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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic is still awaiting word on whether he will be allowed to return to the Australian Open in January after missing the tournament this year because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Djokovic says at the Laver Cup that he is hoping for positive news.

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the U.S. because the windows can pinch a person’s fingers when being rolled up. Tesla says in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that the automatic window reversal system may not react correctly after detecting an obstruction. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

By ELEANOR REICH Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has started administering doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine tailored to fight the highly infectious omicron variant. The rollout of the new vaccines on Thursday came following Israel’s world-leading drive to vaccinate its population early in 2021. Health officials are now voicing growing concerns

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Hamas is threatening hostile actions against Israel over what it called “violations against Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque” ahead of the upcoming Jewish High Holidays. Hamas’ threats on Thursday came just ahead of the Jewish new year on Sunday and a day after a group of Jewish religious

BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he believes his three-party alliance has a “fair chance” of winning a general election that could be called as early as November. Anwar leads the Hope Alliance, which earlier teamed up with ex-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for a historic win in 2018 elections. Anwar was due

By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s central bank raised its key interest rate Thursday by another half-percentage point to the highest level in 14 years, but it avoided more aggressive steps to tame inflation that the U.S. Federal Reserve and other banks have taken. It is the Bank of England’s seventh straight

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has confirmed it is lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country’s energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. New Prime Minister Liz Truss announced within days of taking office earlier September that she will reverse a

ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has delivered another interest rate cut and lowered the benchmark rate by 1 percentage point to 12%. The bank’s action on Thursday is the reverse of what other world economies are doing to combat soaring inflation. The lira was trading around 18.38 against the dollar, weakening beyond

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s central bank raised its key interest rate by another half-percentage point Thursday, avoiding more aggressive steps to tame inflation that the U.S. Federal Reserve and other banks have taken. The Bank of England raised its benchmark rate to 2.25%, matching its half-point increase last month — the biggest hike in 27

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will team up in doubles at the Laver Cup on Friday in what Federer has announced will be the final match of his long and illustrious career. Federer, owner of 20 Grand Slam titles, and his longtime rival Nadal, owner of

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank has intervened to stem the yen’s decline against the U.S. dollar. Earlier Thursday, the dollar rose to nearly 146 yen — a 24-year low — after the Bank of Japan left its key lending rate unchanged following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to raise its benchmark rate by three-quarters

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has formally confirmed it is lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country’s energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. New Prime Minister Liz Truss announced within days of taking office earlier September that she will reverse

By ZEN SOO and ALICE FUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The head of Hong Kong’s largest journalist group has been granted bail. Ronson Chan has also been allowed to leave the city Thursday for an overseas fellowship. He was arrested Sept. 7 while reporting on a homeowners’ meeting with a colleague. Chan, who

By NICOLAS GARRIGA and SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press SAINT-NAZAIRE, France (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is set to unveil a plan to boost renewable energy in France including offshore wind farms and solar power. The country lags behind most of its European neighbors. The move comes amid a major energy crisis in Europe aggravated

By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally Thursday by The Associated Press. The scope of Iran’s ongoing

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s central bank is under pressure to make another big interest rate hike Thursday, with inflation outpacing other major economies but the U.S. Federal Reserve and other banks acting more aggressively to get prices under control. The Bank of England hiked its benchmark rate last month by half a percentage point to

By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A rush for tickets for an India-Australia Twenty20 cricket match has left 20 people injured in a stampede in southern India. The crush occurred when sales opened at Gymkhana grounds on Thursday for Sunday’s match in Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana state. Nearly 30,000 people were

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A United Nations-appointed human rights expert is calling for governments and companies to coordinate efforts to cut off the military-led government of Myanmar from its sources of revenue and weapons, saying life in the Southeastern Asian nation has become a “living hell” for many since the generals

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s national airline TAP Air Portugal says hackers obtained the personal data of some of its customers and have published the information on the dark web. The flag carrier said in a statement that no payment data was taken in the cyberattack. The airline said late Wednesday that the attack began

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by a quarter-percentage point, saying the move was “still needed to dampen inflation.” Norges Bank said inflation has “risen rapidly” and “is markedly above target,” reaching 6.5% in November. The hike it made is a slower pace than the U.S. Federal Reserve