Soaring utility bills alarm Europe, raise fears for winter
MADRID — Wholesale prices for gas and electricity are surging across Europe, raising the prospect of increases in already-high utility bills and further pain...
Tommy Thompson getting surgery after water ski accident
MADISON, Wis. — Tommy Thompson, the longest-serving governor in Wisconsin history and current interim president of the University of Wisconsin System, said Thursday that...
California recall could boost Newsom’s clout for 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The recall election that once threatened to derail California Gov. Gavin Newsom's political future has instead given it new life, offering...
EU earmarks 30 billion euros for health crisis agency
BRUSSELS — The European Union said Thursday that it will fund its new heath preparedness and rapid response agency to the tune of 30...
Zimbabwe orders government workers to get COVID vaccinations
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's government has ordered all its employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or they won't be allowed to come to work.
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Ireland’s Ryanair aims to hire another 5,000 new staff
LONDON — Irish airline Ryanair said Thursday that it's planning to create 5,000 jobs over the next five years as part of its recovery...
Putin: Dozens in inner circle infected with coronavirus
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says dozens of his staff have been infected with the coronavirus and that he will continue his self-isolation...
Hospitalized Czech president to return to work next week
PRAGUE — Czech President Milos Zeman who was hospitalized this week has undergone medical checks that haven't revealed any problems or disease that would...
At London’s Old Vic, ‘Camp Siegfried’ probes American Nazis
LONDON — What could be more American than summer camp? It has fresh air, sailing, cookouts — and, in Bess Wohl’s new play, swastikas.
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Senate hopeful flexes power of AG’s office through lawsuits
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri’s Republican attorney general, Eric Schmitt, sued China over the coronavirus. He signed on to a failed lawsuit seeking to overturn...