In Your Debt: Back to pre-pandemic spending? Don’t overdo it
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet The threat of COVID-19 still looms, but Americans are getting back out there and once again spending on travel, dining…
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UK protests Russian refusal to renew BBC journalist’s visa
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has refused to renew a visa for a BBC journalist in Moscow — an effective expulsion…
Continue ReadingGreek wildfires: New blaze burning on ravaged Evia island
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A new fire that broke out Friday morning on Greece’s second largest island of Evia was…
Continue ReadingJapanese defense chief visits contentious war shrine
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense minister has visited a Tokyo shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a…
Continue Reading27 people aboard Carnival cruise test positive for COVID-19
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Carnival cruise on which 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week is…
Continue ReadingChelsea Clinton plans full year of ‘She Persisted’ books
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Clinton has a full schedule of books coming in 2022. The daughter of former President…
Continue ReadingEgypt officials say militant attack kills 7 troops in Sinai
By ASHRAF SWEILAM Associated Press EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian officials say that a roadside bomb has exploded in the restive northern part of…
Continue ReadingRussia bus explosion kills 2, injures 22; cause under review
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a second person has died following an explosion on a city bus about 280 miles south of Moscow. They said Friday…
Continue ReadingGermany commemorates 60 years since building of Berlin Wall
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Friday commemorated 60 years since the day East German authorities started building the Berlin Wall, where at least 140…
Continue ReadingMalaysian police: Air force officer kills 3 colleagues, self
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Police say a Malaysian air force officer went on a shooting rampage Friday, killing three colleagues before turning…
Continue ReadingReport: Authorities to remove SS memorial in Austrian town
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian media report that a town in the west of the country is planning to remove a memorial to three soldiers who were members of…
Continue ReadingAustralia urgently evacuates Afghans threatened by Taliban
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says he is working urgently with the United States to…
Continue ReadingGuatemalans held in Spain over drugs face US extradition
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press A Spanish judicial official says two Guatemalan men detained in Madrid will be processed for extradition to the…
Continue ReadingHeavy rainfall in Japan causes mudslide, threatens floods
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Torrential rain pounding southwestern Japan triggered a mudslide that swallowed four people and was…
Continue ReadingUS stocks eke out gains, leaving S&P 500 higher for the week
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks managed to eke out tiny gains after another day of wobbly trading, leaving the S&P…
Continue ReadingPolice chief in Chinese industrial center suspected of graft
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party says the police chief and vice mayor of a northeastern industrial city is under investigation…
Continue ReadingFred may regain tropical storm strength as it nears Florida
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Forecasters say tropical depression Fred is slowly strengthening and could regain tropical…
Continue ReadingIn Yemen’s north, Houthis face virus with outright denial
By SAMY MAGDY The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemenis in the country’s north are dying because of a lack of hospital beds, many at home.…
Continue ReadingDeath toll from floods in northern Turkey reaches 38
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The death toll from floods and mudslides in northern Turkey has risen to at least 38 as…
Continue ReadingTaliban sweep across Afghanistan’s south, take 4 more cities
By TAMEEM AKHGAR, RAHIM FAIEZ and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have completed their sweep of…
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