Month: November 2021

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Barack Obama is bringing his political weight to bear on the negotiators for nearly 200 governments at the U.N. climate talks in Scotland. The former U.S. president is visiting the summit Monday to urge them to greater ambition cutting climate-wrecking emissions and dealing with the mounting

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Social Democrats, the country’s main center-left party, is set to make the manager of its successful election campaign one of its leaders. The move comes amid ongoing coalition talks to anoint party candidate, Olaf Scholz as the successor to outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel. Top party officials proposed on Monday that party

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

By FRANK BAJAK and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Security researchers say spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was detected on the cellphones of six Palestinian human rights activists. Half are affiliated with groups that Israel’s defense minister controversially claimed last month were involved in terrorism. Monday’s revelation marks the

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Some people can’t wait to retire. Others are pushed into retirement due to illness, job loss or other factors beyond their control. And still others aren’t quite ready to leave the workforce behind. If you’re trying to make up your mind about when’s the right time to retire, experts say

PRAGUE (AP) — Two party coalitions that emerged as winners of the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election have signed a power-sharing deal to govern. A three-party, liberal-conservative coalition composed of the Civic Democratic Party, Christian Democrats and the TOP 09 party garnered 27.8% of votes in last month’s poll. That group has teamed up with the

PARIS (AP) — France’s Catholic Church has announced its decision to financially compensate sex abuse victims by selling property assets and if needed, taking out a loan. French bishops said in a written statement on Monday that they will set up an “independent, national body” tasked with addressing compensation issues. They committed to allocating money