LONDON (AP) – The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January, the World Health Organization said. In its latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were more than 3.7 million new infections and 9,000 deaths in the […]
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By Brittany Hobson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WINNIPEG – Kseniia Zinenko stepped outside of the Winnipeg airport Monday evening after a nine-hour flight from Poland to Manitoba’s capital city. The 30-year-old is one of more than 300 Ukrainian nationals who were on a federally chartered flight to bring people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Canada. “Very […]
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GENEVA (AP) – The World Health Organization said Thursday that it has granted an emergency use authorization for the coronavirus vaccine made by China’s CanSino Biologics, the 11th such shot to receive the green light. The U.N. health agency said the single-dose CanSino vaccine was found to be about 92% […]
By Jon Gambrell And Isabel Debre
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Hong Kong-flagged racing sailboat that led its skippers to win multiple contests around the world came under attack Thursday off the coast of war-torn Yemen, with its crew reportedly targeted by militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades. The Lakota, a 62-foot (19-meter) trimaran recently purchased by famed French yachtsman Philippe […]
By Dee-ann Durbin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
McDonald’s has begun the process of selling its restaurants in Russia after more than 30 years in the country. The Chicago burger giant said Alexander Govor, who operates 25 restaurants in Siberia, has agreed to buy McDonald’s 850 Russian restaurants and operate them under a new name. McDonald’s didn’t disclose […]
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he was ”confident that we will come to a quick decision to welcome both Sweden and Finland to join the NATO family” despite Turkey’s opposition to the two Nordic countries joining the 30-member military alliance. Stoltenberg would not be drawn […]
By Carolyn Thompson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The white man charged with murdering 10 Black people at a super- market in Buffalo appeared briefly in court Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. Assistant district attorney Gary Hackbush said the indictment of Payton Gendron, 18, was handed up […]
By Karl Ritter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Sweden and Finland on Tuesday pushed ahead with their bids to join NATO even as Turkey insisted it won’t let the previously non-aligned Nordic countries into the alliance because of their alleged support for Kurdish militants. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strongly worded objections caught the two […]
By Jim Gomez
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Human rights activists have asked the Philippine Supreme Court to block Congress from proclaiming Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the next president, alleging that he lied when he said he had not been convicted of any crime. The Commission on Election twice dismissed their petition and six […]
By Carolyn Thompson And Michael Balsamo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The white gunman accused of committing a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket made threatening comments that brought police to his high school last spring, but he was never charged with a crime and had no further contact with law enforcement after his release from a […]
By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
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Staff Writer
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Members of three International Falls churches have come together to plan a dinner in support of Ukrainian refugees. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church deacon Lee Grim along with members from Zion Lutheran and First Lutheran churches felt the community was saying this event was something that needed to happen. “I believe […]
By Danica Kirka
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON (AP) – Queen Elizabeth II’s long reign entered new territory Tuesday when the 96-year-old monarch delegated the formal opening of Parliament to her son and heir, Prince Charles. The ceremony, which includes the reading of the Queen’s Speech laying out the government’s legislative program, is considered an important symbol […]
