Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalized
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government has scored a victory with the Senate…
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A well-known figure in a German far-right party tells his trial he is completely innocent
BERLIN (AP) — One of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has said at his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan…
Continue ReadingAfter 4 decades in music and major vocal surgery, Jon Bon Jovi is optimistic and still rocking
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Bon Jovi is marking its 40th anniversary. A new docuseries called “Thank You,…
Continue ReadingIt began with defiance at Columbia. Now students nationwide are upping their Gaza war protests
By NICK PERRY and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — What began last week when students at a New York Ivy League school refused to end…
Continue ReadingPolice in Bosnia arrest 23 people suspected of being part of global drug kingpin’s ‘inner circle’
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say they have arrested 23 people in Bosnia suspected of belonging to a “global…
Continue ReadingHaiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s…
Continue ReadingUK puts its defense industry on ‘war footing’ and gives Ukraine $620 million in new military aid
By VANESSA GERA and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.K. prime minister says the country is putting its defense industry on a…
Continue ReadingThe Latest | Pecker says he wanted to keep tabloid’s agreement with Trump ‘as quiet as possible’
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer’s former publisher has returned to the stand in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial. David…
Continue ReadingSwedish customs seize around 1.4 tons of cocaine in one of the country’s largest-ever drug busts
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish customs official has told local media the group made one of the country’s biggest-ever cocaine seizures…
Continue ReadingTesla 1Q profit falls 55%, but stock jumps as company moves to speed production of cheaper vehicles
By TOM KRISHER and DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writers Tesla’s first-quarter net income plummeted 55%, but its stock price surged in after-hours…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing 76 cats
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one…
Continue ReadingRussia begins withdrawing peacekeeping forces from Karabakh, now under full Azerbaijan control
MOSCOW (AP) — Officials from both countries say Russian forces are being withdrawn from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, where they have been…
Continue ReadingPolice clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it’s a pre-Olympics sweep
By JADE LE DELEY and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away…
Continue ReadingMore deaths in the English Channel underscore risks for migrants despite UK efforts to stem the tide
By DANICA KIRKA and BARBARA SURK Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Five more people have died in the English Channel, underscoring the risks of…
Continue ReadingA Russian strike on Kharkiv’s TV tower is part of an intimidation campaign, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile strike that smashed a…
Continue Reading5 migrants have died while crossing the English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill
PARIS (AP) — Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said…
Continue ReadingLegendary rugby league star Wally Lewis appeals for concussion and CTE awareness support
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A legendary rugby player has cited the fear and anxiety that has invaded his life among the reasons for urging the…
Continue Reading$8 billion US military aid package to Taiwan will ‘boost confidence’ in region: president-elect
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te says an $8 billion defense package…
Continue ReadingA far-right German EU lawmaker’s aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say a man who works for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European…
Continue ReadingAustralia and Papua New Guinea leaders trek toward WWII South Pacific battleground
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers have begun trekking into the South…
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