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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have slipped in Europe and Asia after a retreat on Wall Street that left the Nasdaq composite down 2.5%. Benchmarks fell in Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai. China reported its global trade surplus surged nearly 30% in 2021 to $676.4 billion. South Korea’s central bank
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have slipped in Europe and Asia after a retreat on Wall Street that left the Nasdaq composite down 2.5%. Benchmarks fell in Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai. China reported its global trade surplus surged nearly 30% in 2021 to $676.4 billion. South Korea’s central bank
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke says he used his ministerial discretion to revoke the 34-year-old Serb’s visa on public interest grounds three days before the Australian
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By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke says he used his ministerial discretion to revoke the 34-year-old Serb’s visa on public interest grounds three days before the Australian
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By Laura Studley, Laura Dolan and Mallika Kallingal, CNN The chief prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on loan applications for the purchase of two vacation homes in Florida, according to court documents filed Thursday.
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Health Ministry says more than 500,000 people have received a 4th vaccine dose. The country began administering second boosters to the most vulnerable late last month and later began offering them to everyone over 60. Authorities hope the additional boosters will blunt a wave of infections driven by the omicron variant.
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden is seeing increased Russian activity in the Baltic Sea, saying there are “elements that deviate from the normal picture” and is increasing the country’s military preparedness. Lt. Gen Leif Michael Claesson said Thursday that “it does not have to mean an increased threat.” Sweden, which is not part of NATO, has
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials and media reports say a number of government websites in Ukraine are down after a massive hacking attack. While it is not immediately clear who was behind the attacks, they come amid heightened tensions with Russia and after talks between Moscow and the West
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Chris Boyette and Christine Sever, CNN West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said he was feeling better on Thursday, two days after a Covid-19 diagnosis, according to a statement from the governor’s office. “Thankfully, I am feeling much better today,” Justice said. “I desperately want to get out of this house and back
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY and STEVE McMORRAN Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The treatment of tennis star Novak Djokovic by Australian immigration officials might seem harsh from afar. But Australia has long taken a severe stance on immigration, including warehousing refugees in offshore detention camps and preventing overseas citizens from returning home during the
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY and STEVE McMORRAN Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The treatment of tennis star Novak Djokovic by Australian immigration officials might seem harsh from afar. But Australia has long taken a severe stance on immigration, including warehousing refugees in offshore detention camps and preventing overseas citizens from returning home during the
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN As Covid-19 hospitalizations reach new highs, more states and health care systems are cutting back services that aren’t urgent and relying on National Guard personnel to fill staffing gaps as infected health care employees miss work to recover and patient demand grows. While officials have started to call out very early
Continue ReadingCNN By Ed Lavandera and Chris Boyette, CNN Oklahoma City hospitals are short of staff and overwhelmed, with no ICU or inpatient beds available as the Omicron variant causes a surge of Covid-19 patients, according to an open letter from leaders of the city’s four major health care systems. “Our emergency departments are overflowing. Our
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson’s former communications chief has apologized “unreservedly” for a lockdown-breaching party in Downing Street last year. It is the latest in a string of rule-breaking social events that are threatening to topple the British prime minister. James Slack said his April 2021 leaving party “should not
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Guava Health draws on numerous public health sources to examine the many upsides to tracking your health care and history over time.
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Thrilling compiles a list of 10 once-iconic fashion brands from fashion history that no longer exist.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party says a top official in the southern region of Guangxi is under investigation for corruption. The Central Committee for Discipline Inspection says Vice Governor Liu Hongwu is being investigated for “serious violations of discipline and laws,” the party watchdog’s standard term for graft. It gave no further details.
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government minister who decided to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa to enter the country says he did so in the name of public interest. The office of Alex Hawke, Australia’s Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, has issued a statement saying the government wants to protect its
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government minister who decided to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa to enter the country says he did so in the name of public interest. The office of Alex Hawke, Australia’s Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, has issued a statement saying the government wants to protect its
Continue Reading By ACHALA PUSSALLA Associated Press PALLAKKADU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants, after two more were found dead over the weekend. Around 20 elephants have died over the last eight years after consuming plastic trash in the dump.
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