Big picture, big data: Swiss unveil VR software of universe
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Researchers at one of Switzerland’s leading universities are releasing open-source…
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North Korean soldier in blue generates buzz on social media
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean soldier clad in a super-tight blue outfit in a state…
Continue ReadingEU vows to uphold Ukraine’s energy security at summit
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European Union leaders have vowed to uphold Ukraine’s energy security and have signed…
Continue ReadingNext on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J&J vaccines
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their…
Continue ReadingPay up: UN climate summit leader says funding key to success
PARIS (AP) — The British official who will preside over an upcoming U.N. climate summit says he’s losing sleep over how to get long-promised…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Save for holidays now, skip regret later
By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet The holidays are packed with temptation and obligations to spend. By having an action plan before the holiday…
Continue ReadingRussia hits new record for COVID-19 deaths, resists lockdown
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — In what is becoming a common occurance, Russia has hit another record of daily coronavirus…
Continue ReadingIsrael PM urges UN to hold Iran to account for nuclear moves
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is calling on the United Nations Security Council…
Continue ReadingGerman girl found alive after being lost in forest
BERLIN (AP) — An 8-year-old German girl who was lost for two days in a forested area along the German-Czech border has been found alive. Her…
Continue ReadingICC hearing opens for Central African Republic rebel
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A key pre-trial hearing has opened for an alleged Central African Republic rebel…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts Greek island of Crete
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A strong earthquake has jolted the Greek island of Crete three weeks after another…
Continue ReadingReport says UK’s slow virus lockdown cost 1000s of lives
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary report says Britain’s Conservative government waited too long to impose a…
Continue ReadingLebanon judge issues arrest warrant for MP over port blast
By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state news agency says the judge leading the investigation into…
Continue ReadingEurope court rejects case seeking to blame Vatican for abuse
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A European court has ruled that the Vatican can’t be sued in a local court for sexual abuse…
Continue Reading15 Nigerian women, children escape from Boko Haram captivity
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Six women and nine children abducted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremist rebels in the…
Continue ReadingFrench train hits and kills sleeping migrant, 2 others
PARIS (AP) — A train has hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France. The mayor of a town near the…
Continue ReadingHolocaust survivor-author Eddie Jaku dies in Sydney aged 101
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The…
Continue ReadingIndian troops kill 5 suspected militants in Kashmir fighting
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Government forces have killed five suspected militants in two clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a day after rebels…
Continue ReadingUK job vacancies hit record high amid worker shortages
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Job vacancies in the U.K. have risen to a record high of nearly 1.2 million. That’s a further…
Continue ReadingChina pledges $230 million for biodiversity fund at UN meet
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is pledging $230 million to establish a fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries…
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