Australia’s central bank raises interest rate to 3.85% after 3 cuts
MELBOURNE, Australia — MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank lifted its benchmark interest rate Tuesday by a…
Apps to boycott US goods gained traction in crisis over Greenland
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods say…
Tourists stopped from seeing The Last Supper, while Olympic VIPs including Vance visit
MILAN — Tourists to Milan during the Winter Olympics hoping to see Leonardo da Vinci’s “ The Last…
A family’s solitary fight to save endangered plants in the Amazon
ALTO ILA, Ecuador — On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realized he was…
Switzerland moves towards recognising of foreign osteopath diplomas
Movement in the recognition of foreign osteopathic diplomas Keystone-SDA The Swiss Federal Court has ruled in favour of…
Fear among Minnesota’s Somali community compounds a public health woe: Low measles vaccination rates
MINNEAPOLIS — Public health officials and community leaders say that even before federal immigration authorities launched a crackdown…
Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out
NEW YORK — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into…
Particle pollution from wildfire smoke was tied to 24,100 deaths a year in US: Study
Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the…
Regional health organization issues alert as measles cases surge across the Americas
MEXICO CITY — The Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, on Wednesday issued a new epidemiological alert following a…
Planned Parenthood drops lawsuit against Trump administration’s Medicaid cuts
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Planned Parenthood has moved to drop its legal challenge against the Trump administration for cutting…
A smiling Cher laughs at her Grammys flubs in a good-natured, chaotic appearance
Cher may have wanted to turn back time on her rather chaotic Grammys presenting experience. But the pop…
South Korea celebrates K-pop’s ‘Golden’ historic Grammy win
SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans celebrated on Monday as “Golden,” from the Netflix animated film “KPop Demon…