Poland raises interest rates, seeking to tame inflation
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank has unexpectedly raised interest rates as the central European…
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Qatar’s top diplomat in Abu Dhabi as relations with UAE ease
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s foreign minister has arrived in Abu Dhabi and met with its crown…
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Toymakers race to get products on shelves amid supply clogs
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Toy companies are racing to get their toys onto store shelves ahead of the holidays…
Continue Reading Alabama capital strips Confederate president’s name off road
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The first capital of the Confederacy has renamed a street honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Now it honors a…
Continue Reading Flush with COVID-19 aid, schools steer funding to sports
By COLLIN BINKLEY and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A growing number of school districts in the U.S. are using federal…
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Eviction confusion, again: End of US ban doesn’t cause spike
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Long delayed evictions are rolling out more than a month after the end of a federal moratorium…
Continue Reading North Macedonia: Overheated cable caused fatal hospital fire
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia say a fire in a COVID-19 field hospital…
Continue Reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg tribute required innovative donations
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer The upcoming world premiere at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra of a new classical music piece inspired by the late…
Continue Reading Cyprus FM urges Lebanon to implement reforms to unlock aid
The foreign minister of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is urging the new Lebanese government to implement reforms quickly, in order for the…
Continue Reading Austrian media: Ruling center-right party’s offices searched
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian media have reported that investigators have searched the offices of the country’s governing People’s Party in connection…
Continue Reading Russian paper shuts Belarus branch after journalist’s arrest
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A popular Russian newspaper has shut down its branch in Belarus after one of its local…
Continue Reading Scandinavians curb Moderna shots for some younger patients
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scandinavian authorities have suspended or discouraged the use of Moderna’s COVID-19…
Continue Reading Sought-after blast suspect found dead in Swedish harbor
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The tenant who is suspected in the huge Swedish apartment building explosion and fire last month that injured 16 people has been…
Continue Reading Belarus opposition leader warns of border migration crisis
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called for the global community to…
Continue Reading Congress foresees short-term debt fix amid perilous standoff
By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators have edged back from a perilous standoff over…
Continue Reading ‘Lizard King’ charged with trafficking Florida turtles
MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors have brought another case against the so-called “Lizard King” of Florida, accusing him of scheming to…
Continue Reading In brazen attack by settlers, Palestinians see larger threat
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press Al-MUFAGARA, West Bank (AP) — Residents of a small Palestinian shepherding village in the occupied West Bank say…
Continue Reading German factory orders register sharp decline in August
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that factory orders in Germany plummeted 7.7% in August compared with the previous month, led by much lower…
Continue Reading France moves toward ban on so-called gay conversion therapy
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have unanimously backed proposed legislation that would ban so-called LGBT conversion therapy. Parliament’s lower…
Continue Reading Memorial for Babi Yar victims inaugurated in Ukraine
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The presidents of Ukraine, Israel and Germany have inaugurated a memorial for the victims…
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