Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett receive honorary Oscars at starry, untelevised event
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s awards season can feel a little gratuitously self-congratulatory, but Tuesday night…
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Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024. The year will test even the most robust democracies
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — More than 50 countries that are home to half the planet’s population are due to hold national…
Continue Reading3-day union strike brings train traffic to a near standstill across Germany
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has started a nearly three-day strike…
Continue ReadingBlinken seeks Palestinian governance reform for postwar Gaza as deadly Israeli strikes continue
By MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed the…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares rise after Wall Street nears record; markets eye inflation report
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Thursday on the back of Wall Street’s climb to a near-record high, as…
Continue ReadingIslamic State claims responsibility for explosion in the Afghan capital Kabul that kills at least 3
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a minivan explosion in the Afghan capital that killed at least three…
Continue ReadingEcuador hunkers down for a government war on drug gangs after attack during live TV newscast
By GONZALO SOLANO and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Schools and stores are shuttered, many people stayed home and soldiers…
Continue ReadingSnow in the West and flooding in the Northeast. And more foul weather is on the way
By KATHY McCORMACK and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Drenching rains, flooding and fierce winds stranded vehicles,…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, known for quirky speeches, gives his final one before US Senate run
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is bringing a close to one avenue for his…
Continue ReadingWith threats, pressure and financial lures, China seen as aiming to influence Taiwan’s elections
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Using military threats, diplomatic pressure, fake news and financial…
Continue ReadingChina says it will launch its next lunar explorer in the first half of this year
BEIJING (AP) — China’s space agency says its latest lunar explorer has arrived at the launch site in preparation for a mission to the moon in the…
Continue ReadingRepublicans push ahead with Hunter Biden contempt charge after his surprise visit to Capitol Hill
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward holding Hunter Biden in contempt of…
Continue ReadingSecrecy surrounding the defense secretary’s hospitalization has put the White House on the defensive
By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration pledged from Day One to restore truth…
Continue Reading213 deaths were caused by Japan’s New Year’s quake. 8 happened in the alleged safety of shelters
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coast of Japan on New Year’s has killed 213…
Continue Reading3 police and a civilian killed in a pre-dawn militant attack in northwest Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say militants attacked a police checkpoint on a highway in the…
Continue ReadingRecord-breaking cold threatens to complicate Iowa’s leadoff caucuses as snowy weather cancels events
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — Snow was still piling on top of the 8 inches that had already accumulated when Kadee…
Continue ReadingAs DeSantis and Haley face off in Iowa GOP debate, urgency could spark fireworks
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Just two Republican presidential candidates, former United Nations Ambassador…
Continue ReadingVideo appears to show the Israeli army shot 3 Palestinians, killing 1, without provocation
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press BEIT RIMA, West Bank (AP) — Security camera video from a West Bank village shows a young man standing in a…
Continue ReadingHaley and DeSantis tear into each other’s records in a hostile head-to-head Republican debate
By MEG KINNARD, STEVE PEOPLES and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In their most hostile encounter yet, Nikki Haley and…
Continue ReadingCesarean deliveries surge in Puerto Rico, reaching a record rate in the US territory, report says
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the…
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