International envoy: Bosnian Serbs trying to break up Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The chief international representative in Bosnia is warning that the war-scarred Balkan nation could face the biggest “existential threat of the post-war period” if the international community does not curb threatene...
Quebec to permit dancing, karaoke again as COVID-19 restrictions loosened
MONTREAL — Quebec health officials announced on Tuesday the lifting of several long-standing COVID-19 health measures, including a ban on dancing and singing in bars and a recommendation that people work from home where possible. Health Minister Christ...
Dutch government tightens COVID-19 measures again
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Faced with sharply rising coronavirus cases, the caretaker prime minister of the Netherlands said Tuesday that the Dutch government is reinstituting an order to wear face masks in public places like stores and libraries an...
Bahrain urges its citizens to leave Lebanon as crisis grows
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The island kingdom of Bahrain on Tuesday urged all its citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately as a diplomatic crisis escalates between Gulf Arab states and cash-strapped Lebanon.
Idaho gets OK to license farmers to grow, transport hemp
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have approved Idaho’s plan for growing and transporting hemp with up to 0.3% THC, the cannabis compound that gives marijuana its high.
Germany: Merkel’s party to choose new leader by late January
BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party is turning to a ballot of its entire membership to choose a new leader after crashing to defeat and its worst-ever national election result in September. It expects to have
US to cut Ethiopia from trade program over rights abuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he's decided to cut out Ethiopia from a U.S. trade program, setting the path for further sanctions against the African nation over its failure to end a nearly yearlong war in
White House rolls out new plan to combat gun suicides in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun and combating the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans.
Pregnant woman’s death puts spotlight on Polish abortion law
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish hospital said Tuesday that doctors and midwives did everything they could to save the lives of a pregnant woman and her fetus in a case that has put the spotlight on a new restriction
“Major cities really matter”: Mayors demand climate action
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — On a train hurtling toward Glasgow, the mayors of Seattle and Freetown, Sierra Leone, greeted each other like long lost sisters, bonded by years of Zoom calls and collaboration in the fight against climate change.