Author Archives: Syndicated Content
With latest mission, China renews space cooperation vow
BEIJING (AP) - Shortly ahead of sending a new three-person crew to its space station, China on Friday renewed its commitment to international cooperation in the peaceful use of space. Foreign Ministry...
Oct 15, 2021
Protests greet debut of Italy's workplace COVID pass rule
ROME (AP) - Protests erupted in Italy as one of the most stringent anti-coronavirus measures in Europe went into effect Friday, requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass ...
Oct 15, 2021
Suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills 7
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suicide bombers assaulted a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending weekly Friday prayers, killing at least seven people and wounding...
Oct 15, 2021
White House plans to address economic risk of climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is taking steps to address the economic risks from climate change, issuing a 40-page report Friday on government-wide plans to protect the financial, insuran...
Oct 15, 2021
UK: 1000s may have gotten false negative COVID test results
LONDON (AP) - British health officials said Friday that 43,000 people may have been wrongly told they don't have the coronavirus because of problems at a private laboratory. The U.K. Health Security A...
Oct 15, 2021
In Nigeria’s troubled northwest, phone blockades hurt locals
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Mobile phones have been lifelines for residents of northwestern Nigeria who have relied on warning calls to escape escalating bandit attacks. But recent blockades on mobile telec...
Oct 15, 2021
Custody hearing for Norway bow-and-arrow suspect
KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) - The suspect in a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people and wounded three in a quiet Norwegian town this week is facing a custody hearing Friday. He won't appear in cour...
Oct 15, 2021
Lebanon pauses amid tense calm after deadly gun battles
BEIRUT (AP) - Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down Friday after hours of gun battles between heavily armed militias killed seven people and terrorized the residents of Beirut...
Oct 15, 2021
The Latest: UK lab suspended over false negative COVID tests
LONDON - British health officials say 43,000 people in southwest England may have been wrongly told they don't have the coronavirus because of problems at a private laboratory. The U.K. Health Securit...
Oct 15, 2021
Hungary's 'last' Roma fortuneteller preserves traditions
SOLTVADKERT, Hungary (AP) - Zoltan Sztojka, by his own account Hungary's last Roma fortuneteller, lays 36 weathered tarot cards on a table at his home in the village of Soltvadkert, and peers at them ...
Oct 15, 2021