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VIENNA (AP) — Unvaccinated people in Austria who also haven’t had COVID-19 will no longer be allowed to enter restaurants, hotels, hairdressers or events of more than 25 people starting Monday. Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg outlined the new rules Friday night after a meeting with state-level leaders to discuss the country’s response to rapidly rising

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month’s coup. It called for two days of nationwide strikes, starting on Sunday. The call comes as a leader of the country’s main political

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Police helicopters are buzzing above Glasgow, Scotland for a second day of protests outside the U.N. climate summit. A march on Saturday is expected to draw thousands of people despite stiff gusts and cold rain. The march is part of a

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s COVID-19 cases hit another one-day record as the country struggles to contain a wave of infections that has persisted for more than a month. The national coronavirus task force on Saturday reported 41,335 new cases since the previous day, exceeding the previous daily record of 40,993 from Oct. 31. The task

By TAMEEM AKHGHAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Taliban security official says two suspects have been arrested in connection with the killings of four women whose bodies were found in a house in northern Afghanistan. A co-worker of one of the victims identified her as a 29-year-old civil society activist who had been

By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities say at least 92 people are dead and 30 others critically wounded after an oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital. Large crowds had gathered to collect fuel that was leaking from the tanker after a collision with another vehicle. Video obtained by The

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month’s coup, calling for two days of nationwide strikes. This comes as a leader with the country’s main political party urged the international community to increase pressure on the generals to stop

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say a knife attack on a high-speed train has injured several people. Local police said a man has been arrested in connection with the Saturday morning attack at the train station in Seubersdorf. Police say multiple people were injured but they were unable to provide a specific number. So

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in western India say 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward. There were 17 patients in the ward where the fire started Saturday. Police say the remaining six patients are now in stable condition. While the fire has been brought under control, the

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and numerous others are injured following a surge of the crowd during a performance by rapper Travis Scott at the Astroworld music festival Friday night. The Houston fire chief told reporters that the crowd began to compress toward the front of the

NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials in western India say 10 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward. An official told New Delhi Television on Saturday that around 17 patients were in the ward in city of Ahmednagar in Maharashtra state when the fire broke out. The remaining patients have

SYDNEY (AP) — Rescue services in western Australia are searching for a man who was attacked by multiple sharks. Two teenagers on a boat saw what they believed was a shark attack at Port Beach in the suburb of Perth on Saturday morning and alerted other swimmers to get out of the sea and called

By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Scores of people are feared dead near Sierra Leone’s capital after an oil tanker exploded at a gas station while large crowds had gathered to collect leaking fuel. Officials said the explosion took place early Saturday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters a compression of the crowd toward the stage occurred while rapper Travis Scott was performing. The surge happened around 9 p.m. Friday. The

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the Earth and it’s on the knife edge of survival. Scientists and activists say the ongoing negotiations at the U.N. climate conference may determine the fate of the northern polar region perhaps more than any other part of

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others have been injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena told reporters the compression of the crowd toward the stage occurred while Travis Scott was performing. The surge happened around 9 p.m. Friday

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar says preliminary evidence collected since the military seized power on Feb. 1 shows a widespread and systematic attack on civilians amounting to crimes against humanity. Nicholas Koumjian told U.N. reporters Friday that

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — In stories published November 3 and 4, 2021, about a visit by a European Parliament delegation to Taiwan, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of parliamentarians in the delegation. There were seven, not 13.

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates. The vote late Friday notches a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim. The legislation would

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Democrats in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, felt the Republican wave building over the summer when frustrated parents filled school board meetings to complain about masking requirements and an academic theory on systemic racism that wasn’t even taught in local schools. So they were not