Tag Archives: International

COPENHAGEN - Denmark removed the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shot from its vaccination program to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots, health authorities s...

NEW YORK - The star power is back. When the Met Gala returns in September, it will feature a heavy-hitting contingent of celebrity co-chairs: Actor Timothe Chalamet, musician Billie Eilish, poet Amand...

WASHINGTON - Growth in U.S. manufacturing slowed slightly in April partly due to a snarled global supply chain after hitting a 37-year high in March. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group...

KABUL - A bomb exploded near a school in western Afghanistan on Monday wounding 21 people, many them young students, a provincial official said. Ambulances rushed to the site and took the wounded to n...

NAPLES, Fla. - A man moving from Alabama to southwest Florida travelled hundreds of miles with an owl stuck in his truck's grille. The owl survived. Torie Gray said he saw a vehicle ahead of him swerv...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The organizers of a high-priced literary award from the United Arab Emirates expressed regret Monday that prominent German philosopher Juergen Habermas had shunned the pr...

LONDON - Northern Ireland marked what is widely considered to be its centenary on Monday, with Queen Elizabeth II stressing the need for "reconciliation, equality and mutual understanding" as she sent...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's King Salman appointed a new economy minister and named his eldest living son as a special adviser in a series of royal decrees issued early Monday. The king named...

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government has protested the Chinese coast guard's harassment of Philippine coast guard ships patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Department of...

TOKYO - Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they're already near the breaking point dealing...