Violent rally in Pakistan leaves 2 Islamists, 1 police dead
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say violence at an anti-France Islamist rally in eastern Pakistan has left at…
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Sweden offers 3rd COVID shot to elderly, health care staff
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden, which has stood out among European nations for its comparatively hands-off response to the pandemic, has…
Continue ReadingUnited States issues its 1st passport with ‘X’ gender marker
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation for people who…
Continue ReadingFleming, Nézet-Séguin release recording on climate change
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Their travel and performances were limited during the pandemic. So soprano Renée Fleming and…
Continue ReadingBombing in Myanmar city highlights escalating violence
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Midday bombings have injured at least nine people near a busy government office in Myanmar’s second…
Continue ReadingWarsaw court bans far-right march, nationalists plan appeal
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish court has upheld the Warsaw mayor’s ban on an annual march organized by…
Continue ReadingCouncil of Europe: Government in Cyprus ‘too centralized’
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Europe’s leading human rights organization says Cyprus remains a “very centralized country” where local…
Continue ReadingMoscow-bound EgyptAir flight returns after threat message
CAIRO (AP) — EgyptAir says a Moscow-bound flight has returned to the Egyptian capital shortly after its takeoff after a threatening message was…
Continue Reading24 migrants rescued from North Sea off Belgian coast
BRUSSELS (AP) — A small boat transporting 24 migrants has been rescued from the North Sea by emergency services off the coast of the Belgian port…
Continue ReadingThai police: Woman cut rope holding painters 26 floors high
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police say a resident of a high-rise condominium near Bangkok cut the support…
Continue ReadingPope OKs Canada trip to help healing with Indigenous peoples
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help reconciliation…
Continue ReadingNATO’s Afghan mission hit by ‘mission creep,’ official says
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Assistant Secretary-General for Operations John Manza says the military organization’s…
Continue ReadingEU court tells Poland to pay $1.2M a day in judicial dispute
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court has fined Poland $1.2 million a day to prevent what it called…
Continue ReadingIn Haiti, the difficult relationship of gangs and business
By ALBERTO ARCE and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Youri Mevs is not starving, not struggling for survival — in so…
Continue ReadingNot a trick: No White House treats for Halloween this year
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ghosts and goblins can scratch the White House from their trick or treating routes this…
Continue ReadingMerck agrees to let other drug makers make its COVID pill
LONDON (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Merck has agreed to allow other drug makers to make its COVID-19 treatment, the first pill that has been shown…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Facebook Papers-Trump Violence story
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a story published October 27, 2021, about Facebook and former President Donald Trump, The Associated Press erroneously…
Continue Reading4 ways to sustain savings habits from the pandemic
By MARGARETTE BURNETTE of NerdWallet With fewer outlets for in-person spending, many people have been saving more money over the last 18 months than…
Continue ReadingUK climate activists target roads again despite injunction
LONDON (AP) — Climate protesters have tried to block two major roads into London, despite court injunctions banning them from disrupting traffic.…
Continue ReadingJudge orders ‘stateless’ toddler’s registration in Spain
By ALBERTO ARCE The Associated Press A judge has ordered authorities in Spain to register a toddler who was born during her mother’s journey from…
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