Month: November 2021

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Security forces in Poland are being tasked with securing the nation’s eastern border amid a migration fight with Belarus while also protecting the capital and other cities during Independence Day marches organized by far-right groups. Poland has objected since the summer to the increasing number of refugees and migrants trying to

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Commission has raised its growth forecast for the year for the 19 countries using the euro. The EU’s executive branch said Thursday that the economy was bouncing back from the worst of the pandemic as people went back to work in customer-facing jobs. But it lowered the forecast for

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least four people have been killed as Bangladesh holds village council elections that are certain to further consolidate the governing party’s power but have raised concerns about the state of democracy in the South Asian nation. The largest opposition party is boycotting the vote after

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 14 people have died in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu during days of heavy rains. Several districts in the state are on high alert, bracing for more torrents as a depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is set to cross northern Tamil Nadu on Thursday evening.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders are preparing a political history that would give President Xi Jinping status beside the ruling Communist Party’s most important figures, setting the stage for Xi to extend his rule next year. A meeting of some 200 Central Committee leaders that began Monday was considering a resolution on the party’s major

By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia is dismissing as “politically motivated” sanctions imposed by the United States on two senior defense officials over allegations of graft, accompanied by a broader warning of systemic corruption in the Southeast Asian nation. A Cambodian government spokesman says the country was

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say they’re pushing to investigate a U.S. diplomat to find if he intentionally fled following a traffic accident in Seoul. Police say the diplomat’s car rear-ended a taxi in Seoul on Wednesday but kept moving without stopping. The taxi chased the diplomat’s

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mixed after a worrisome report on U.S. inflation that slammed into the bond market and knocked stocks lower on Wall Street. In early trading in Europe, shares rose in France and Britain, but fell in Germany. In Japan, where investors are awaiting an

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has met with Indonesian officials to discuss closer cooperation in future technologies, cybersecurity and economic relations as part of British efforts to deepen ties to Southeast Asia after leaving the European Union. Truss says she and Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi discussed