By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with Papua New Guinea leaders to discuss developing the Pacific Island nation’s military strength and deepening security ties, as the U.S. competes with China for influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Austin is the first U.S. defense secretary to visit
Continue ReadingBy JOE LISTER Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hildah Magaia has given South Africa hope it can win a Women’s World Cup match. The Banyana Banyana forward scored on a nice hustle play in South Africa’s opening match against Sweden. She pounced on a shot that bounced off goalkeeper Zecira Musovic’s gloves and
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El líder republicano del Senado, Mitch McConnell, quien se congeló durante una conferencia de prensa este miércoles y a principios de este año sufrió una conmoción cerebral después de caerse, también sufrió otras dos caídas este año, según varias personas familiarizadas con el asunto. La primera vez conocida, en febrero, ocurrió
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — The coastal Chinese city of Shantou has joined parts of Taiwan in shutting down schools and offices as Typhoon Doksuri brings heavy wind and rain to the Taiwan Strait. Doksuri weakened further on Thursday, with sustained winds of 96 mph and gusts of up to 118 mph, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — An Arizona teenager who disappeared days before her 15th birthday nearly four years ago is safe after walking into a small-town police station in Montana this week, authorities announced Wednesday. Police in Havre, Montana, said Alicia Navarro, now 18, showed up alone Sunday
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from recently discovered victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the country’s senior bishops squirmed in the auditorium’s front-row seats. During a live television broadcast, the experts reported
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, as an ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister visited a sensitive Jerusalem holy site that has been a flashpoint for violence between Israel and the Palestinians. The
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an escalation of Russia’s anger at Ukraine and its Western backers, Russia refused to speak at a U.N. Security Council meeting called to discuss Moscow’s recent attacks on Odesa. The strikes came immediately following Russia’s refusal to extend the Black Sea grain deal. The
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — En un reñido partido y revancha de la final del Mundia de 2019, la selección nacional femenina de Estados Unidos (USWNT, por sus siglas en inglés) y Países Bajos, dos de los mejores equipos del mundo, llegaron a un empate 1-1 este jueves en el Mundial Femenino de Fútbol 2023. Cánticos
Continue ReadingBy JOE LISTER Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Dutch almost did it, even without their best forwards. Netherlands got ahead of the United States early and then withstood a flurry of U.S. attacks to preserve a 1-1 draw in its rematch of the 2019 Women’s World Cup final. The Dutch entered the
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Warm Springs firefighters are drawing praise and widespread attention for rescuing the last eight of a dozen puppies found with their mama in the rubble beneath a fire-hit home on Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto NATO’s doorstep. The declared deployment of the Russian weapons on the territory of its neighbor and loyal ally marks a new stage in the Kremlin’s nuclear
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU, TIAN MACLEOD JI and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — When Gao Peng landed in Thailand on July 3, he was not expecting to be accused of making bomb threats, to be put on an EU travel blacklist, or to see his mother and 16-year-old sister detained and threatened with deportation
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, who froze during a news conference Wednesday and earlier this year suffered a concussion after falling down, has also endured two other falls this year, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The first known time, in February, occurred in
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Lindsey Horan scored a revenge goal after being knocked around in the second half and the United States squeezed out a a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands at the Women’s World Cup. The Dutch struck early with Jill Roord’s first-half goal to surprise
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Delegations from Russia and China, North Korea’s key allies in the Korean War, gathered in Pyongyang this week to celebrate North Korea’s “Victory Day” in the war that ravaged the Korean Peninsula seven decades ago as they align over another very contemporary conflict
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Delegations from Russia and China, North Korea’s key allies in the Korean War, gathered in Pyongyang this week to celebrate North Korea’s “Victory Day” in the war that ravaged the Korean Peninsula seven decades ago as they align over another very contemporary conflict
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels acquired right-handed pitchers Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López from the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. The aggressive deal signals their determination to contend for a playoff spot with Shohei Ohtani. The Angels traded two minor league prospects to the White
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Austin Slater hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth, Alex Wood earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3. Wood (5-4) entered to start the fifth in a tie game and allowed
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García hit a grand slam to highlight a seven-run fifth inning and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers slugged four homers in a 13-5 win over the Houston Astros in a tense game Wednesday night. Marcus Semien, Nathaniel Lowe and Sam Huff also homered for Texas, which avoided a three-game sweep and
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