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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A federal district judge has rejected a stay requested by the Seminole Tribe of Florida after an earlier ruling that would block the tribe’s deal with the state to expand gambling and online sports betting statewide. Attorneys for the Seminoles argue the tribe would lose significant revenue from online sports betting

By ANDREW MELDRUM and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new coronavirus variant has been detected in South Africa that scientists say is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province. Health Minister Joe Phaahla announced THursday that South

By HAGGAG SALAMA Associated Press LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian authorities are unveiling a renovated ancient promenade dating back 3,000 years in the city of Luxor. Thursday’s ceremony was meant to highlight the country’s archaeological treasures as Egypt struggles to revive its tourism industry, battered by years of political turmoil and more lately, the coronavirus

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police says an assailant targeted a female journalist in the eastern city of Lahore while she was driving with her daughter and sister. They say the attacker used an iron bar to smash the car’s windshield on Wednesday night and shouted threats but the women escaped unharmed. The attacked journalist

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is bringing back some tight pandemic restrictions, less than two months after scrapping most of them when the goal of vaccinating 86% of the population against COVID-19 was reached. The government said Thursday a recent rise in coronavirus infections compelled it to act, even though it is not on the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy slowed in the third quarter, posting a slight contraction compared to the previous three months, though it was still well above the same quarter a year earlier. Data released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography showed Mexico experienced a 0.4% quarterly contraction. The director of Moody’s

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Mayors across Brazil are divided on whether to maintain end-of-year festivities and February’s legendary Carnival in spite of the ongoing pandemic. Daily deaths and new infections from COVID-19 are currently low and vaccination coverage higher than in many countries, but officials fear bringing large crowds

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and NICOLE WINFELD Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government spokesman says Pope Francis is arranging to transfer a number of migrants to Italy after he concludes his three-day visit to the east Mediterranean island nation early next month. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said Thursday the Vatican is coordinating with Cypriot

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have called off a search for dozens of people still missing about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, following a coal mine fire in Siberia that killed at least 14 miners and rescuers. Rescue teams were rushed out of the mine for safety reasons Thursday because

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was far from a football field at this time last year when shoulder pads and playbooks gave way to scrubs and medical charts. The big New York Jets offensive lineman with a doctorate in medicine was on the front lines

MILAN ` (AP) — Bryan Adams has tested positive for COVID upon arrival at Milan’s Malpensa Airport. He arrived Thursday ahead of the unveiling of the 2022 Pirelli calendar that he photographed. The Canadian rock ’n’ roller disclosed the positive test in an Instagram post that included a photograph of him in a room after

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Ministry says the European Union nation will have no ambassador in Israel, for the time being. The mission of Poland’s ambassador was discontinued in the summer amid the latest spat between the two countries, regarding property restitution. The foreign ministry spokesman said Thursday there are no plans currently to

By KARL RITTER Associated Press ROME (AP) — The sinking of a boat with more than 30 people on board this week is the deadliest migration tragedy to date in the English Channel. But migrant shipwrecks of that scale are not uncommon in the Mediterranean Sea, where U.N. officials say about 1,600 people have died

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has declared a 30-day state of emergency and imposed additional restrictions in its effort to tackle a record surge of infections. The state of emergency comes into effect on Friday and is a powerful legal tool that makes it possible to restrict people’s rights. The health minister said Thursday

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and NICOLE WINFELD Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government spokesman says Pope Francis is arranging to transfer a number of migrants to Italy after he concludes his three-day visit to the east Mediterranean island nation early next month. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said Thursday the Vatican is coordinating with Cypriot

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The World Health Organization says that Africa is seeing a rise in the shipment of vaccine doses to the continent but only one in four of its health workers has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Africa director, said that many health workers, including

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Ahmaud Arbery’s mother says she is thankful for justice, but says the murder convictions of the men who cornered and killed her son won’t bring him back. Wanda Cooper-Jones told The Associated Press that she plans a quiet Thanksgiving just with immediate family

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government has warned the United States against “spreading false information” as fighting in the country’s yearlong war draws closer to the capital, Addis Ababa, while thousands protested outside the U.S. and British embassies. A government spokesman says Ethiopia’s war is not only against forces from the country’s Tigray region “but

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her “full solidarity” with Warsaw over Poland’s tense border situation with Belarus. Merkel reiterated her accusation that Belarus was carrying out a “hybrid attack” by luring migrants to the country and then sending them to the Polish border in an

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have the golden touch. Nearly a decade on from uncovering the remains of King Richard III under a car park near Leicester Cathedral, the university’s archaeological team have unearthed a Roman mosaic