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By STEVE McMORRAN Associated Press As Novak Djokovic awaits a final decision on whether his visa will be revoked, all eyes have turned to Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke. He has to decide whether he will overturn the decision of a federal judge, who ruled Djokovic’s visa should be reinstated because he was unfairly treated

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s natural gas crisis isn’t letting up. Prices are high. Reserves that are relied on in cold weather are low. Major Russian supplier Gazprom isn’t selling gas like it used to. Pipeline operators say that if there’s a cold winter, the continent’s gas companies will

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French teachers expressed anger at the way the French government is handling the virus situation in schools, denouncing confusing rules and calling for more protection in a nationwide strike Thursday. Exhausted by the pressures of surging COVID-19 cases, many teachers answered the call by 11 unions

By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer There’s one word that always grabs the world’s attention in sports: scandal. Figure skating has had its share — anyone recall Tonya and Nancy in 1994? That one has been examined as often as Nathan Chen nails a quadruple jump. Not so much the 2002 disgrace at the the

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — A doctor in Texas became the first person to be charged under a landmark U.S. law designed to add legal accountability to a global anti-doping system that has long struggled to regulate itself. Federal authorities charged Eric Lira with distributing human growth hormone and other drugs

By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy is marking the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster with a daylong commemoration that will end with a candlelit vigil marking the moment the ship slammed into a reef and then capsized off Tuscany. Church bells rang out as

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has received its first supply of Pfizer’s antiviral COVID-19 pills to treat patients with mild or moderate symptoms. Health officials have described the Paxlovid pills as a potentially important tool to suppress hospitalizations and deaths as the country braces for another possible surge

BEIJING (AP) — A key concern when Beijing was bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games was the lack of a robust winter sports tradition in the country. Organizers countered by pointing to the vast potential for growth and now say they more than met their target of involving 300 million Chinese in skiing,

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan and Dallas defensive coordinator Dan Quinn will always share the painful memory of coaching in the Super Bowl together with Atlanta five years ago. That’s when the Falcons lost to New England in overtime after infamously blowing a 28-3 lead in the second

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British scientists hunting down coronavirus variants have a new mission: sharing their expertise with others around the world. At the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, the air conditioners hum constantly, countering the heat thrown off by rows of high-tech sequencing machines that work seven days a week

By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has remained in limbo even after he was included in the draw for the Australian Open, with the tennis star still awaiting a government decision on whether to deport him for not being vaccinated for COVID-19. Despite the cloud hanging over

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips, says its quarterly profit rose 16.4% over a year earlier to $6 billion amid surging demand for chips for smartphones and other electronics. TSMC announced revenue in the final three months of 2021 rose 21.2% to $15.8 billion. The company

By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says his government’s tough policy toward visitors who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 has not changed as his government nears a decision on whether to deport Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic. The men’s tennis No. 1 had his visa canceled

ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Britain are formally launching talks to pursue a free trade deal that is expected to boost their trade by billions, making it one of the most ambitious negotiations to take place after Brexit. Britain’s International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan is in New Delhi and will

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mostly lower in Asia after the latest report of surging prices in the U.S. appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates in coming months. Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul were lower while Sydney advanced. U.S. futures declined. On

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Israeli soldiers have been killed by friendly fire while on a security patrol near a military base in the Jordan Valley. In a statement early Thursday, the military said they were misidentified and mistakenly killed overnight by fellow soldiers. The military said the circumstances are under review and expressed condolences to

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of a highly contagious coronavirus variant. The omicron variant poses a test to China’s “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy and its ability to successfully host the Winter Olympics. Tianjin

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza Strip has few jobs, little electricity and almost no natural resources. But after four bruising wars with Israel in just over a decade, it has lots of rubble. Local businesses are now finding ways to cash in on the chunks of smashed

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds Democrats increasingly view protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government as Roe v. Wade faces its strongest threat in decades. In a December poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 13% of Democrats mentioned abortion or reproductive

By SAM METZ AP/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Las Vegas city councilwoman has been spending thousands on television ads in her quest to be Nevada’s next governor. But Michele Fiore isn’t only airing those ads to be seen by millions of Nevada voters. She’s also targeting an audience of one in