South Korean Olympic chief defends move to send athletes to train at military camp
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Olympic chief has defended a decision to send hundreds of athletes to…
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Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. report says Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence. Before the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli defense minister says war on Hamas will last months as US envoy discusses timetable
By JULIA FRANKEL, PAUL HAVEN and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s defense minister said it will take months to…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street rises again and the Dow reaches another record
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street, enough to push the Dow Jones Industrial Average to…
Continue ReadingChina’s economy is forecast to slow sharply in 2024, the World Bank says, calling recovery ‘fragile’
By ZEN SOO and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers HONG KONG (AP) — The World Bank is forecasting that China’s economy will slow next year,…
Continue ReadingJapan’s word of the year speaks to rising cost of living fears
By Chris Lau and Francesca Annio, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Famously one of life’s only two certainties, “tax” has been chosen by the Japanese…
Continue ReadingWoman accuses Boston fertility doctor of secretly inseminating her with his own sperm in lawsuit spurred by DNA kit discovery
By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — More than 40 years after a couple sought the help of a Boston, Massachusetts, fertility specialist, their…
Continue ReadingUkraine gets EU membership boost, but no new European aid, after setback in US
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union failed to agree on a 50 billion-euro ($54 billion) package…
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