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US bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert 02/15/2022 06:09pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert and taking steps to increase biosecurity, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in 2015 that killed 50 million birds across 15 states and cost the federal government nearly $1 billion. Th Cyberattacks knock out sites of Ukrainian army, major banks 02/15/2022 04:45pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of cyberattacks on Tuesday knocked the websites of the Ukrainian army, the defense ministry and major banks offline, Ukrainian authorities said, as tensions persisted over the threat of a possible Russian invasion. Still, there was no indication the relatively low-lev DC COVID-19 vaccine portal taken down after sending people wrong records 02/15/2022 04:37pm • DC Health has taken down its vaccination portal after the system sent people the wrong vaccination records. As first reported by NBC Washington, there is no word on how many incorrect records were sent. A DC Health spokesperson said the department is aware that a small number of residents have Dutch govt phases out virus restrictions as cases drop 02/15/2022 02:07pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government announced Tuesday that it will scrap virtually all its remaining coronavirus restrictions by the end of the month as infection rates begin to decline and pressure on health care services eases. “The country is opening up again,” Health Ministe US accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda 02/15/2022 01:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies. The officials said Zero Hedge, Zimbabwe to stop paying unvaccinated government workers 02/15/2022 12:50pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s government says it will stop paying salaries of staff who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, while ordering those who have received jabs to report for work at their offices “with immediate effect,” after more than a year of most government employees working Pressure mounts on Congress to curb lawmaker stock trading 02/15/2022 11:47am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a steady drip of damaging headlines, pressure is building for Congress to pass legislation that would curtail lawmakers' ability to speculate on the stock market. Trading in Congress has long been criticized by government watchdogs, who say the access to nonpublic informati New Zealand’s Ardern to give Harvard commencement speech 02/15/2022 11:41am • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been chosen to give the keynote speech at Harvard University’s spring commencement, the Ivy League school announced Monday. Ardern is scheduled to address graduates at a May 26 ceremony at the campus in Cambridge, Massachusett US casinos won $53 billion in 2021, their best year ever 02/15/2022 11:39am • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America's commercial casinos won $53 billion in 2021, their best year ever according to figures released Tuesday. The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry's national trade group, released year-end figures showing that in-person gambling continues to be the Indonesian new virus cases set record as omicron spreads 02/15/2022 08:47am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. The country confirmed 57,049 new infections, more than the previous record of about 56,700 set last July, when the delta variant overwhelmed hospitals o WHO Europe warns of COVID rise in east, like Russia, Ukraine 02/15/2022 05:12am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization's Europe office said Tuesday that health officials are turning their attention to growing rates of COVID-19 infection in Eastern Europe, where six countries — including Russia and Ukraine — have seen a doubling in case counts Unvaccinated Djokovic could skip French Open, Wimbledon 02/15/2022 04:56am • LONDON (AP) — If forced to choose, Novak Djokovic said he would skip the French Open and Wimbledon, foregoing the chance to overtake Rafael Nadal's record haul of 21 Grand Slams titles, rather than get vaccinated against COVID-19. And the No. 1-ranked tennis player is also still smarting about China crafts a carefully curated slate of Olympic spectators 02/15/2022 03:08am • BEIJING (AP) — A spectator’s single clap echoed through the mostly empty National Aquatics Center after the British curling team knocked a Swiss stone out of position, a difficult move that usually would trigger cheers from fans. The spectator looked around at the audience of about 200, surround S. Korean COVID deaths rise, hope rests on high booster rate 02/14/2022 11:54pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reported its highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a month Tuesday as U.S. health authorities advised Americans to avoid traveling to the country grappling with a fast-developing omicron surge. The 61 deaths reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Japan economy grew last quarter on better spending, exports 02/14/2022 11:27pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy grew at an annual pace of 5.4% in October-December, boosted by improved consumer spending and exports, the government said Tuesday. On a quarterly basis, Japan’s real gross domestic product, or GDP, which measures the value of a nation’s products and services, gr