Donors pledge $1.2 billion in emergency funds for Afghans
By JAMEY KEATEN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations has drummed up more than $1.2 billion in emergency pledges…
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Greece launches mandatory testing for unvaccinated workers
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has introduced mandatory weekly testing for all unvaccinated workers as it struggles to boost vaccination rates that…
Continue ReadingSuu Kyi illness causes Myanmar court to postpone her hearing
BANGKOK (AP) — Lawyers for Myanmar’s detained former leader say she was unable to attend a scheduled court hearing because she felt ill. Aung San…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Missile tests renew North Korea’s regional threat
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it successfully tested what it described as new long-range cruise…
Continue ReadingBritain ends contract with French startup for vaccines
By DANICA KIRKA and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has canceled an agreement to buy at least 100 million doses of…
Continue ReadingBritain ends contract with French startup for vaccines
By DANICA KIRKA and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has canceled an agreement to buy at least 100 million doses of…
Continue ReadingYour suffering is ours: Pope honors Slovak Holocaust victims
By NICOLE WINFIELD and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Pope Francis has honored Slovakian Jews killed in the Holocaust…
Continue ReadingIsraeli firm unveils armed robot to patrol volatile borders
By ALON BERNSTEIN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press LOD, Israel (AP) — An Israeli defense contractor has unveiled a remote-controlled armed robot…
Continue ReadingIsraeli firm unveils armed robot to patrol volatile borders
By ALON BERNSTEIN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press LOD, Israel (AP) — An Israeli defense contractor has unveiled a remote-controlled armed robot…
Continue ReadingMerkel’s party ahead in local votes in northern German state
BERLIN (AP) — The center-right candidate hoping to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s chancellor is celebrating his party’s narrow victory…
Continue ReadingChina’s strict 21 day quarantine under question after new outbreak emerges
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN A man who completed 21 days of mandatory quarantine upon returning to China from overseas has been identified as…
Continue ReadingVietnam 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…
Continue ReadingAdapt 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 ReadingAdapt 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 ReadingNorth Korea says it fired new long-range cruise missiles, according to state media
CNN By Samantha Beech, Jake Kwon and Oren Liebermann, CNN North Korea claims it successfully test-fired new long-range cruise missiles over the…
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 ReadingIt may take ‘many, many’ more vaccine mandates to end the Covid-19 pandemic, Fauci says
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Millions of Americans still need to get vaccinated to slow or stop the spread of Covid-19 and getting the…
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…
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