Month: January 2022

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian capital has started offering a domestically developed coronavirus vaccine to children in the 12-17 age group amid the country’s biggest infection surge yet due to the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is less likely to cause severe illness than the previous delta

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Wall Street was pointed toward a lower open Monday after last week’s furious rally that gave the major stock indexes their biggest gains of the year. On Wall Street, futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index was down 0.4% while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial

BERLIN (AP) — The number of air passengers in Germany rebounded somewhat last year but was still two-thirds below levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic. The Federal Statistical Office said Monday that nearly 74 million passengers last year took off from or landed at the 23 largest commercial airports in Germany. That was about 27%

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch coast guard says rescue helicopters have evacuated all 18 crew members from a ship that was left drifting rudderless in a wind turbine park off the Dutch North Sea coast after colliding with another ship during a powerful storm. The collision happened Monday

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Adult children typically don’t have to pay their deceased parents’ bills, but if the amounts owed are more than what is left in the estate, there are cases where an adult child might be responsible for paying. These situations include if they co-signed a loan or were legally responsible for

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received a report from an investigation into lockdown-breaching government parties. The Cabinet Office says senior civil servant Sue Gray “has provided an update on her investigations to the Prime Minister.” Johnson’s office has promised the report will be