Angela Merkel arrives for a television debate with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at a television studio in Berlin, Sept. 4, 2005. Her designated successor Olaf Scholz is expected to take office on Dec. 8, 2021. AP Photo/Jockel Finck, File BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as […]Read More
Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a press conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Dec. 17, 2019. via Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a […]Read More
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was the indifference and self-interest shown by Europe “that condemns to death those on the fringes.” “Please, let us stop this shipwreck of civilization!” Francis said at […]Read More
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Dr. Sikhulile Moyo was analyzing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he noticed they looked startlingly different from others. Within days, the world was ablaze with the news that the coronavirus had a new variant of concern — one that appears to be driving a dramatic surge in […]Read More
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that people who aren’t vaccinated will be excluded from nonessential stores, cultural and recreational venues, and parliament will consider a general vaccine mandate, as part of an effort to curb coronavirus infections that again topped 70,000 newly confirmed cases in a 24-hour period. Speaking after a […]Read More
LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex on Thursday won the latest stage in her long-running privacy lawsuit against a newspaper publisher over its publication of parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father. The Court of Appeal in London upheld a High Court ruling in February that publication of the letter that […]Read More
MELBOURNE, Jan. 21, 2020 — Hibino Nao of Japan hits a return to Peng Shuai of China during their women’s singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 21, 2020. (Photo by Bai Xue/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Bai Xue via Getty Images) Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images ST. […]Read More
BRUSSELS (AP) — New findings about the coronavirus’s omicron variant made it clear Tuesday that the emerging threat slipped into countries before their defenses were up, as two distant nations announced their first cases and a third reported its presence before South African officials sounded the alarm. The Netherlands’ RIVM health institute found omicron in […]Read More
In this photo provided by Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino, center, strolls with his son Prince Hisahito and his daughter Princess Kako at the garden of their Akasaka imperial property residence in Tokyo on Nov. 12. Akishino celebrates his 56th birthday Tuesday, Nov. 30. Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP […]Read More
Barbados marked its 55th Independence Day on Tuesday, Nov. 30, by officially removing Queen Elizabeth as head of state and commemorating its new status as a republic. The move from a constitutional monarchy to a parliamentary republic fulfilled a promise made over a year ago by Governor General Sandra Mason, who declared it was time […]Read More
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