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Asia-Pacific leaders seek unity on war, economic ills, virus 11/17/2022 10:31pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Pacific Rim leaders were striving to find common ground on the war in Ukraine and other dire threats to humankind in an annual meeting that began Friday at a heavily guarded venue in Thailand's capital. The annual summit of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is t USDA program keeps extra COVID-era money for fruits, veggies 11/17/2022 07:27pm • U.S. agriculture officials proposed changes Thursday to the federal program that helps pay the grocery bills for low-income pregnant women, babies and young children, including extending a bump in payments for fresh fruits and vegetables allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The update also adds Macy's, Kohl's, Gap point to cloudy holiday retail picture 11/17/2022 05:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Results from Macy's, Kohl's and Gap on Thursday further underscored the cloudy picture for U.S. retailers heading into the start of the holiday season. A day after Target reported a sharp drop in quarterly profits, it's clear that inflation-hit shoppers in the last few weeks were w Chinese city plans 250,000 quarantine beds to fight virus 11/17/2022 08:35am • BEIJING (AP) — China's southern metropolis of Guangzhou announced plans Thursday to build quarantine facilities for nearly 250,000 people to fight surging coronavirus outbreaks even as the national government tries to reduce the impact of anti-disease controls that have confined millions of people WHO: 1st Ebola vaccines to arrive in Uganda next week 11/16/2022 10:48am • GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that he expects the first doses of Ebola vaccine targeting the strain behind an outbreak in Uganda to arrive in the country next week. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said an expert committee convened by the In 'zero-COVID' China, 1 case locks down Peking University 11/16/2022 04:42am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a “zero-COVID” approach despite growing public discontent. Peking University students and faculty were not allowed to leave the grounds unless necessary an MVP Nikola Jokic enters protocols, ruled out for Wednesday 11/15/2022 08:18pm • DENVER (AP) — Reigning back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokic has entered the league's health and safety protocols and has been ruled out of Denver's game against New York on Wednesday. The Nuggets made the announcement Tuesday night on their league-mandated injury report. Jokic becomes the 10th player Biden asks for more than $37 billion in Ukraine aid 11/15/2022 03:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $37 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine, a massive infusion of cash that could help support the nation as Russian forces suffer battlefield losses in their nine-month-old invasion. The administration's funding reques Veterans home COVID-19 outbreak results in $58M settlement 11/15/2022 10:59am • SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a nearly $58 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed in response to the deaths of dozens of veterans who contracted COVID-19 at a Massachusetts veterans home. “It was with heavy hearts that we got to the finish line on this case," California reports first flu, RSV death in child under 5 11/15/2022 10:01am • ▶ Watch Video: Doctors fear a triple threat of viruses this winter: COVID-19, RSV and flu California health officials are warning families to take precautions against the flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, known as RSV, after a child under the age of 5 died afte Amazon plans new virtual care offering based on messaging 11/15/2022 09:32am • Amazon is stepping back into virtual care with a new service that uses secure messaging to connect patients with doctors for help with nearly two dozen conditions. The retail giant said Tuesday it will launch “Amazon Clinic” in 32 states to provide medication refills and care for conditions like China state media demand strict adherence to 'zero COVID' 11/15/2022 07:11am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling party called for strict adherence to the hard-line “zero-COVID” policy Tuesday in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions after regulations were eased slightly in places. The People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, said in an edito Japan to reopen to cruise ships after 2 1/2-year ban 11/15/2022 07:09am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan will lift a more than 2 1/2-year ban on international cruise ships that was imposed following a deadly coronavirus outbreak on the cruise ship Diamond Princess at the beginning of the pandemic, transport officials said Tuesday. The Transport Ministry said cruise ship operator Pakistani PM unwell, tests positive for COVID for 3rd time 11/15/2022 06:07am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister tested positive for the coronavirus and was feeling unwell on Tuesday, a day after returning from London, the country’s information minister said. It was the third time that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had tested positive for the virus; the first two China consumer, factory activity down as virus controls rise 11/15/2022 12:19am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese consumer spending contracted in October and factory activity weakened as anti-virus controls following a rise in infections weighed on the economy. Retail sales sank 0.5% compared with a year ago, down from September’s 2.5% expansion, as millions of people were confined to