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By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s new national ecurity minister has ordered police to ban Palestinian flags from public places in the latest crackdown by the country’s new hard-line government. Itamar Ben-Gvir’s order comes as Israel has taken other punitive steps against the Palestinians in return for their push for

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China will not include Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price, saying it was too expensive. The oral medicine Paxlovid developed by New York-based drugmaker Pfizer has been widely sought after in

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates will begin teaching about the Holocaust in history classes in primary and secondary schools across the country, the country’s embassy in the United States said. The embassy provided no details on the curriculum and education authorities in the Emirates, a

BERLIN (AP) — German investigators are searching two garages used by an Iranian man arrested on suspicion that he could be planning an attack with deadly chemicals. The search happened on Monday. The 32-year-old and his 25-year-old brother were detained on Saturday night in Castrop-Rauxel in western Germany following a tip from U.S. security officials.

LESBOS, Greece (AP) — A Somali man serving a 142-year prison sentence in Greece for people smuggling has appeared in court to appeal his sentence. Mohammad Hanad Abdi claims that he was only steering a dinghy during a crossing from Turkey to Greece when it was abandoned by a Turkish smuggler. The case has attracted

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A Prague court has acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2 million case involving European Union subsidies. A prosecutor requested a three-year suspended sentence and a fine of 10 million Czech koruna ($440,000) for the populist billionaire. Babis pleaded not guilty and

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Suez Canal Authority said Monday that a cargo ship carrying corn that went aground in the Egyptian waterway was refloated and canal traffic was restored. Canal services firm Leth Agencies said the vessel, MV Glory, ran aground near the city of Qantara, in the Suez Canal

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer The NFL’s Week 18 saved its best drama for the final game of the weekend. The Detroit Lions — eliminated from playoff contention earlier Sunday when the Seahawks beat the Rams — pushed past their disappointment and played the role of a spoiler, rallying to beat Green Bay 20-16

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says his country would invest in the development of Indonesia’s new capital on Borneo island, which both nations share. Anwar made his first overseas trip to Jakarta since taking office in November, saying at least 10 Malaysian companies

By JAMEY KEATEN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations is hosting a conference to help Pakistan cope with fallout of last summer’s devastating flooding that killed more than 1,700 people and displaced about 8 million others. It was a climate disaster blamed in part on the impact of climate change.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses at two of New York City’s largest hospitals are poised to go on strike Monday in a dispute over pay and staffing levels. The walkout is set to begin at 6 a.m. if a deal is not reached before then. It would involve as many as 3,500 nurses at Montefiore

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A cargo vessel ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Monday, a canal services firm said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether canal traffic was affected. Leth Agencies said the vessel, MV Glory, ran aground near the city of Qantara, in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia. The

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The prize for best film of the year at the National Board of Review Awards went to “Top Gun: Maverick.” Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” took home the most trophies. But the night belonged to its best-director honoree, Steven Spielberg, and the parade of

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrat Laura Kelly is preparing to be sworn in for a second term as Kansas governor. She is facing a skeptical, Republican-led Legislature and a new, hard-right state attorney general. Kelly and other statewide elected officials are scheduled to take their oaths of office in

By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is done being underestimated. Having vanquished both a Donald Trump-backed Republican challenger and Democratic star Stacey Abrams to win reelection, Kemp is looking to expand his influence in his second term, free from the caricature of the gun-toting, pickup-driving, migrant-catching

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities were vowing to protect democracy and preparing to mete out punishment Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power. The protesters were seeking military intervention to either

BY JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday. The longstanding practice of “watchful waiting,” or delaying treatment to see whether children and

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Chinese military has been holding large-scale joint combat strike drills since Sunday, sending war planes and navy vessels toward Taiwan. Both the Chinese and Taiwanese defense ministries have confirmed the drills. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said Monday morning that China’s People’s Liberation Army flew

DENVER (AP) — Searchers have located the body of a second snowmobiler killed in a Colorado mountain avalanche this weekend. Crews using dogs and probing the avalanche field recovered the body of a 52-year-old Colorado man on Sunday in the area of Corona Pass outside Winter Park. The body of a another male snowmobiler was