Greece woos investments on Chinese foreign minister’s visit
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Greek officials on Wednesday during a…
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Gunmen kill 4 Pakistani police near border with Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Unidentified gunmen attacked a police patrol overnight in northwest Pakistan, killing four before fleeing the scene, a…
Continue Reading Germany to end national ‘epidemic’ situation next month
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament will not extend the “epidemic situation of national scope” when it…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank makes profit as recovery reduces bad loans
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank has seen its net profit increase 6%, to 329 million euros, in the third quarter despite a sharp increase in…
Continue Reading Election likely in Portugal after govt defeat in budget vote
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has rejected the minority Socialist government’s proposed state…
Continue Reading UN, US sanction Libyan official over human trafficking
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations Security Council and the United States have imposed sanctions on a Libyan official…
Continue Reading Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats say a deal is within reach on President Joe…
Continue Reading Pakistan: Saudi Arabia to deposit $3 billion with state bank
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says that Saudi Arabia will deposit $3 billion into its central bank to help bolster the cash-strapped fellow Islamic…
Continue Reading Beijing confirms strict ‘closed loop’ for Winter Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — China says participants in next year’s Winter Olympics will be strictly isolated from the general population and could face…
Continue Reading In Somalia, a rare female artist promotes images of peace
By HASSAN BARISE Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Among the once-taboo professions emerging from Somalia’s decades of conflict and…
Continue Reading India’s top court probes spying charges against government
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has established a committee of experts to probe accusations that Prime…
Continue Reading Greenpeace urges Europe to drop short flights, take trains
BRUSSELS (AP) — A study commissioned by the environmental group Greenpeace shows that over one-third of the busiest short-haul flights in Europe…
Continue Reading Sudan arrests 3 coup critics as pressure mounts on military
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Relatives and activists say Sudanese security forces have detained three prominent pro-democracy…
Continue Reading Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor Sunao Tsuboi dies at 96
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing who made opposing nuclear weapons the…
Continue Reading Italy hosts a climate-focused G20 as geopolitics shift
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Group of 20 summit scheduled for this weekend in Rome is the first in-person gathering of leaders…
Continue Reading Iran’s president says cyberattack meant to create ‘disorder’
By JON GAMBRELL and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president is saying that a cyberattack that shut…
Continue Reading ‘Save your species’: UN uses dinosaur in fossil fuel message
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations is summoning an unusual “witness” to testify to the dangers of burning fossil fuels that stoke global warming.…
Continue Reading Gulf Arab states, squeezed by climate change, still tout oil
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian…
Continue Reading US says Assange could go to Australian prison if convicted
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government has asked Britain’s High Court to overturn a judge’s decision that WikiLeaks…
Continue Reading Vietnam starts vaccinating kids in effort to reopen schools
By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has started to vaccinate children as part of an effort to reopen schools after more than…
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