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By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Several groups are working to get COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries, but the efforts are falling short of what’s needed to curb outbreaks globally. Among the efforts is COVAX, which is led by public health agencies including the World Health Organization. It’s relying on donated shots

By ETHAN SWOPE and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Dry and windy weather is dogging firefighters’ efforts to contain destructive fires that are devouring the bone-dry forests of drought-stricken Northern California. An estimated 11,000 firefighters are on the lines of more than a dozen large wildfires Thursday. The blazes have destroyed hundreds

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nearly three years later, former Nissan executive Greg Kelly is still wondering why the questions that led to his arrest and trial in Japan weren’t simply taken up in the automaker’s corporate boardroom. Kelly, an American lawyer who worked for three decades for Nissan, is awaiting

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii judge has rejected murder and attempted murder charges against three Honolulu police officers in the fatal shooting of a teenager, preventing the case from going to trial. District Court Judge William Domingo says there’s no probable cause that the officers committed the crimes they were

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob appears to have won majority support to become Malaysia’s new leader. His backers have met the king to confirm that they support him. The secretary-general for the United Malays National Organization says 114 lawmakers from his party and