Listen to JazzPHXHONG KONG (AP) — Four of 47 pro-democracy activists charged under Hong Kong's tough national security law were released on bail Friday after prosecutors dropped an appeal of an earlier...
Associated Press News
US added a strong 379,000 jobs in February as hiring rebounded in hopeful sign for economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — US added a strong 379,000 jobs in February as hiring rebounded in hopeful sign for economy.
Mar. 5, 2021
American Academy of Arts and Letters expands, diversifies
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country's oldest cultural instititutions, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is undergoing some of its biggest changes in more than a century...
Mar. 5, 2021
German court temporarily blocks observation of AfD party
BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Friday temporarily blocked the country's domestic intelligence agency from putting the Alternative for Germany party under observation due to suspicions of extreme-right sympathies,...
Mar. 5, 2021
Official: Israel upgrading contingency plans for Iran attack
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s defense minister said his country is upgrading contingency plans to strike Iranian targets if Tehran shows signs of nuclear escalation, the latest sign of...
Mar. 5, 2021
Greece to increase army service amid tension with Turkey
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will introduce an increase in military service for conscripts serving in the army from nine to 12 months, starting in May, as part of a...
Mar. 5, 2021
Berlin film festival's Golden Bear goes to 'Loony Porn'
BERLIN (AP) — Judges at the Berlin Film Festival announced Friday that the satirical movie ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ by Romanian director Radu Jude has been awarded this...
Mar. 5, 2021
St. Louis-area mom, 2 children killed; baby taken, but safe
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man fatally shot a woman and two of her young children in a suburban St. Louis home before leaving with their baby, who was later...
Mar. 5, 2021
Prince Philip transferred back to private hospital
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip has been transferred back to the private Prince Edward VII’s hospital to continue his recovery after a heart procedure. The palace says...
Mar. 5, 2021
AP PHOTOS: At a kosher food maker, a special Passover run
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — On a food production floor on Long Island, steam rises from a blue metal barrel filled with scalding water for dipping cooking implements, and a worker...
Mar. 5, 2021
Swiss mull 'burqa ban' in vote centering on security, rights
GENEVA (AP) — At a time when seemingly everyone in Europe is wearing masks to battle COVID-19, the Swiss go to the polls Sunday to vote on a long-laid proposal...
Mar. 5, 2021
France: Man wielding knife arrested outside Jewish school
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Police in the French city of Marseille detained a man Friday who was wielding a knife outside a Jewish school and kosher market. Surveillance of Jewish...
Mar. 5, 2021
France backs Italy in vaccine ban as EU defends mechanism
BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe's vaccine solidarity got a shot in the arm Friday as France rallied to support Italy, saying it could follow suit in blocking exports of coronavirus vaccines...
Mar. 5, 2021
The Latest: Pope meets Iraqi leaders in Baghdad's Green Zone
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' historic visit to Iraq to deliver a message of hope to the country's dwindling Christian community following years of unrest and amid...
Mar. 5, 2021
Senate nears relief bill votes after half-day GOP delay
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate steered on Friday toward a voting marathon on Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after enduring an extraordinary half-day holdup forced by a Republican foe...
Mar. 5, 2021
Teacher vaccinations go untracked amid school reopening push
The national rush to vaccinate teachers in hopes of soon reopening pandemic-shuttered schools is running into one basic problem: Almost no one knows how many are getting the shots, or...
Mar. 5, 2021
Government, rebels formally sign peace agreement in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government and a communist rebel group formally signed a peace agreement Friday that it is hoped will end violent attacks, extortion and bombings by the...
Mar. 5, 2021
Spacewalking astronauts tackle more solar panel advance work
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the second time this week, a pair of astronauts floated outside Friday to get the International Space Station ready for new solar panels. NASA’s...
Mar. 5, 2021
LeBron James going to All-Star with elections on his mind
LeBron James is going to Georgia this weekend for more than the NBA All-Star Game. He’s thinking about upcoming elections as well. The Los Angeles Lakers’ star, one of the...
Mar. 5, 2021
The Latest: Pope Francis waves to crowds in Iraq's capital
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' historic visit to Iraq to deliver a message of hope to the country's dwindling Christian community following years of unrest and amid...
Mar. 5, 2021
Germany gives nuke plant operators $2.9B for early shutdown
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Friday it has agreed with four utility companies that they will receive a combined 2.4 billion euros ($2.9 billion) in compensation for the...
Mar. 5, 2021
Japan extends virus emergency for 2 weeks for Tokyo area
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that his government is extending a state of emergency in the Tokyo region for another two weeks because its medical systems...
Mar. 5, 2021
Violent Senegal protests supporting opposition leader kill 1
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Days of violent protests in Senegal have killed at least one person, local reports say, as young people take to the streets nationwide in support of...
Mar. 5, 2021
China sets moderate new energy goals for climate change
BEIJING (AP) — China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, announced generally moderate new energy and climate targets on Friday that give little sign that it will step up...
Mar. 5, 2021
Myanmar cracked down brutally on protests. It may get worse.
TOKYO (AP) — Myanmar's security forces have killed scores of demonstrators protesting a coup. The new junta has jailed journalists — and anyone else capable of exposing the violence. It...
Mar. 5, 2021
