Tag: Health
German unemployment drops as COVID infections decline
BERLIN — Germany's unemployment rate declined to 5.7% in June as Europe's biggest economy benefits from a sharp decline in coronavirus infections, official data...
Olympic road races yield early drama for delayed Tokyo Games
The men's and women's road races kick off the cycling program at every Summer Olympics, yet the pair of races that will depart from...
Coco Gauff, 17, Jennifer Brady lead US Olympic tennis team
WIMBLEDON, England — Coco Gauff and Jennifer Brady will lead a U.S. Olympic tennis team that will go to the Tokyo Games without any...
Putin hopes that Russia could avoid new lockdown
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced hope Wednesday that the country could avoid a nationwide lockdown amid a surge of new infections.
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Buttigieg doles out transport grants with eye toward climate
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg doled out $905 million in infrastructure grants Wednesday, including to repair a cracking bridge in Seattle during a crippling heat...
As COVID recedes in prisons, will any lessons learned stick?
Derrick Johnson had a makeshift mask. He had the spray bottle of bleach and extra soap that corrections officers provided. But he still spent...
Infrastructure, low tax are priority for V4 leader Hungary
WARSAW, Poland — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Wednesday that investment and developing infrastructure facilitated by low tax are the main goals for...
Understaffed Tunisian hospital battles coronavirus spike
KAIROUAN, Tunisia — A man wearing a protective suit quickly yet carefully places a black sheet over a COVID-19 victim laid out in a...
Britney Spears’ father seeks court probe of her allegations
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears’ father has asked the court overseeing his daughter’s conservatorship to investigate her statements to a judge last week on...
How points and miles credit cards can ease return to travel
As the COVID-19 vaccination era makes it safer to travel, many people who stayed home during pandemic shutdowns are vacationing again. Airport checkpoint numbers...