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LERWICK Port Authority activity is "heading slowly in the right direction" in the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. However, chief executive Captain Calum Grains warned that there is a "long way to go to get back to normal levels". He was speaking after the port released...

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday accused the U.S. of creating “fear and panic” over the crisis in Ukraine, and called for talks to reduce rapidly building tensions.Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said China is opposed to new unilateral sanctions imposed on Russia, reiterating a longstanding Chinese position.She said the U.S. was fueling tensions by providing

TOKYO (AP) — World leaders sought Wednesday to back up their tough words over Russia's aggression against Ukraine, announcing financial sanctions, trade and travel bans and other measures meant to pressure Moscow to pull back from the brink of war.Even as they ramped up penalties, however, nations in Asia and the Pacific also prepared for the possibility of both economic pain,

Driving a rugged Subaru through snowy weather is a rite of passage for some New Englanders, whose region is a top market for the Japanese automaker.So it was a surprise to Subaru fans when Massachusetts dealerships started selling its line of 2022 vehicles without a key ingredient: the in-car wireless technology that connects drivers to music, navigation, roadside assistance

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia set the stage for a quick move to secure its hold on Ukraine's rebel regions on Tuesday with new legislation that would allow the deployment of troops there as the West prepares to announce sanctions against Moscow amid fears of a full-scale invasion.The new Russia bills, which are likely to be quickly rubber-stamped by the Kremlin-controlled parliament,

MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Investigators believe a man told his 4-year-old child to fire at officers following a dispute over his order at a McDonald's drive-thru in suburban Salt Lake City on Monday, police said. An officer was able to swipe at the gun as it was fired, directing the bullet away.The unidentified man brandished a gun at the pick-up window at the restaurant in

THERE is a “serious issue” of people hanging out in the Bressay ferry waiting room in Lerwick and sometimes indulging in “anti-social behaviour” - leaving some residents unable to use the facilities, a councillor says. There has been one instance where a family with an...

YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) — The young mother had behaved erratically for months, hitchhiking and wandering naked through two Native American reservations and a small town clustered along Northern California’s rugged Lost Coast.But things escalated when Emmilee Risling was charged with arson for igniting a fire in a cemetery. Her family hoped the case would force her into

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Before Ahmaud Arbery was chased by three white men in pickup trucks and fatally shot on a residential street, the trio had expressed hostility toward Black people in text messages and social media posts riddled with racist slurs.Does that history of bigoted remarks prove that Arbery was the victim of a hate crime?A jury of eight white people, three Black