Correction: Global Minimum Tax story
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — In a story published October 8, 2021, about a global minimum corporate tax, The Associated Press erroneously reported…
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Google cracks down on climate change denial by targeting ads
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google is cracking down on digital ads promoting false climate change claims or being used to make…
Continue ReadingFinland joins other Nordic nations in curbing Moderna shots
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland has joined other Nordic countries in suspending or discouraging the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in…
Continue ReadingPostal worker fatally shot on route; former neighbor charged
COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — A federal official says a former neighbor of a U.S. Postal Service worker in Pennsylvania confessed that he fatally…
Continue ReadingNigerian forces free more than 180 hostages, say police
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say that at least 187 people including babies have been freed in the…
Continue ReadingPanda cubs at Tokyo zoo get their names, to debut in January
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June now have their names. The female is Lei Lei,…
Continue ReadingTrial against leading jailed Turkish philanthropist resumes
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The trial of a leading philanthropist and civil rights activist who has been behind bars for…
Continue ReadingUS, Pakistani officials in strained talks over Afghanistan
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Pakistan have held difficult talks over the path forward in Taliban-ruled…
Continue ReadingSwiss-backed project aims to avert new ‘Cold War’ in science
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s foreign minister says concerns about a “new Cold War” over science and…
Continue ReadingIraqi security forces, displaced vote ahead of elections
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces are casting ballots, two days before the rest of the nation votes in…
Continue ReadingDanish police confiscate luxury sports car caught speeding
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police have confiscated a high-performance luxury car after its new owner was caught speeding as he drove it home…
Continue ReadingNobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Ressa and Muratov
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, KIKO ROSARIO and VANESSA GERA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov…
Continue ReadingMoroccan king seeks to secure key stocks after pandemic woes
By TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has called for a new national system to manage…
Continue ReadingAmericans agree misinformation is a problem, poll shows
By AMANDA SEITZ and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly all Americans agree that the rampant spread of misinformation is a…
Continue ReadingCentury mark: Johnson-Klatt call 100th game together on Fox
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer There aren’t too many announcer/analyst teams that get to reach 100 games together, but Fox’s Gus Johnson and Joel…
Continue ReadingLess travel, more moviegoing over China National Day break
BEIJING (AP) — China saw a major dip in travel over the past week’s National Day vacation. People staying home appeared to have chosen the…
Continue ReadingIndia staring at power crisis with coal stocks down to days
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An energy crisis is looming over India as coal stockpiles grow perilously low, adding to…
Continue ReadingPM Andrej Babis front-runner in Czech vote, despite scandals
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czechs begin voting in a parliamentary election with polls showing Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a…
Continue ReadingIsrael, Palestinian militants use bodies as bargaining chips
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press ABU DIS, West Bank (AP) — Israel is holding the remains of dozens of Palestinians killed over the course of the…
Continue ReadingKishida vows to lead with ‘trust and empathy’ to fix Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In his first policy speech, new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised to strengthen…
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