Nov 17 Ethiopia’s prime minister vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray By Cara Anna, Associated Press Ethiopia's prime minister on Tuesday declared "the final and crucial" military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country's rebellious northern Tigray region. Continue reading
Nov 17 NATO chief warns of high price if troops leave Afghanistan By Lorne Cook, Associated Press NATO could pay a heavy price for leaving Afghanistan too early, its chief warned Tuesday after a U.S. official said President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw a significant number of American troops from the conflict-ravaged country in the coming… Continue reading
Nov 17 SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring. Continue reading
Nov 17 Hurricane Iota lands in Nicaragua, dealing 2nd blow in 2 weeks By Gabriela Selser, Associated Press In a one-two punch, Hurricane Iota roared ashore as a dangerous Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful Hurricane Eta 13 days earlier. Continue reading
Nov 15 Violent clashes in D.C. after Trump backers’ election protest By Kevin Freking, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press After several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump protested the election results and marched to the Supreme Court, nighttime clashes with counterdemonstrators led to fistfights, at least one stabbing and more than 20 arrests. Continue reading
Nov 15 Biden advisers to meet vaccine firms as Trump stalls handoff By Will Weissert, Associated Press Joe Biden’s scientific advisers will meet with vaccine makers in coming days as the presidential transition remains stalled because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to acknowledge that he lost the election. That delayed handoff is especially problematic during a public… Continue reading
Nov 15 Trump seems to acknowledge Biden win, but he won’t concede By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House, but made clear he would not concede and would keep trying to overturn the election result. Trump’s statements came in tweets… Continue reading
Nov 14 AP FACT CHECK: Trump relies on falsehoods to deny Biden win By Lauren Neergaard and Hope Yen, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Donald Trump rebelled this past week against Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election with denial, delay and outright misrepresentation. Trump raged about widespread cases of fake ballots that aren’t so and undertook legal challenges that even state GOP… Continue reading
Nov 14 US sec’y of state begins difficult 7-nation tour in France By Elaine Ganley, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed “global challenges” with a handful of members of a Paris think tank Saturday at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, travels that were certain to be awkward… Continue reading
Nov 14 Austria shuts schools, most stores, to curb spread of virus By Associated Press Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the measures had become necessary because Austria has seen 550 new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 inhabitants in the past week, a level 11 times greater than what authorities said would be sustainable. Continue reading