Dec 12 G7 establishes global club to fight climate change By Associated Press The Group of Seven leading economies have created an open and international climate club in which countries are to cooperate in the fight against global warming. Continue reading
Dec 12 Peru's new president proposes to move up elections amid protests By Regina Garcia Cano, Franklin Briceno, Associated Press Peru’s new president has given in to protesters demands, announcing in a nationally televised address a proposal to move up elections. Continue reading
Dec 12 European nations shift focus on weathering a potential energy shortage next year By Courtney Bonnell, Associated Press Russia cut most natural gas to Europe amid the war in Ukraine, but EU countries largely have been able to fill gas storage for the heating season by tapping new supplies, saving energy and benefiting from mild weather. Continue reading
Dec 12 Soccer journalist Grant Wahl's body returned to the U.S. By Matthew Lee, Associated Press A senior State Department official says the body and possessions of soccer journalist Grant Wahl have been repatriated to the United States after his death last week while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Continue reading
Dec 12 Three assailants killed in hotel attack in Afghan capital Kabul, Taliban says By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press A Taliban official says a hotel catering to foreign visitors in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul was attacked and three of the assailants were killed. Continue reading
Dec 12 Ukraine requests more international military aid to defend against Russian attacks By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Ukraine’s prime minister is appealing for Patriot missile batteries and other hi-tech air defense systems to counter Russian attacks, as more Russian shelling was reported on Monday in the eastern regions of Ukraine where Moscow is trying to make battlefield… Continue reading
Dec 11 Biden aims to narrow trust gap between U.S. and African leaders at summit By Aamer Madhani, Farai Mutsaka, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa — one that has grown wider over years of frustration about… Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 2:16 News Wrap: Alleged Pan Am 103 bomber extradited to U.S. to face charges In our news wrap Sunday, a Libyan suspect in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 is in U.S. custody and will face federal charges, American forces killed two ISIS officials in Syria, University of South California quarterback… Continue watching
Dec 11 China expands hospitals, ICUs as it faces a COVID surge after loosening restrictions By Joe McDonald, Associated Press Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as it rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. Continue reading
Dec 11 Suspect in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 taken into U.S. custody By Eric Tucker, Sylvia Hui, Associated Press A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington, the… Continue reading