Malawi starts vaccination drive with AstraZeneca from COVAX
<p>BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi is vaccinating health care workers, the elderly and those with health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe...
Ex-Olympic silver medalist Baggaley guilty of drug importing
BRISBANE, Australia — Former two-time Olympic silver medalist canoeist Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle 200...
Russian FM says relations with West have ‘hit the bottom’
<p>MOSCOW — Russia's top diplomat said Thursday that the country's relations with the United States and its allies have “hit the bottom” and no...
Dutch PM Rutte fights for his political life in tough debate
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was fighting for his political life Thursday in a bitter parliamentary debate about the...
Taiwan chip maker TSMC to invest $100B to grow capacity
<p>TAIPEI, Taiwan — Major Taiwan computer chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the next three years in expanding...
Pakistan lifts weekslong ban on TikTok over racy content
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan's media regulatory agency on Thursday reinstated access to the Chinese video service TikTok, after a court banned it weeks ago...
Populist leaders meet, seek ‘European renaissance’
<p>BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted talks Thursday with populist politicians from Italy and Poland in a bid to create a...
Holy Thursday service held at fire-ravaged Notre Dame
PARIS — A Holy Thursday service in Paris was held at Notre Dame cathedral, which is still under construction after it was ravaged by...
Pope opens final Holy Week services, skips Last Supper rite
<p>VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened the solemn final days of Holy Week with a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica but planned to...
New Slovak govt sworn in to end crisis over Russian vaccine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s president on Thursday swore in a new coalition government to end a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to...