Facebook says it will pay French publishers for news content
PARIS (AP) — Facebook says it’s struck a deal with a group of French publishers to pay for links to their news stories that are shared by…
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Libya conference aims to salvage planned December elections
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya is hosting an international conference aimed at resolving the country’s thorniest issues…
Continue ReadingFormer Greek PM Papandreou seeks political comeback
ATHENS Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou says he will seek the leadership of the once-powerful Socialist party founded by his father, in…
Continue ReadingUkraine hits all-time death record amid vaccine hesitancy
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Coronavirus infections and deaths in Ukraine have surged to all-time highs amid a laggard…
Continue ReadingUK police charge 25-year-old man with lawmaker’s murder
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police have charged a 25-year-old man with the murder of a Conservative…
Continue ReadingMask mandate may relax in some South Florida schools
MIAMI (AP) — The mask mandate for students in some South Florida schools could soon be eased as local rates of COVID-19 infections and…
Continue ReadingGerman gas station attendant assaulted by customer over mask
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a gas station attendant in Germany has been punched and kicked by a customer after an argument over the latter’s failure…
Continue ReadingGreenpeace chief warns of ‘greenwashing’ at UN climate talks
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of environmental group Greenpeace has warned against efforts by countries and corporations…
Continue ReadingPPP is gone, but government help for small businesses isn’t
By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet The Paycheck Protection Program provided small-business owners with just under $800 billion in COVID-19 relief. That…
Continue ReadingEU leaders seek to safeguard energy supplies as prices soar
By MIKE CORDER, RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are meeting to discuss ways to ease the…
Continue ReadingPakistani police: 3 Afghans from IS group killed near border
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani counter-terrorism forces say they have killed three Afghan militants who belonged to the Islamic State group…
Continue ReadingAccidental shot from Chicago officer wounds 2 other police
LYONS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an officer accidentally fired his handgun during a struggle while police were making arrests in suburban…
Continue ReadingEU summit loads pressure on Poland over rule of law
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are pressuring a defiant Polish Prime Minister Mateusz…
Continue ReadingNATO weighs Afghan lessons of waging major ops abroad
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers are weighing what lessons to draw from the military mission in Afghanistan,…
Continue ReadingActivist dad of school shooting victim joins anti-gun group
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The father of a 14-year-old girl killed in the 2018 Florida high school shooting massacre is…
Continue ReadingAustralia, UK defend AUKUS pact, say fears overhyped
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Australia and Britain are defending their nuclear submarine deal with the U.S. amid concerns it could escalate…
Continue ReadingLa Palma: Hundreds more evacuate to flee volcano lava
MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of people were evacuated during the night on the Spanish island of La Palma as a river of molten rock creeps deeper into a…
Continue ReadingClinton, on the mend, ‘touched by the outpouring of support’
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has released a video saying he’s on the road to recovery after being hospitalized in…
Continue ReadingAustralian town overwhelmed by response to free land offer
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian Outback town of Quilpie (Quill-Pea) hoped its offer of free residential…
Continue ReadingMoscow closing schools, many businesses as virus deaths soar
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow authorities have announced plans to shut restaurants, movie theaters and many retail…
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