Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024 as inflation moderates
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far…
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While the news industry struggles, college students are supplying some memorable journalism
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into academic research leads to the resignation of Stanford University’s…
Continue ReadingUN suspends and detains 8 peacekeepers in Congo over allegations of sexual exploitation
By JUSTIN KABUMBA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A U.N. official says the eight peacekeepers have been suspended and…
Continue ReadingSyria says Israeli airstrikes hit airports in Damascus and Aleppo, damaging their runways
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have hit the international airports of the Syrian…
Continue ReadingBomb threat forces U-turn of Scoot plane traveling from Singapore to Perth, airline says
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore low-cost airline Scoot says one of its planes made a U-turn back to the city-state an hour after taking off…
Continue ReadingFord says it’s at the limit on how much it can spend to get new contract with striking autoworkers
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A top Ford executive says the company has reached the limit of how much money it will spend to get a…
Continue ReadingGermany is aiming to ease deportations as the government faces intense pressure on migration
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has drawn up legislation to ease deportations of unsuccessful asylum-seekers…
Continue ReadingTrump’s criticism of Israel’s Netanyahu draws strong condemnation from GOP rivals
By JILL COLVIN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several of former President Donald Trump’s Republican rivals are…
Continue ReadingEx-Barclays Bank boss Staley banned from senior UK finance roles over misleading Epstein statements
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s financial regulator has fined the American former chief executive of Barclays, Jes Staley,…
Continue ReadingNATO chief presses Turkey to advance Sweden’s membership application.
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is pressing Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden’s membership…
Continue ReadingThe late Mahsa Amini is named a finalist for the EU’s top human rights prize
BRUSSELS (AP) — Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests…
Continue ReadingEU orders biotech giant Illumina to unwind $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ordering U.S. biotech giant Illumina to undo its $7.1 billion purchase of…
Continue ReadingCrane removes famous tree by Hadrian’s Wall in England that was cut down in act of vandalism
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Large sections of a much-loved tree near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in northeastern England…
Continue ReadingNATO member Romania finds more drone fragments on its soil after Russia again hits southern Ukraine
By STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania found a crater on their territory near the border with Ukraine…
Continue Reading2 people are killed and 6 are injured after car suspected of smuggling migrants overturns in Hungary
KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary (AP) — Two people have been killed and six are injured in a car accident in Hungary after a vehicle suspected of transporting…
Continue ReadingArrest made after 3 stabbed at Atlanta airport, including police officer
ATLANTA (AP) — Police say a woman is in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. They…
Continue ReadingGrand National to reduce number of horses to 34 and soften fences in bid to make famous race safer
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The Grand National is implementing a series of significant changes that will take effect from next year in an…
Continue ReadingArmenia wants a UN court to impose measures aimed at protecting rights of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia has urged the United Nations’ top court to impose new interim orders on…
Continue ReadingFormer Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone handed suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been given a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded…
Continue ReadingFinnish intelligence says Russia views Finland as a hostile nation due to its NATO membership
HELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service says Finland’s relationship with Russia has significantly deteriorated due to the…
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