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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are trading mixed after indexes shuffled lower on Wall Street. Benchmarks rose in early trading in France and Germany, but fell in Britain. Asian shares were mostly lower, though Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index rose momentarily after the Nikkei major business daily reported Prime Minister

NEW DELHI (AP) — Air pollution remains extremely high in the Indian capital a day after authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut some power stations to reduce smog that has blanketed the city for much of the month. On Thursday, New Delhi’s air quality was in the “very poor” category. The annual winter spike in

BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s disease control agency has warned that the country faces a “really terrible Christmas” unless steps are taken to counter the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. German lawmakers are debating measures Thursday that would replace the nationwide epidemic rules which will expire at the end of the month. The

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is warning pilots that planes operating at one of Africa’s busiest airports could be “directly or indirectly exposed to ground weapons fire and/or surface-to-air fire” as Ethiopia’s war nears the capital, Addis Ababa. The Federal Aviation Administration advisory cites the “ongoing clashes” between

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities have had enough of wild boars. An increasing number of attacks by the animals including one that bit a police officer last week have triggered an operation in a district less than half an hour’s drive from Hong Kong’s financial center. Experts used

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — Shedding her anonymity in an interview with The Associated Press, the wife of the former president of Interpol who disappeared and was imprisoned in China has now chosen for the first time to show her face. Grace Meng agreed to be filmed and photographed without the

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A video has emerged showing an Israeli soldier lining up school-aged Palestinian children and photographing them in a nighttime raid. The video was released on Wednesday by an Israeli rights group, shining a light on the military’s tactics in the occupied West Bank. It shows

By ALON BERNSTEIN Associated Press MODIIN, Israel (AP) — An Israeli couple held by Turkey on suspicion of espionage has returned home after they were released from a weeklong detention. The couple arrived to their home in central Israel where they were greeted by family and a crowd of reporters. A statement by Israel’s prime

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have mostly declined after indexes shuffled lower on Wall Street. Most major benchmarks declined, while U.S. futures edged higher. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 0.3% on Wednesday after drifting between tiny gains and declines. It’s sitting just below its all-time high set