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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Germany and France say they and other European Union countries have nominated Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia for a second term as director-general of the World Health Organization. The announcement was made Friday and it marks the first time that a candidate for the top job at

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department says there’s been good progress in the distribution of rental assistance to help avert evictions. More than 16.5% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal assistance reached tenants in August, compared with 11% a month earlier. The latest data from the department that oversees the

TODOQUE, Canary Islands (AP) — A volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands is continuing to produce explosions and spew out lava, five days after it erupted. Two rivers of lava continue to slide slowly down the hillside of La Palma on Friday. Authorities say the lava has destroyed almost 400 buildings, including many homes, on the

By KARIN LAUB and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of environmental activists have rallied outside Germany’s parliament two days before the country holds a national election and demanded that politicians take stronger action to curb climate change. The protest outside the Reichstag in Berlin was part of a string of

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Days after outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in made possibly his last ambitious push to diplomatically resolve the standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program, the North has rejected his call for a declaration ending the Korean War, making it clear it has no interest in

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says it has launched a search and rescue operation after a boat carrying around 150 people believed to be migrants ran into trouble off the country’s southwestern coast. The coast guard said on Friday that a passing cargo ship raised the alarm after coming across the wooden boat,

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shortages of semiconductor chips and other raw materials are continuing to hit Germany’s manufacturers, as bottlenecks leave companies in Europe’s biggest economy struggling to fill orders. Trouble getting the key components helped send the closely watched Ifo index lower for September. That’s the third drop

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been released from a jail in Sardinia after a judge ruled that he could go free ahead of an Oct. 4 extradition hearing. Puigdemont left the jail in Sassari on Friday, a day after he had been detained by police on

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — San Marino is one of the last countries in Europe which bans all abortion. On Sunday, the tiny republic’s voters can have their say in a referendum calling for abortion to be made legal in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The proposal also calls for abortion

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The contenders to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor have sought to mobilize voters as the election campaign neared its close, touting their credentials to lead Europe’s biggest economy into a new era as it grapples with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds gathered Friday in southeast London to light candles and to mourn for slain primary school teacher Sabina Nessa and demand an end to violence against women. Nessa’s death — as she walked through a park to meet a friend a few minutes from her home —

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended a wobbly day with mixed results on Wall Street Friday as the market cooled off following a two-day rally. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% and ended the week higher, breaking a two-week losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also rose about

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Doctors, nurses and other health care workers in Poland have been camping out in front of the prime minister’s offices for nearly two weeks to protest working conditions and demand higher wages. Poland has the lowest number of working doctors to its population in the 27-nation

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain doesn’t have enough truck drivers. The shortage is contributing to scarcity of everything from McDonald’s milkshakes to supermarket produce. Now energy firms are rationing supplies of gasoline and closing some petrol pumps. The government is scrambling to lure more people into what has long been an

By JOSEPH KRAUSS and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The cinematic escape of six Palestinians who tunneled out of an Israeli prison earlier this month has shone a light on Israel’s mass incarceration of Palestinians. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have passed through a military justice system designed for what Israel

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A few things have changed since the last time Europe and the United States gathered for the Ryder Cup. For one, Europe. In the post-Brexit world, seven of Europe’s 12 players aren’t technically from countries in the European Union anymore. But for decades now, this

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders defense has shown dramatic improvement from last season, much in part because of defensive coordinator Gus Bradley’s newly installed system. Even further are the additions of his pupils from other teams, now with the Raiders, and being able to help with their

By MICHAEL HILL, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the nation’s most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine mandates are scheduled to take effect Monday in New York amid continued resistance from some to the shots. That’s left hospitals and nursing homes across the state and schools in New

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Trying to dispel investor fears, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by a real estate developer that is struggling under $310 billion in debt. The lenders say they can cope with a potential default. The announcements came as Evergrande Group promised to talk

By AARON MORRISON, ASTRID GALVAN and JASEN LO Associated Press The images — men on horseback with long reins, corralling Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico — provoked an outcry. But Haitian Americans, Black immigrant advocates and civil rights leaders say it’s just the latest in a long history of