Month: January 2022

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic will get a chance to defend his Australian Open title after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne. The top-ranked Djokovic wrote on Instagram he has “an exemption permission” to compete at the tournament. Australian Open organizers have issued a statement to

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany have reported sporadic violence at demonstrations against the country’s pandemic restrictions. Authorities said one protester in an eastern town bit an officer and another attempted to steal a service weapon late Monday. Tens of thousands in total took to the streets in scores of German towns and cities for

ROME (AP) — Italy has set Jan. 24 as the start date to begin voting for a new Italian president. The announcement Tuesday by the lower chamber of parliament officially kicks off a campaign that is expected to see Premier Mario Draghi and ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi vie for the prestigious job. The victor will replace

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries are expected to press ahead with restoring cutbacks in output made during the depths of the coronavirus pandemic. It comes as hopes grow that travel and demand for fuel will hold up despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant.

By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces have killed a suspected militant accused of beheadings in a shootout Tuesday in a sweeping counterterrorism campaign against extremists in remote mountain jungles. Police say the man was a key member of the East Indonesia Mujahideen network. He was fatally shot by a

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean journalists are praising Iden Wetherell, one of the country’s most principled and exacting editors, who died on Dec. 23 after a battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 73. Njabulo Ncube, national coordinator of Zimbabwe National Editors Forum, an organization Wetherell helped found in 2002, said that

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows that a year after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, only about 4 in 10 Republicans recall the attack by supporters of then-President Donald Trump as very violent or extremely violent. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford says it will nearly double the annual production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck based on a high number of advance reservations. The company says that it will be able to build at a rate of 150,000 pickups per year at its electric vehicle factory in Dearborn, Michigan, by

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man suspected of starting the fire that gutted South Africa’s parliament buildings has appeared in court and will remain in custody pending his application for bail. Zandile Christmas Mafe faces several charges including arson, theft, housebreaking and contravention laws that restrict access to government buildings. Mafe