Kenyan climber is found dead on Mount Everest in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Kenyan climber attempting to scale the world’s highest mountain has been found dead near the summit. A government…
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Poverty in Lebanon tripled over a decade, World Bank says
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade during which the small…
Continue ReadingFamily of American caught up in Congo failed coup says their son went to Africa on vacation
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — The family of an American caught up in a failed coup attempt…
Continue ReadingEU Commission fines Oreo maker Mondelez 337.5 million euros for blocking cross-border sales
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission has imposed a fine of 337.5 million euros ($366 million) on food company Mondelez, the owner of Oreo…
Continue ReadingBiden selected as nominee in Idaho Democratic caucuses
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Democrats on Thursday selected Joe Biden as their their nominee for the White House,…
Continue ReadingRussian missiles kill 7 in Ukraine’s second-largest city where Moscow’s troops are pressing
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles slammed into Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast of the…
Continue ReadingDoctors treat hundreds of victims of heatstroke in Pakistan after heatwave hits the country
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Pess ISLAMABAD (AP) — Doctors are treating hundreds of victims of heatstroke at hospitals across Pakistan. People started…
Continue ReadingSpanish police recover fourth of 5 Francis Bacon paintings stolen in Madrid in 2015
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have recovered the fourth of five paintings by Irish-born painter Francis Bacon that were stolen from a…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina public universities board repeals policy in vote that likely cuts diversity jobs
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s public university system will likely see existing diversity jobs cut…
Continue ReadingTakeaways: How intelligence agencies’ are cautiously embracing generative AI
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, convinced…
Continue ReadingToronto awarded WNBA’s first franchise outside US, with expansion team to begin play in 2026
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Toronto has been awarded the WNBA’s first franchise outside the United States, with the expansion team set to…
Continue ReadingFrance is proud of its secularism. But struggles grow in this approach to faith, school, integration
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Brought into the international spotlight by the ban on hijabs for French…
Continue ReadingTunisia sentences journalists to a year in prison for criticizing the government
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian court has sentenced two TV and radio journalists to one year in prison for…
Continue ReadingUS intelligence agencies’ embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) — Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect…
Continue ReadingSeveral injured passengers on turbulence-hit Singapore flight need spinal surgery, hospital says
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Bangkok hospital says several of the more seriously injured people who were on the…
Continue ReadingEV maker Tesla breaks ground on Megapack energy storage battery factory in Shanghai
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media have reported that electric vehicle maker Tesla has begun construction of a factory in Shanghai to make its…
Continue ReadingBiden thanks Kenya’s Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission
By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has offered his deep appreciation to Kenyan President…
Continue ReadingHow does this end? With Hamas holding firm and fighting back in Gaza, Israel faces only bad options
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Diminished but not deterred, Hamas is still putting up a fight after seven brutal months of war…
Continue ReadingNorway further tightens its restrictions on the entry of Russians
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway says it will further tighten its restrictions on the entry of people from Russia, saying those with tourist visas…
Continue ReadingUK politicians kick off a 6-week election campaign with incumbent Sunak playing the underdog
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s political party leaders crisscrossed the country on Thursday, kicking off a six-week…
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