Thousands of EU citizens may lose legal status to live in UK
LONDON (AP) — Marlies Haselton has called Britain home for more than 30 years. The Dutch national married a Briton, had her children there, and considers herself “part and parcel” of the U.K. Until Britain’s divorce from the European Union,
Stocks open mixed as market heads for a 5th quarterly gain
BANGKOK — Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as traders wait for the latest U.S. monthly jobs report due out Friday. The S&P 500 was little changed in the early going Wednesday. The benchmark index is
Economic crisis, severe shortages make Lebanon ‘unlivable’
BEIRUT (AP) — Ibrahim Arab waits in line several hours a day in the hot summer sun to buy gas for his taxi.
Hong Kong freedoms fade as security law muzzles dissent
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is still China’s wealthiest, most capitalist city. Its vistas of skyscrapers and sea framed by dragon-backed emerald peaks are as stunning as ever. But a year after Beijing imposed a harsh national security law
Variant surge at border forces Bangladesh into new lockdown
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — In a state-run hospital near Bangladesh's border with India, Shahinul Islam prays his father does not become one of the facility's more than 300 patients who've died this month from the coronavirus.
Mayor says 2 more victims found in rubble; death toll at 18
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says two additional victims have been found in the rubble of a collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, bringing the death toll to 18.
A traveler’s checklist for Thailand’s Phuket sandbox program
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Starting Thursday, Thailand will welcome back international visitors — as long as they are vaccinated — to its famous southern resort island of Phuket without having to be cooped up in a hotel room for a
Thailand bets on ‘Phuket sandbox’ program to save tourism
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Somsak Betlao covered the outboard motor on his traditional wooden longtail boat with a tarp, wrapping up another day on Phuket’s Patong beach where not a single tourist needed his services shuttling them to nearby islands.
House to probe Capitol riot – over Republican opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply split along party lines, the House launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday, approving a special committee to probe the violent attack as police officers who were injured fighting Donald Tru...
Roads, bridges, jobs: Biden selling big infrastructure deal
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden declared America urgently needs a “generational investment” in its infrastructure, as he looks to sell voters on the economic benefits of the $973 billion bipartisan package that still faces an uncertain futur...