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Italy easing COVID rules on quarantine, masks, vaccination 03/17/2022 03:45pm • ROME (AP) — Italy, where the COVID-19 pandemic first erupted in the West in February 2020, is easing many restrictions over the coming weeks, including requirements for most workplace vaccination and mask-wearing. Health Minister Roberto Speranza told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Thursday Major UK ferry operator fires 800 crew, disrupting service 03/17/2022 02:41pm • LONDON (AP) — A ferry operator owned by the government of Dubai sparked a furious response from workers and criticism from British authorities Thursday after firing 800 U.K.-based crew members without notice amid plans to replace them with cheaper staff. P&O Ferries, one of the largest ferry o Germany to let virus restrictions expire even as cases surge 03/17/2022 02:30pm • BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Thursday defended its decision to let many pandemic restrictions expire at the weekend, even as the country hit a new record high for newly confirmed cases. Germany's disease control agency reported 294,931 new cases in the past 24 hours. The Robert Koch Inst US Textron to acquire Slovenian electric aircraft pioneer 03/17/2022 01:51pm • LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — U.S. industrial conglomerate Textron Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Pipistrel, the Slovenian ultralight aircraft maker and pioneer in electrically powered aviation, both companies announced Thursday. The Slovenian plane maker tweeted that the partnership will combine Hertha Berlin’s new coach Magath tests positive for COVID-19 03/17/2022 01:06pm • BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin’s new coach Felix Magath has tested positive for the coronavirus before his first game in charge. Hertha said Thursday that the 68-year-old Magath, who was only appointed by the relegation-threatened club on Sunday, tested positive for COVID-19 and is “therefore ini China's Shenzhen to reopen, still trying to contain virus 03/17/2022 08:36am • BEIJING (AP) — Companies in Shenzhen, a major Chinese business center, will be allowed to reopen while efforts to contain coronavirus outbreaks progress, the government said Thursday, following a citywide shutdown that rattled financial markets. Testing of everyone in the city of 17.5 million peop South Korea's omicron deaths surge amid faltering response 03/17/2022 05:29am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Officials in South Korea tried to calm public fears amid concerns about a faltering pandemic response as daily cases and deaths reached record highs Thursday. The 429 deaths reported in the latest 24 hours were nearly 140 more than the previous one-day record set on Tues Live updates: Ukraine, Russia continue talks over video 03/16/2022 11:25pm • LVIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian and Russian delegations held talks again Wednesday by video. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said Ukraine demanded a cease-fire, the withdrawal of Russian troops and legal security guarantees for Ukraine from a number of countries. Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict 03/16/2022 11:10pm • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invoked 9/11 during an urgent appeal Wednesday to the U.S. Congress for more weapons to stem the Russian assault. U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million for Ukraine's military and said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “war crimin Irish leader tests positive for COVID during visit to DC 03/16/2022 10:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin learned he had tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday evening while attending an event with U.S. leaders, including President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to a senior administration official. Martin — also referred to Violence against Asians decried on spa shootings anniversary 03/16/2022 09:45pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A year after the fatal shootings at three Georgia massage businesses, crowds gathered at rallies across the country Wednesday to remember the victims and denounce anti-Asian violence that has risen sharply in recent years. Six women of Asian descent were among the eight people kille Pandemic postcard: COVID outbreak leaves Hong Kong in limbo 03/16/2022 08:39pm • HONG KONG (AP) — As a COVID-19 outbreak overwhelms Hong Kong, it’s hard for its 7.4 million residents to know what’s next. Uncertainty is the only certainty as store shelves are stripped of goods, mainland Chinese companies throw up sprawling isolation and testing centers and the government s Yankees, Mets and all MLB again affected by COVID in 2022 03/16/2022 04:07pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The cardboard cutouts are long gone. Same with all that phony, pumped-in stadium noise. For players, there's no more face masks in dugouts or clubhouses. Far less spitting into testing cups, too. Yet, amid COVID-19 restrictions in Canada and New York, one thing has become clear Djokovic, Russian players expected to compete at French Open 03/16/2022 12:49pm • Novak Djokovic will be allowed to play at the French Open even if he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 as long as the coronavirus situation in France remains stable, organizers said Wednesday. Russian tennis players, including top-ranked Daniil Medvedev, will also be admitted to play in the tournam Trial resuming for 4 men accused of Michigan governor plot 03/16/2022 12:34pm • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The trial of four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will resume this week after a three-day break because of a COVID-19 case, a judge said Wednesday. The trial was suspended because the virus had struck a key participant in the case. U.S.