Category Archives: World

HONG KONG (AP) - Australian officials confirmed Sunday that two overseas travelers arriving in Sydney had tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus, as nations around the world tighte...

PARIS (AP) - France is inducting Josephine Baker - Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist - into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resti...

Steve Simon, the head of the WTA, says he remains "deeply concerned" about the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai and her ability to "communicate freely, openly and directly" after allega...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - With each passing hour, new restrictions were being slapped on travel from countries in southern Africa as the world scurried Saturday to contain a new variant of the cor...

The brother of a British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein exploit underage girls says her prosecution is "the most over-hyped trial of the century," designed to break a woman targeted by...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation" after authorities detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus vari...

BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union's executive said Friday it wants to stop air travel from southern Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leye...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A new coronavirus variant has been detected in South Africa that scientists say is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng,...

ISTANBUL (AP) - Interpol on Thursday elected a contentious official from the United Arab Emirates as its new president during the international law enforcement body's annual General Assembly held in I...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia says it is sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after anti-government demonstrators defied lockdown orders and took to the streets f...