The world welcomed the new year with a packed party in Times Square and fireworks soaring above European capitals, while hoping for an end to the war in Ukraine and …
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Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whip-smart detective will finally come to …
your ads here!An Annual Battle: Keeping New Year’s Resolutions
A new year is around the corner. And many use this time to make New Year’s resolutions. Why do people do that, you might ask? “It’s a new calendar year,” …
your ads here!Final Goodbye: Recalling Influential People Who Died in 2022
Photo collage above: Top row, from left, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, singer Ronnie Spector, actor Sidney Poitier, Queen Elizabeth, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Soviet Union …
your ads here!New York OKs Human Composting Law; 6th State in US to Do So
Howard Fischer, a 63-year-old investor living north of New York City, has a wish for when he dies. He wants his remains to be placed in a vessel, broken down …
your ads here!Cristiano Ronaldo Makes Big-Money Move to Saudi Arabian Club
Cristiano Ronaldo completed a lucrative move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Friday in a deal that is a landmark moment for Middle Eastern soccer but will see one …
your ads here!Highlights from the Life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died. Below are highlights from his life. April 16, 1927: Born Joseph Alois Ratzinger in Marktl am …
your ads here!New Year Eve Spurs Hope in China Even as Censors Target Online COVID Content
New Year’s Eve in China prompted an outpouring of reflection online, some of it critical, about the strict zero-COVID policy the country adhered to for almost three years and the …
your ads here!The Pandemic, Rudeness, Crypto Craziness: We’re Over You, 2022
The rudeness pandemic, the actual pandemic, and all things gray. There’s a lot to leave behind when 2022 ends and uncertainty rules around the world. The health crisis brought on …
your ads here!Pioneering US Television Journalist Barbara Walters Dies at 93
Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on U.S. television as the first female anchor on an evening news broadcast and one of TV’s most prominent interviewers, has died …
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Web searches reveal what America really cared about this year …
your ads here!Share Data, WHO Urges China at COVID Surge Talks
The World Health Organization met Chinese officials for talks on Friday about the surge in COVID-19 cases, urging them to share real-time data so other countries could respond effectively. The …
your ads here!Brazil Bids Farewell to Its Greatest Football Idol
Brazil and the world said goodbye Thursday to a man who many consider the greatest football player of the last century. Pele died in São Paulo at the age of …
your ads here!In 2022, AP Photographers Captured Pain of a Changing Planet
In 2022, photographers with The Associated Press captured signs of a planet in distress as climate change reshaped many lives. That distress was seen in the scarred landscapes in places …
your ads here!Vivienne Westwood, Britain’s Provocative Dame of Fashion, Dies at 81
As the person who dressed the Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood, who died Thursday at 81, was synonymous with 1970s punk rock, a rebelliousness that remained the hallmark of an unapologetically …
your ads here!Beloved Brazilian Football Legend Pelé Dies at 82
Brazilian football legend Pelé has died at the age of 82, after battling cancer and cardiac problems the past year. Over the course of his legendary career, the man who …
your ads here!US Considers Airline Wastewater Testing as COVID Surges in China
As COVID-19 infections surge in China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering sampling wastewater taken from international aircraft to track any emerging new variants, the agency …
your ads here!Scientists Study Link Between Winter Storms and Global Warming
The world is getting warmer, winters included. The United States, however, has experienced severe winter storms in recent years, and experts are taking a closer look at the link between …
your ads here!Pele or Maradona? Debate Will Continue Raging Over Who Was Greater
Before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo came along, the enduring debate in soccer about who was the greatest player centered on two men: Pele and Diego Maradona. It was an …
your ads here!US Lawsuit Claims Pharma Distributor Worsened Opioid Epidemic
The U.S. Justice Department is suing one of the largest U.S. drug distributors for failing to report suspicious orders of prescription opioids, saying the company’s “years of repeated violations” contributed …
your ads here!Brazilian Football Legend Pele Dies at 82
Brazilian football legend Pele, who burst onto the world scene as a goal-scoring teenager and led his national team to an unprecedented three World Cup titles, died Thursday at the …
your ads here!COVID Controls Offer Insight Into China’s Surveillance Network
For many outside China, this was the year that the term “surveillance state” became something they understood. Western media reported in April on what were thought to be government-operated drones …
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