[ad_1] BRUSSELS (AP) – Life expectancy across much of the European Union has dropped last year, as the 27-nation bloc struggled with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The EU statistical agency Eurostat said Wednesday that “following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, life expectancy at birth fell in the vast majority of…

[ad_1] LONDON (AP) – On the surface, London’s financial district appears to be a shell of its former self. No one is rushing to meetings. Chairs are flipped upside down on tables inside closed cafes and pubs. The roads are ghostly quiet on a bright spring morning. But a hive of activity is taking place…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI – India has hit another new peak with 115,736 coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours. New Delhi, Mumbai and dozens of other cities are imposing curfews to try to slow the soaring infections. The latest rise reported Wednesday overtook Sunday’s record of 103,844 infections. Fatalities rose by 630 in the…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden said he’s bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. But even as he expressed optimism about the pace of vaccinations, he warned Americans that the nation is not yet out of the woods when it…

[ad_1] SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Isolated North Korea has continued to claim a perfect record in keeping out the coronavirus in its latest report to the World Health Organization. At the beginning of the pandemic more than a year ago, North Korea described its efforts to keep out the virus as a “matter of…

[ad_1] TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – The Los Angeles Lakers built a 34-point lead in the first 20 minutes and cruised to a 110-101 win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. Talen Horton-Tucker led seven Lakers in double figures with 17 points. Markieff Morris scored 15 before leaving the game with five fouls in the…

[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) – Trading in Toshiba stock was halted Wednesday after the Tokyo-based technology conglomerate confirmed it had received a preliminary acquisition proposal. Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it had asked for more details on the proposal, was giving it “careful consideration” and would make an announcement “in due course.” Major Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported…

[ad_1] TORONTO (AP) – Schools in Canada’s largest city will shut down Wednesday and move to online learning because of a third surge of coronavirus infections fueled by more-contagious virus variants. Toronto Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa said in a statement stronger measures are needed to reverse the surge. “The spread of…

[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The attorney for the officer on trial in George Floyd’s death has raised the concept of excited delirium as testimony examines whether reasonable force was used on Floyd. Derek Chauvin, 45, who is white, is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Floyd, 46, was arrested outside a neighborhood market…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) – Even an NCAA championship matchup between two widely acknowledged as the best men’s college basketball teams in the country wasn’t enough to set the television world afire. An estimated 16.92 million people watched Baylor win the national championship title by routing previously unbeaten Gonzaga on Monday, the Nielsen company said.…