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UK plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda draws…

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Friday that it plans to start putting asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda within weeks, as it defended a deal that has outraged refugee groups and…

WHO chief: Focus on Ukraine shows bias against…

LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has slammed the global community for its focus on the war in Ukraine, arguing that crises elsewhere, including in his home country of Ethiopia,…

IMF chief: Ukraine war and inflation threaten…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia's war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world's countries and called high…

Lakers fire title-winning coach Frank Vogel

LOS ANGELES (AP): FRANK VOGEL masterminded the 17th championship in the Los Angeles Lakers’ remarkable history in his first season on their bench. Exactly 18 months after that triumph, he also became…

CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The…

Why this week’s French elections matter to the…

PARIS (AP) With war singeing the European Union’s eastern edge, French voters will be casting ballots in a presidential election whose outcome will have international implications. France is the…

Football : UEFA approves new rules to scrutinise…

. NYON, Switzerland (AP): UEFA approved new financial monitoring rules for European football clubs yesterday giving up on “fair play” and lowering expectations it can solve the competitive imbalance…

Jackson makes history

WASHINGTON (AP): History was made Monday the instant Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. President Joe…

Canada says no COVID test results needed for…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Canadian government's announcement it is dropping the requirement for vaccinated travellers to show a negative COVID-19 test result to enter the country was…

US House passes bill to prohibit discrimination…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists should not face bias in society, school and the workplace, the US House said Friday in voting to make…