Germany reports labor shortage in one-sixth of professions
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national labor agency says the country has labor shortages in one-sixth of professions and the number is growing. Its…
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Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort…
Continue Reading NATO chief heading to Turkey this weekend in fresh push on Swedish membership
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will hold talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials this…
Continue Reading Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane,…
Continue Reading Why Rastafari smoke marijuana for sacramental reasons and the faith’s other beliefs
The Associated Press Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic…
Continue Reading Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane,…
Continue Reading From Jordan, Jill Biden arrives in Cairo as part of Mideast tour aiming to empower women, youth
CAIRO (AP) — Jill Biden has arrived in Cairo on the second leg of her six-day trip across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe that seeks to…
Continue Reading UN warns of aid shortage, looming food crisis in wake of devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations has warned that far too little aid is reaching cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar and the country could face a major…
Continue Reading Young Kabuki actor’s debut breaks Japanese theater traditions
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ten-year-old Maholo Terajima Ghnassia is breaking conventions as one of the biggest emerging stars…
Continue Reading Champions League final referee keeps job after apologizing for ties to far-right leader
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Polish soccer referee Szymon Marciniak has apologized for speaking at a business event tied to a…
Continue Reading In Norway, Indigenous Sami protest outside prime minister’s office against wind farm
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozen of activists including Indigenous Sami are protesting outside the office of…
Continue Reading Biden to enforce ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites around New Mexico’s Chaco
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas development outside the boundaries of…
Continue Reading Poland’s president proposes urgent amendments to law on Russian influences
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda has said unexpectedly that he was proposing urgent…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street leaps after strong jobs report, Dow rallies 701
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rushed higher after a strong report on the U.S. job market eased Wall Street’s worries…
Continue Reading Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong…
Continue Reading China Ukraine envoy urges governments to ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield,’ negotiate peace
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Ukraine envoy has appealed to other governments to “stop sending weapons to the…
Continue Reading White House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future arms…
Continue Reading US lawyer named chief prosecutor at office linked to Kosovo war crimes court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — American lawyer Kimberly West has been appointed as the chief prosecutor linked to a European Union-backed court…
Continue Reading Blinken warns Ukraine cease-fire now would result in ‘Potemkin peace,’ legitimizing Russian invasion
By SUSIE BLANN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the United States and…
Continue Reading How Turkey’s president Erdogan has maintained a tight grip on power in the country
By SUZAN FRASER and CINAR KIPER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a populist with increasingly…
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