Death toll surpasses 6 million for pandemic now in 3rd year
Mar 07, 2022
By DAVID RISING BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million on Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over. The milestone, recorded…
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US added 678,000 jobs in February in sign of economic health
Mar 04, 2022
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February, another gain that underscored the economy’s solid health as the omicron wave fades and more Americans venture out to spend…
Live updates: Ukraine urges citizens to use guerilla tactics
Mar 03, 2022
By The Associated Press The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: LVIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces advance on strategic points in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities on Thursday called on compatriots to launch a guerrilla war…
State of the Union: Biden vows to halt Russia, hit inflation
Mar 02, 2022
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame…
Ukraine, Russia envoys talk under shadow of nuclear threat
Feb 28, 2022
By YURAS KARMANAU, JIM HEINTZ, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian and Ukrainian officials met for talks Monday amid high hopes but low expectations for any diplomatic breakthrough, after Moscow ran…
Ukraine’s capital under threat as Russia presses invasion
Feb 25, 2022
By YURAS KARMANAU, JIM HEINTZ, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion…
Russia attacks Ukraine; conflict reverberates around globe
Feb 24, 2022
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, DASHA LITVINOVA, YURAS KARMANAU and JIM HEINTZ KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and…
Arbery killers convicted of federal hate crimes in his death
Feb 23, 2022
By RUSS BYNUM BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday in a verdict that affirmed what family members and civil rights…
Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents
Feb 22, 2022
By ZEN SOO and ALICE FUNG HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its…
Biden-Putin summit discussed but fears of Ukraine war remain
Feb 21, 2022
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. and Russian presidents tentatively agreed to meet in a last-ditch effort to stave off a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, even as sustained…