UN racism meeting recommits to goals but renews divides
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly pledged Wednesday to redouble efforts to combat racism around the world, commemorating a landmark but contentious 2001...
‘Grow up’: UK’s Johnson says world must face climate change
UNITED NATIONS — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell world leaders at the United Nations that humanity has to “grow up” and tackle...
German official slams online ‘incitement’ after mask killing
BERLIN — Germany's health minister on Wednesday partly blamed “incitement” against the government's pandemic rules on social media for the killing of a gas...
CDC panel tackles who needs booster shot of COVID vaccine
An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention convened on Wednesday to debate which Americans should get COVID-19...
Judge: NPR can air recordings of newspaper shooting trial
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — National Public Radio can air audio recordings from the trial of the gunman who killed five Capital Gazette newspaper employees...
Travel in Canada is a prize for the vaccinated and vigilant
KAMOURASKA, Quebec — When the pandemic descended, the boundless vistas and insane sunsets of Kamouraska became a distant, unattainable dream for this bicyclist from...
Albania’s ex-top prosecutor jailed of corruption
TIRANA, Albania — An Albanian appeals court Wednesday sentenced the country’s former chief prosecutor to two years in prison and confiscated his property Wednesday...
NW Indiana woman admits to taking late father’s benefits
HAMMOND, Ind. — A northwest Indiana woman has admitted that she cashed her late father's government disability checks and pocketed the money for 10...
Anger, confusion spread over UK’s new COVID travel rules
NAIROBI, Kenya — Travelers and authorities from India and some African countries are furious — and confused — about Britain's new COVID-19 travel rules,...
European Central Bank climate report: Early action is better
FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank's first climate stress test shows higher risks of loan defaults for banks in fire-plagued southern Europe and...