EU climate chief: energy prices hike should boost transition
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s climate czar says the 27-nation bloc should ensure that the most…
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Springsteen’s popular artifacts to feature in Grammy museum
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Springsteen’s most memorable artifacts including his favorite Fender…
Continue ReadingMyanmar court moves venue for secrets trial of Australian
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Lawyers say a court in Myanmar has agreed to change the venue for the trial of an Australian…
Continue ReadingBeijing court rules against woman in China #MeToo case
By HUIZHONG WU and SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Beijing court has ruled against a Chinese woman in a #MeToo case that wound through…
Continue ReadingNigeria faces one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people…
Continue ReadingGreece probes crash that killed witness in Netanyahu trial
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece have opened an investigation into the crash of…
Continue ReadingPutin in self-isolation due to COVID cases in inner circle
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is in self-isolation after people in his inner…
Continue ReadingEgypt team identifies fossil of land-roaming whale species
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian scientists say the fossil of a four-legged prehistoric whale found in 2008 is that of a…
Continue ReadingSpain’s govt steps in to halt record rise in power prices
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government is slashing energy taxes and imposing a temporary windfall tax on the gains of energy…
Continue ReadingAustralia predicts record farm production despite challenges
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia is forecast to reap record revenue from farming this year despite pandemic…
Continue ReadingAfter Norway election, Labor leader poised to become new PM
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The leader of Norway’s Labor Party will start talks in an attempt to build a…
Continue ReadingRainfall helps firefighters control southern Spain’s inferno
MADRID (AP) — Rain has helped to bring under control a major wildfire that ravaged 7,800 hectares (19,200 acres) of southern Spain despite more…
Continue ReadingPope visit a sign of inclusion for Slovakia’s excluded Roma
By NICOLE WINFIELD and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) — Pope Francis is urging Slovakia’s Roma to integrate better into the…
Continue ReadingMilitary junta opens talks over Guinea’s future post-coup
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s military rulers are expected to face more pressure to…
Continue ReadingGermany compensates 249 persecuted over homosexuality law
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have compensated nearly 250 people who were prosecuted or investigated under a Nazi-era law criminalizing…
Continue ReadingInside Met Gala, where there’s always someone more famous
By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There were enough tennis stars inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Monday’s Met Gala,…
Continue ReadingWith Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that…
Continue ReadingSKorea to fine Google $177M for forcing software on devices
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s competition watchdog says it plans to fine Google at least 207.4…
Continue ReadingAmazon brings palm-swiping tech to Red Rocks concert venue
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Your palm could soon be your ticket into a concert. Amazon says it is bringing its…
Continue ReadingCharlotte Johnson Wahl, mother of Boris Johnson, dies at 79
LONDON (AP) — Painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl, the mother of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has died aged 79. Wahl died “suddenly and…
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