China lands a spacecraft on the moon’s far side to collect rocks for study
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into…
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After South Africa’s historic election, what now for its global role on issues like the war in Gaza?
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — It was a historic day for South Africa. The political party that ended the racially…
Continue ReadingChile joins developing nations rallying behind genocide case against Israel at international court
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile has joined a group of nations supporting a genocide case against Israel filed last year at the International Court of…
Continue ReadingFormer South Africa leader Zuma threatens legal action over allegations of election irregularities
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma is threatening legal action to stop the…
Continue ReadingMexican officials again criticize volunteer searcher after she finds more bodies
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican volunteer searcher criticized in the past by the government has found more human remains in Mexico City and officials…
Continue ReadingWHO member countries approve steps to bolster health regulations to better brace for pandemics
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says member countries approved new steps to boost global preparedness for pandemics like COVID-19 and…
Continue ReadingMalaysian climber who died near top of Alaska’s Denali, North America’s tallest peak, is identified
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Park officials say a Malaysian climber likely died of exposure and altitude-related illness as he…
Continue ReadingUN development specialist Garry Conille arrives to Haiti to take up the post of prime minister
MIAMI (AP) — A U.N. development specialist tasked with restoring order to Haiti has arrived to the Caribbean nation to take up his new post as…
Continue ReadingPulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Ron Edmonds dies. His images of Reagan shooting are indelible
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds has died. He was 77 and died Friday night in Virginia. Edmonds…
Continue ReadingKuwait’s emir names new crown prince, Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir has named the small nation’s new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the…
Continue ReadingLenny Kravitz rocks Wembley with pregame show at the Champions League final
LONDON (AP) — Europe’s biggest club soccer game got a taste of America when rocker Lenny Kravitz performed at Wembley Stadium before kickoff at…
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Boeing’s first astronaut flight called off at the last minute in latest setback
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Last-minute computer trouble nixed Saturday’s launch attempt for Boeing’s first…
Continue ReadingUS military completes major exercise in Africa and works to deepen partnerships
By SAM METZ Associated Press TAN TAN, Morocco (AP) — Military forces from the United States and nearly three dozen countries have wrapped up the…
Continue ReadingWith strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors
By YONAT SHIMRON Religion News Service HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — On a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their…
Continue ReadingDisruptions at University of Chicago graduation as school withholds 4 diplomas over protests
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s…
Continue ReadingUS dampens criticism of El Salvador’s president as migration overtakes democracy concerns
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to…
Continue ReadingWoman pleads guilty to negligent homicide in death of New York anti-gang activist
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the 2018 death of an anti-gang activist during a dispute over a…
Continue ReadingOrbán stages a ‘peace march’ in Hungary in a show of strength before European Parliament election
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A crowd of tens of thousands has gathered in Hungary’s capital in a show of strength…
Continue ReadingYemen’s Houthis sentence 44 to death on charges of collaboration with a Saudi-led coalition
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A court run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sentenced 44 people to death, including a businessman…
Continue ReadingVoters in Iceland are picking the new president of the rugged island near the Arctic Circle
LONDON (AP) — Voters in Iceland are choosing a president and selecting from a field of 12 people including a former prime minister. The candidates…
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