Category Archives: World
US approves waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic. United Stat...
May 05, 2021
Amid US pullout, Taliban issue threat to Afghan journalists
KABUL - The Taliban on Wednesday issued a threat to Afghan journalists they accuse of siding with Afghanistan's intelligence agency in Kabul, a warning that came amid a U.S. troop pullout and rising f...
May 05, 2021
To filmmaker Gibney, opioid crisis is 'Crime of the Century'
NEW YORK - Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO's two-part documentary "The Crime of the Century" opens with a body bag. It contained a man from San Diego - his remains carried away in the p...
May 05, 2021
'Anxious to see you:' JFK letters to Swedish lover auctioned
BOSTON - Love letters that John F. Kennedy wrote to a Swedish paramour a few years after he married Jacqueline Bouvier are going up for auction. "You are wonderful and I miss you," Kennedy scribbled a...
May 05, 2021
Getting up Close with Glenn and Ted Nash, new duo in jazz
NEW YORK - Glenn Close recently made music-related headlines for her playful performance of "Da Butt" at the Academy Awards, but the revered actor has some real music news: she's releasing an album wi...
May 05, 2021
Detroit pizza man paints street, tries to save people dough
DETROIT - A Detroit pizzeria owner upset over people getting $150 tickets for unwittingly parking in a handicap zone got a bucket of blue paint and marked the street himself. "People come to Detroit, ...
May 05, 2021
Meghan wins remainder of copyright claim against UK tabloid
LONDON - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Wednesday won her remaining copyright claim against a British tabloid publisher over the publication of a personal letter she wrote to her estranged father. ...
May 05, 2021
COVID's US toll projected to drop sharply by the end of July
NEW YORK - Teams of experts are projecting COVID-19's toll on the U.S. will fall sharply by the end of July, according to research released by the government Wednesday. But they also warn that a "subs...
May 05, 2021
US services sector slows slightly in April after record high
WASHINGTON - Activity in the U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, slowed slightly in April after hitting an all-time high in March. The Institute for Supply Management said its monthly sur...
May 05, 2021
EU plans tightening foreign investment, with eye on China
BRUSSELS - The European Union is planning to tighten rules on foreign investment in its 27 members and boost production autonomy for sensitive strategic goods, two measures bound to hit China - amid a...
May 05, 2021