Searches conducted at 2 German ministries in customs probe
BERLIN (AP) — Investigators carried out searches at the German finance and justice ministries on Thursday in a probe of suspected obstruction of justice by employees of a unit of the country's customs service that fights money laundering.
Ground zero rebuilding still unfinished, 20 years later
NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after its destruction in the Sept. 11 attacks, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex remains incomplete.
Merkel: Party was always aware it faced fight in German vote
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that her party is fighting and was always aware that it wouldn't “automatically” hold on to Germany's top job after her 16 years in power, downplaying alarming poll ratings as the country's
IAEA: Science key to Fukushima plant water release
TOKYO (AP) — Objective, science-based monitoring is the key to safely carrying out the planned release of treated but still radioactive water at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, an International Atomic Energy Agency official said Thursday. ...
Indonesia, Australia urge Taliban to respect rights of women
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The foreign minister of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, urged the Taliban on Thursday to respect the rights of women and not allow Afghanistan to become a breeding ground for extremist activities.
N. Korea shows off civil defense units in toned-down parade
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Civil defense forces carrying rifles and health workers wearing gas masks and red hazmat suits paraded in North Korea’s capital in a celebration of the nation’s 73rd anniversary that was a marked departure from past
Unionist leader says Brexit deal could sink N Ireland govt
LONDON (AP) — The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party heightened post-Brexit political tensions on Thursday, saying the U.K.’s divorce deal with the European Union could collapse the Belfast government and trigger a new era of v...
Polish Senate rejects media bill affecting US-owned company
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Senate voted on Thursday to reject a media bill seen as targeting a U.S.-owned television network's ability to keep broadcasting independent news that is often critical of the right-wing government.
France to offer free birth control to all women up to 25
PARIS (AP) — France will offer free birth control to all women up to age 25 starting next year, the health minister announced Thursday.
Toronto parents describe nerves, excitement as Ontario’s largest boards resume class
TORONTO — Parents said they were excited but nervous as they dropped their children off to school on Thursday - the first day of classes in Ontario's largest school boards - amid a fourth wave of the pandemic. Other boards started