UK leader seeks to calm tensions in fishing spat with France
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to calm stormy waters over fishing with France…
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China’s Inner Mongolia quarantines tourists over virus fears
BEIJING (AP) — More than 2,000 tourists visiting China’s Inner Mongolia region have been sent to hotels to undergo two weeks of quarantine.…
Continue ReadingTroubled Chinese developer makes delayed bond payment
BEIJING (AP) — A newspaper reports a troubled Chinese developer whose struggle to avoid a multibillion-dollar debt default has rattled global…
Continue ReadingRussia hits another virus death record as infections soar
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has recorded another record of daily coronavirus deaths even as authorities hope to…
Continue ReadingProtesters target London banks ahead of climate summit
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Protesters are gathering in the heart of London’s historic financial district to lobby against the…
Continue ReadingWoman now thought to be Afghanistan’s last Jew flees country
By ILAN BEN ZION and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — For years, Zebulon Simentov branded himself as the “last Jew of…
Continue ReadingSudan coup leader says he’ll appoint new premier within week
By NOHA ELEHNNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Sudanese general who seized power in a coup this week says the military he heads will soon…
Continue ReadingEuropean consumer prices hit highest level in over 13 years
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices across the 19 European Union countries that use the euro currency have spiked to the…
Continue ReadingGreek president to Germany’s Merkel: Greece often felt alone
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s often-strained relations in past years with European economic powerhouse…
Continue ReadingPhilippine forces kill wanted Muslim militant leader
COTABATO, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military says it has killed one of the country’s most-wanted Muslim militant leaders and his wife who…
Continue ReadingJapanese parliamentary elections crucial for new PM’s rule
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faces a crucial test in Sunday’s national…
Continue ReadingTalk talk: Dutch coalition negotiations set new record
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Talks to hammer out a new ruling Dutch coalition have broken the record for the…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s so big about the G20 besides economies?
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The G-20, whose annual summit plays out in Rome this weekend, has morphed from its creation…
Continue ReadingBiden tells Macron US ‘clumsy’ in Australia submarine deal
By SYLVIE CORBET and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden has told French President Emmanuel Macron that America was…
Continue ReadingTunisia’s #MeToo: Lawmaker faces sexual harassment hearing
By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press NABEUL, Tunisia (AP) — A landmark case that helped galvanize Tunisia’s #MeToo movement has reached court,…
Continue ReadingHuawei sales off 32% after US sanctions, smartphone sale
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei’s sales fell 32% from a year earlier in the first nine months of…
Continue ReadingG20 leaders to confront energy prices, other economic woes
By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — The global economy is giving leaders of the Group of 20 countries a lot to talk about at…
Continue ReadingWall Street closes at new highs after day of choppy trading
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are ending higher Friday as Wall Street closed out a milestone-setting week. Health…
Continue ReadingPope to UN conference: Don’t waste chance to save the planet
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is issuing an urgent appeal to world leaders ahead of the U.N. climate conference to take “radical decisions”…
Continue ReadingTonga reports its first COVID-19 case from plane traveler
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The island nation of Tonga has reported its first-ever case of COVID-19 after a…
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