Doobie Brothers try to keep long train running, 50 years on
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Doobie Brothers are celebrating their 50th anniversary in their 51st year, heading…
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Tunisia’s president extends decree giving him full power
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has prolonged the special powers he granted himself a month ago…
Continue ReadingDisney reaches vaccination agreement with union workers
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Company and a coalition of unions have agreed that workers at Disney…
Continue ReadingSome Afghans vow to resist Taliban from mountain enclave
By JOSEPH KRAUSS and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated…
Continue ReadingBlast in northern Syria kills 8 militants, wounds others
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say an explosion at the base of an al-Qaida-linked group in northern…
Continue ReadingChad’s former dictator Hissene Habre dies of COVID-19 at 79
By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese officials say that Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre has died at the…
Continue ReadingWinfrey picks ‘Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ for book club
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the year’s most anticipated debut novels is now an Oprah Winfrey book club pick.…
Continue ReadingPoland sends aid to migrants left stranded at Belarus border
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it has sent tents, blankets, power generators and other items to help a group of some 30 refugees…
Continue ReadingParalympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing…
Continue ReadingThailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant that’s…
Continue ReadingIndian troops kill 2 rebel commanders, 3 others in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian government forces have killed two senior rebel commanders and three other militants in two separate counterinsurgency…
Continue ReadingAirbnb opens up housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees globally
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Airbnb is offering free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees globally and sought more assistance from hosts who…
Continue ReadingLabor agency chief says Germany needs more immigrants
BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s national labor agency says the country needs significantly more immigrants to plug gaps in the work force as…
Continue ReadingSupply issues take shakes off the menu at British McDonald’s
LONDON (AP) — McDonald’s says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming…
Continue ReadingGreece announces new restrictions for those not vaccinated
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s health minister has announced plans to impose new testing requirements and…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Pandemic spurs school finance courses
By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet Financial literacy hasn’t traditionally been a high priority in schools, but that is changing. The number of…
Continue ReadingUkraine leader stresses NATO, EU ties on independence day
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has urged closer ties between the ex-Soviet nation and NATO and the…
Continue ReadingSTORY REMOVED: US–New York Governor
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Please disregard US–New York Governor, published on Aug. 24, 2021, at 6:34 a.m. (ET) and datelined in ALBANY, N.Y.. A…
Continue ReadingReport finds NSO Group’s spyware used on Bahraini activists
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nine activists from Bahrain had their iPhones hacked by advanced spyware made by the Israeli…
Continue ReadingItaly recalls 2016 quake as rebuilding effort picks up pace
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi has paid tribute to the nearly 300 victims of a 2016 earthquake that devastated entire towns in central…
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