Dozens missing in Nepal as floods, mudslides kill over 100
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese authorities are searching for dozens of people missing in this week’s heavy rains, floods and landslides, as…
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FDA says Pfizer COVID vaccine looks effective for young kids
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Federal scientists say kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective…
Continue Reading3 years after Pittsburgh synagogue attack, trial still ahead
By PETER SMITH and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A landmark synagogue building in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood…
Continue Reading46 countries agree to better protect environmental defenders
GENEVA (AP) — Nearly four dozen countries in Europe and central Asia have agreed to improve protections for environmental defenders who voice…
Continue ReadingS Korea blocks army from appealing transgender soldier case
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Justice Ministry has blocked the army from appealing a landmark court…
Continue ReadingCampaigners stage climate protests across continents
BERLIN (AP) — Environmental campaigners have staged protests on several continents to press their demands for more government action to curb global…
Continue ReadingTurkish lira continues to slide after interest rate cut
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira has slid to a record low against the U.S. dollar, a day after the Central Bank sharply cut interest rates.…
Continue ReadingFirst female head of Japan labor lobby vows to empower women
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The first female president of Japan’s powerful labor union federation says she will work to…
Continue ReadingRussia’s infections, deaths soar to another record
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus infections and deaths in Russia have climbed to another pandemic record, putting…
Continue ReadingJournalist imprisoned over leaked UAE-Iraq pre-game comments
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates say they have imprisoned a television journalist over apparently leaked…
Continue ReadingThailand easing tourist quarantine rules in November
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is accelerating plans to reopen the country to foreign tourists, slashing mandatory quarantines beginning Nov. 1 for…
Continue ReadingPolish miners protest top EU court’s order to shut mine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 2,000 Polish coal miners staged a noisy protest in Luxembourg against a decision by the European Union’s top court…
Continue ReadingWarrant: Baldwin didn’t know weapon contained live round
By MORGAN LEE, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Court records show that an assistant director…
Continue ReadingEU leaders seek to halt migrant crossings from Belarus
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are discussing the sensitive topic of migration to the bloc and how to…
Continue ReadingEthiopian airstrikes in Tigray force UN flight to turn back
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian military airstrikes have forced a United Nations humanitarian flight to abandon its…
Continue ReadingAward-winning teenage rapper shot to death in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) — An award-winning 19-year-old Swedish rapper has been shot to death in southern Stockholm in an incident that media reports suggest…
Continue ReadingTehran holds first public Friday Prayers in almost 2 years
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian capital Tehran has held its main public Friday prayer service for the first time in 20 months, after it was halted…
Continue ReadingA jab in each arm: France vaccinates against flu and COVID
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Worried that the flu and COVID-19 could together trigger a winter-time double-whammy of new…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II back at castle following hospital visit
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is back at Windsor Castle and in good spirits after revelations that…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Putin hosts Israeli PM Bennett
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali…
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