Month: November 2021

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Barack Obama is expressing confidence that the Biden administration will ultimately get its $555 billion climate package through Congress. In prepared remarks ahead of comments at the U.N. climate talks Monday, he’s also faulting U.S. rivals China and Russia for what he calls a “dangerous absence

By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s High Court has suspended the scheduled execution of a Malaysian man believed to have a mental disability until an appeal is heard, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups. The 33-year-old Malaysian man was due to be executed by hanging on Wednesday for trying

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s military says that members of the M23 rebellion group have attacked a base in eastern Congo’s Rutshuru area and fighting is underway.  The attacks took place in villages on the hills between Rwanda and Uganda. The M23 group, however, denied that they

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Two Iraqi politicians say a top Iranian general visited Baghdad after the assassination attempt against Iraq’s prime minister. He said Tehran and its allies had nothing to do with the drone attack that lightly injured the Iraqi leader. An Iraqi general, meanwhile, says the investigation into the

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is stepping up security at its border with Belarus, on the European Union’s eastern border, following reports that a large group of migrants is headed there. Since the summer Poland has been under increasing pressure from migrants from the Middle East and Africa trying

By JOHN LEICESTER and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — The U.S. is lifting restrictions on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, setting the stage for emotional reunions nearly two years in the making and providing a boost for the airline and

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Officials say the prosthetic-tailed dolphin that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies may be fighting a gastrointestinal infection. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium announced Sunday that staff members noticed a week earlier that Winter was acting abnormally and not eating. Initial bloodwork showed the possible infection. The aquarium’s care team has been