German airport strike causes flight cancellations, delays
BERLIN (AP) — More than 1,000 security personnel have walked off their jobs at airports across Germany, leading to dozens of flight cancellations…
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China battles multiple outbreaks, driven by stealth omicron
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The “stealth omicron” variant is fueling China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two…
Continue Reading Trial over approval of Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan begins
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has begun a trial to determine whether the Boy Scouts of…
Continue Reading India unsure of Russian arms to meet China, Pakistan threats
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is bracing for a disruption in Russian arms supplies following Moscow’s invasion of…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly lower as crude slides to $100 per barrel
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks are mostly lower in Asia and oil prices have fallen further after another day of…
Continue Reading War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers BOSTON (AP) — Russia’s increasingly strict online censorship measures have…
Continue Reading This Week: Fed statement, FedEx earns, US home sales
The Associated Press The Federal Reserve caps a two-day meeting of its policymakers with an economic and interest rate policy update Wednesday. FedEx…
Continue Reading War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers BOSTON (AP) — Russia’s increasingly strict online censorship measures have…
Continue Reading Average US gas price rises 22% in two weeks to record $4.43
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up a whopping 79 cents over the past two weeks to $4.43 per gallon.…
Continue Reading No result yet after Turkmenistan presidential election
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — There is an unexpected wait for the result of Turkmenistan’s presidential election that is widely expected to…
Continue Reading Ukraine refugees tell harrowing tales even as numbers ease
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SUCEAVA, Romania (AP) — Elena Yurchuk saw families with children blown up and the hospital she worked in…
Continue Reading Peru’s ‘worst ecological disaster’ slams small-scale fishing
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press CIUDAD PACHACUTEC, Perú (AP) — A recent spill of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru has…
Continue Reading Leaders of Turkey, Greece hold talks in rare meeting
ISTANBUL (AP) — Greece’s prime minister has met with Turkey’s president over lunch in Istanbul in a rare meeting between the neighbors. Greece…
Continue Reading Serbia to reduce number of flights to Moscow after criticism
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says AirSerbia will go back to one flight a day to Moscow after criticism that the Serbian…
Continue Reading Russia’s war idles some European mills as energy costs soar
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — Italian paper mills that make everything from pizza boxes to furniture packaging have ground to a…
Continue Reading Ex-Columbus Zoo CEO to repay $400,000 audit said he owed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former chief executive officer has agreed to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium after…
Continue Reading A long-delayed nuclear reactor goes online in Finland
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A long-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor has gone online in Finland after a wait of over 12…
Continue Reading Road to table: Wyoming’s got a new app for claiming roadkill
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press LANDER, Wyo. (AP) — There truly is an app for everything, including roadkill in Wyoming. A new phone app is making…
Continue Reading Historic Houston theater’s pandemic rescue a public good
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — After a historic Houston theater seemingly closed for good last year due to the pandemic, its…
Continue Reading Cashless and flightless, Russian tourists stuck in Thailand
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of Russian tourists are stranded in Thailand’s beach resorts because of…
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