Vietnam speeds up Hanoi vaccine drive; 1M jabs over weekend
By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is speeding up its vaccination program in an effort to loosen coronavirus lockdown…
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Adapt or else: Downtown businesses cope with new reality
By MAE ANDERSON and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — As the resilient coronavirus keeps offices closed and workers at home, some are…
Continue ReadingMet Gala returns in style with Eilish, Lil Nas X, Rihanna
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For what was billed as a “mini Met Gala,” Monday’s fundraiser at New York’s…
Continue Reading3 contrasting candidates seek chancellery in German election
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is seeing its first three-way contest for the chancellery, with the environmentalist Greens…
Continue ReadingMalaysia’s PM signs landmark pact with opposition lawmakers
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s new leader has won opposition support to shore up his fragile government in exchange for a slew of…
Continue ReadingAs Dubai’s food delivery booms, dangers and casualties mount
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Advocates and workers say that casualties among food delivery riders are…
Continue ReadingFire damages Thai nightclub popular with Indian tourists
BANGKOK (AP) — A fire in in the famous Thai resort city of Pattaya has badly damaged a large nightclub catering to Indian tourists. A city official…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed as investors await US inflation data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as investors wait for an update on U.S. inflation that has been…
Continue ReadingNicholas strengthens to hurricane ahead of Texas landfall
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Nicholas has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane…
Continue ReadingSchool starts for 1 million NYC kids amid new vaccine rules
By KAREN MATTHEWS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Classroom doors are swinging open for about a million New York City…
Continue ReadingShanghai cuts transport as Typhoon Chanthu moves up coast
BEIJING (AP) — Flights and trains are being canceled in the Chinese city of Shanghai as Typhoon Chanthu approaches. Local media say all flights are…
Continue ReadingIsrael hits Hamas targets as Gaza militants fire rockets
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip while Palestinian militants…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: If Newsom recall fails, no winning candidate
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Forty-six candidates are on the ballot to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in…
Continue ReadingAllegations fly as recall vote looms for California’s Newsom
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blitz of TV ads and a last-minute rally, California Democratic Gov.…
Continue ReadingDemocrats seek corporate, wealthy tax hikes for $3.5T plan
By LISA MASCARO and MARCY GORDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have unveiled a sweeping proposal for tax hikes on big…
Continue ReadingOut West, Biden points to wildfires to push for big rebuild
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press MATHER, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden is using his first Western swing since taking…
Continue Reading5 questions about California’s recall targeting Gov. Newsom
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California recall is the first major election since Joe Biden became president, and its results may hint at the…
Continue ReadingCapitol rally seeks to rewrite Jan. 6 by exalting rioters
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Allies of former President Donald Trump are calling those charged in the Jan. 6…
Continue ReadingNicaragua gov’t squeezes doctors, talk of ‘health terrorism’
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Other countries have lured doctors out of retirement, pushed medical students to the…
Continue ReadingMilitia leader gets 53 years in Minnesota mosque bombing
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities…
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