Russia strikes Ukraine’s Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russia has struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022,…
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Edmunds compares: 2024 Honda Passport vs. 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee
By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds Midsize SUVs with two rows of seating are an excellent option if you want something a little bigger than a small SUV. They…
Continue ReadingAP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Dakota’s Democratic presidential primary
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting ends Saturday in North Dakota’s Democratic presidential primary, with President Joe…
Continue ReadingRetirees: Is it time to downsize, even in this real estate market?
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Your home is your sanctuary, but it’s also one of your biggest budget items. And after you retire, it may feel like…
Continue ReadingGerman investigators work through hundreds of tips on fugitive Red Army Faction suspects
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators say they are working through hundreds of new tips on the whereabouts of two fugitive suspected ex-members of the…
Continue ReadingA bus headed for Switzerland crashes off a German highway, killing 4 people
BERLIN (AP) — Police say four people were killed when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland drove off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up…
Continue ReadingA Japanese supplement pill is recalled after two people died and more than 100 were hospitalized
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Health supplement products believed to have caused two deaths and sickened more than 100 people have…
Continue ReadingTaiwan commissions 2 new navy ships as safeguards against rising threat from China
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat…
Continue ReadingPakistani authorities share with China initial findings of probe into bombing that killed 5 Chinese
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani authorities have shared with China the preliminary findings of a…
Continue ReadingIsraeli strikes in Lebanon kill 16, militant rockets kill 1 Israeli as cross-border violence soars
By MOHAMMAD ZAATARI and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press HEBBARIYE, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s state news agency says Israeli airstrikes killed…
Continue ReadingTunisia sentences 4 to death over pivotal 2013 assassination
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A public prosecutor in Tunisia says four people have been sentenced to…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares meander after S&P 500 sets another record
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after U.S. stocks broke out of a three-day lull to close…
Continue ReadingChinese leader Xi tells Dutch PM that restricting technology access won’t stop China’s advance
By KEN MORITSUGU and ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in Thailand overwhelmingly approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage
BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill that would make the…
Continue Reading‘Women farmers are invisible’: A West African project helps them claim their rights — and land
By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) — Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s top court hears appeals from losing presidential candidates who want a revote
By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court has heard appeals lodged by two losing…
Continue ReadingCargo ship had engine maintenance in port before it collided with Baltimore bridge, officials say
By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent…
Continue ReadingSmuggling suspect knew of frigid cold before Indian family’s death on Canada border, prosecutors say
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Court papers show a man accused of helping lead a human smuggling ring was warned about…
Continue ReadingChina wins WTO dispute with Australia over steel products
SYDNEY (AP) — China has won a nearly three-year-long dispute with Australia at the World Trade Organization over tariffs on steel products that…
Continue ReadingTiny, endangered fish hinders California’s Colorado River conservation plan
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District supplies water to farmers who grow most of the nation’s…
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