Month: November 2021

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex has apologized for misleading a British court about the extent of her cooperation with the authors of a sympathetic book about her and Prince Harry. The former Meghan Markle sued a U.K. newspaper for publishing a letter she wrote to her estranged father.

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has issued a press statement expressing deep concern about ongoing violence in Myanmar, whose military-installed government is using force against opponents. The Security Council’s action comes as Myanmar’s army appears to be undertaking a major offensive in the country’s northwest amid warnings that

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has met with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and reaffirmed America’s commitment to achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific despite rising tensions amid China’s increasingly assertive military actions. Adm. John C. Aquilino was in Tokyo following a three-day joint session

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Officials say a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Romania has killed two people. The blaze in the city of Ploiesti on Thursday morning was the fourth fatal fire to break out in a Romanian COVID-19 hospital during the pandemic. Authorities say 21 patients were receiving

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British economy slowed down during the third quarter of the year as widespread supply chain problems hobbled the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The Office for National Statistics said Thursday that the economy grew by 1.3% between July and September from the previous three-month period. The

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s swanky new M+ museum is Asia’s largest gallery with a billion-dollar collection set to open on Friday. It boasts 183,000 square feet of space, 33 galleries and over 6,400 works in its collection that range from modern art to architecture. It’s built to rival London’s Modern Tate and the

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national disease control center has reported a record-high number of more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases. The Robert Koch Institute registered 50,196 new cases on Thursday, up from 33,949 daily cases a week earlier. Infections have risen so quickly in recent days that hospitals in especially

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Age is a funny thing in the NFL, where many players are considered over the hill in their 30s. And even younger depending on the position you play. The number of candles on the birthday cake increases, production on the field decreases and

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading rights group is questioning whether of Libyan authorities can to hold free and fair elections as long as the rule of law, justice and respect of human rights remain absent. Human Rights Watch’s statement on Thursday came on the eve of an international conference on Libya in Paris

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Envoys from the United States, Russia and China have met in Pakistan to discuss the path forward in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. Thursday’s talks came amid a humanitarian crisis that has forced many Afghans to migrate. The Taliban-appointed foreign minister didn’t attend the meeting but met

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press FAIRBOURNE, Wales (AP) — Residents of a small coastal village in north Wales face becoming the U.K.’s first “climate refugees.” Authorities have identified Fairbourne to be at high risk of flooding due to climate change. Predicting faster sea level rises and more extreme storms due to global warming, the Welsh