Kosovo’s block on the Serbian currency raises alarm in the EU and US
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union and the United States have expressed their deep concern after Kosovo banned the use of the Serbian…
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Second atmospheric river in days blows into California, knocking out power and flooding roads
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers battered California on Sunday, flooding…
Continue ReadingA Russian cosmonaut sets a new record for the most time in space
By The Associated Press The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space. Oleg…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about the situation in the Middle East this week
By BALINT SZLANKO Associated Press The United States and Britain have struck Iran-backed armed groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, while Israel presses…
Continue ReadingFar-right Israel minister suggests that Trump would give more US support to offensive in Gaza
By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A far-right minister in Israel’s government has criticized President Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingJustin Bieber takes the ice, grabs the spotlight at NHL All-Star Weekend
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer TORONTO (AP) — Justin Bieber not only served as a celebrity captain at NHL All-Star Weekend. He actually got on…
Continue ReadingAn argument over the Middle East conflict leaves a Jewish student hospitalized in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — A college student in Berlin beat a Jewish classmate until he was hospitalized after the two got into an argument about the…
Continue ReadingBiden warns of a ‘nightmare’ future for the country if Trump should win again, and lists reasons why
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday ticked through a list of reasons he says a…
Continue ReadingHow Donald Trump went from a diminished ex-president to the GOP’s dominant front-runner
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — When Donald Trump left the White House three years ago, he was a one-term president whose…
Continue ReadingUS warns of further retaliation if Iran-backed militias continue their attacks
By JON GAMBRELL and TARA COPP Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and…
Continue ReadingHow Donald Trump went from a diminished ex-president to the GOP’s dominant front-runner
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — When he left the White House, Donald Trump was a pariah. After years of bending Washington to…
Continue ReadingClaims that Jan. 6 rioters are ‘political prisoners’ endure. Judges want to set the record straight
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While sentencing a North Carolina man to prison for his role in…
Continue ReadingHow to watch and stream the Grammy Awards, including red carpet arrivals and interviews
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s almost time for the Grammy Awards, the daylong celebration of music that on Sunday also marks the…
Continue ReadingUK aircraft carrier sidelined from largest NATO exercises since Cold War due to propeller problem
LONDON (AP) — A British aircraft carrier that had been set to lead the largest NATO exercises since the Cold War will not set sail because of a…
Continue ReadingKeeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Social media CEOs got grilled by Senate lawmakers this week in an emotional and often heated hearing about…
Continue ReadingSenegal police clamp down on protesters as opposition rejects election delay
By BABACAR DIONE and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s police have made arrests and fired tear gas at opposition…
Continue Reading2 people dead, 4 injured after police say gunfire erupts during confrontation at Denver party
DENVER (AP) — Two people were killed and four others injured after gunfire broke out during a late-night confrontation at a party in a residential…
Continue ReadingParisians vote to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before Olympics
By HELENA ALVES and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Parisians have voted to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making…
Continue ReadingThe second guesthouse blaze in Romania in recent weeks has left 1 person dead and 2 hospitalized
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A fire at a guesthouse in central Romania has left one person dead and two hospitalized, authorities said. Emergency…
Continue ReadingDebt-laden Sri Lanka marks Independence Day with Thai prime minister as guest of honor
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is the guest of honor at Sri Lanka’s…
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