Month: December 2021

BEIJING (AP) — Already affected by the pandemic and a partial diplomatic boycott, the Beijing Winter Olympics face another challenge in finding flights for all of the athletes and officials. The director of the organizing committee’s Arrival and Departure Center says ensuring the smooth arrival of participants has “become everyone’s concern” because of a reduction

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Jordanian health ministry says it has identified its first two cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus. The statement was announced by state-run Petra news agency, identifying the first case as a Jordanian national who recently returned from South Africa and another as a national who has not recently left

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers are debating a bill Friday that would require staff at hospitals and nursing homes to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or risk losing their jobs. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told parliament it was unconscionable that some who work with particularly vulnerable people are still not

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are lower ahead of U.S. inflation data that might influence a Federal Reserve decision on when to roll back economic stimulus. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong retreated. Wall Street futures were higher a day after the benchmark S&P

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following years of health issues. He was 82. Indianapolis Motor Speedway said early Friday that Unser died at his home in Chama, New Mexico. Unser was part of an elite