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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — European stocks are lower while Asian markets advanced as investors wait for U.S. corporate results to see how companies are coping with supply disruptions and the last quarter’s surge in coronavirus infections. London and Frankfurt declined while Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong gained. Wall Street’s benchmark

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand counted its most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic as an outbreak in its largest city grew and officials urged vaccinations as a way out of Auckland’s two-month lockdown. The 94 new local infections found Tuesday eclipse the 89 that were reported twice

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A protest strike has shuttered businesses, schools and public transportation in a new blow to Haiti’s anemic economy. And unions and other groups vow to continue the shutdown Tuesday in anger over worsening crime as authorities try to rescue 17 kidnapped members of

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland, Oregon, has had 67 homicides so far this year and the city has surpassed its previous full-year record of 66 in 1987. Police are struggling to keep up amid an acute staffing shortage and budget cuts. The liberal Pacific Northwest city is trying

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry scored his third touchdown with 3:05 left, and the Tennessee Titans stopped Josh Allen on a fourth-down quarterback sneak in the final seconds to beat Buffalo 34-31. The Bills’ four-game winning streak was snapped. The AFC East leaders drove to the

By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and could decrease political representation for growing minority communities in the nation’s largest red state. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the maps late Monday night, and they will now be sent to

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent U.N. investigator is warning that despite the Nobel Peace Prize to courageous Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, “gender equality in freedom of expression remains a distant goal.” Irene Khan said Monday that “women’s voices are being suppressed by laws, policies of the state as

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington State has fired football coach Nick Rolovich and four of his assistants for refusing a state mandate that all employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. Rolovich becomes the first major college coach to lose his job over vaccination status. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat,

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The president of Ecuador has decreed a state of emergency to confront drug trafficking and other crimes, saying the military and police will take to the streets to provide security. In a national broadcast Monday, President Guillermo Lasso said that “there is only one enemy: drug trafficking.” He pointed out that