ReadingGerman health minister seeks to step up booster shots
Germany’s health minister is calling for booster vaccinations to be stepped up and for more frequent checks of people’s vaccination or test…
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