Sidelined by rivals, Germany’s far-right AfD bides time
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Immigration is a side issue in this year’s German election campaign, but that hasn’t stopped…
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Leader says Poland wants to be in EU, but remain sovereign
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s most powerful politician says the country’s future is in the European Union but…
Continue ReadingStung by Afghan debacle, EU forges ahead with security plans
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is pressing ahead with plans to develop its own defense capacities and limit its…
Continue ReadingTrial of former Kosovo rebel commander starts in Hague court
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A court set up in The Hague to prosecute crimes from Kosovo’s 1998-99 war for…
Continue ReadingMost states have cut back public health powers amid pandemic
By LAUREN WEBER and ANNA MARIA BARRY-JESTER KHN (Kaiser Health News) A review of hundreds of pieces of legislation across the United States shows…
Continue ReadingMost states have cut back public health powers amid pandemic
By LAUREN WEBER and ANNA MARIA BARRY-JESTER KHN (Kaiser Health News) A review of hundreds of pieces of legislation across the United States shows…
Continue ReadingUK posts the biggest jump in annual inflation on record
By DANICA KIRKA and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. posted the biggest jump in annual inflation on record last month as global…
Continue ReadingEx-jihadi bride asks UK for forgiveness, aims to return home
LONDON (AP) — A British woman who ran away from home at age 15 to join the Islamic State group in Syria has asked for forgiveness and appealed to…
Continue ReadingChina affirms UN peacekeeping role with multinational drills
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press QUESHAN, China (AP) — China has emphasized its role in United Nations peacekeeping operations with its…
Continue ReadingPope urges compassion as he wraps Slovakia pilgrimage
By NICOLE WINFIELD and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press SASTIN, Slovakia (AP) — Pope Francis has urged Slovakians look out for the neediest among…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe’s older people often sent to homes amid pandemic
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The economic ravages of COVID-19 are forcing some families in Zimbabwe to abandon the…
Continue ReadingFlash flood submerges southern French villages, fields
PARIS (AP) — Emergency workers have rescued or evacuated hundreds of people in southern France as flash flooding abruptly turned roads and fields…
Continue ReadingChinese property developer’s debt struggle rattles investors
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — One of China’s biggest real estate developers is struggling to avoid defaulting on billions of…
Continue ReadingEU pledges 200 million vaccine doses to low-income nations
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is committing 200 million more vaccine doses to Africa and low-income nations to…
Continue ReadingGOP’s Elder concedes California recall, hints: ‘Stay tuned’
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A defiant Republican Larry Elder conceded his fight to become California’s next…
Continue ReadingAustralian fugitive surrenders after 3-decade beach stay
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian police say a fugitive walked into a Sydney police station to give himself up…
Continue ReadingUnvaccinated French health care workers face suspension
By OLEG CETINIC and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs if they…
Continue ReadingReport: Most nations fall far short in plans to curb warming
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new scientific report that looks at what each nation is doing to fight climate change finds nearly every…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly lower on lackluster China, Japan data
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks are mostly lower in Asia after the region’s two biggest economies released data that were weaker…
Continue ReadingRussian feminist runs for Duma to take on domestic violence
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — One of Russia’s most ardent feminists is running for a seat in the State Duma with the goal…
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