BP leader is the latest to resign over questions about personal conduct
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Global energy giant BP is scurrying to find a new chief executive after CEO Bernard Looney became…
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Despite opposition, Britain passes law to curb prosecutions for Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ violence
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament has passed a law that sets out to lay the ghosts of decades of violence…
Continue ReadingFirefighters battle peatland fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra island
By MUHAMMAD HATTA Associated Press PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — Firefighters in Indonesia are battling several peatland fires in three villages on…
Continue ReadingA flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni’s policy
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia, is overwhelming…
Continue ReadingA Berlin bus gets lifted with the help of 40 people to free a young man pinned by a rear wheel
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police are praising the actions of about 40 people who lifted a bus to free a young man trapped under the vehicle. Police in…
Continue ReadingLand mines explode along Lebanon-Syria border wounding 3 Syrians trying to illegally enter Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says two land mines exploded along the Lebanon-Syria border wounding three Syrians trying to illegally cross into…
Continue ReadingEU announces an investigation into Chinese subsidies for electric vehicles
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is launching an investigation into subsidies that China provides to electric vehicle makers. European Commission…
Continue ReadingThe iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says
By KELVIN CHAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French regulators have ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits…
Continue ReadingHow Kim’s meeting with Putin at Russian spaceport may hint at his space and weapons ambitions
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ending a global guessing game on when and where they would meet, North Korean leader…
Continue ReadingAustralian authorities protect Outback town against huge wildfire
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Emergency crews are working to protect the Outback Australian town of Tennant Creek with…
Continue ReadingSearchers race to recover bodies in Libyan city where 5,100 died in flooding after 2 dams collapsed
By SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MURAD Associated Press DERNA, Libya (AP) — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mostly higher after US inflation data ease rate hike worries
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a highly anticipated report showed inflation accelerated…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s highest court finds Qantas illegally fired 1,700 ground staff during pandemic
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways has lost its challenge to a court ruling that the Australian flag carrier…
Continue ReadingKim Jong Un’s train travel has a storied history. His father and grandfather did the same thing
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s train journey to Russia has a storied history. The tradition…
Continue ReadingAutoworkers strike would test Biden’s claim that he’s the most pro-union president in US history
By WILL WEISSERT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an autoworkers strike could test Joe Biden’s…
Continue ReadingConnecticut mayor who regained office after corruption conviction wins another primary
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut mayor who regained his office after serving prison time for corruption has won another Democratic primary,…
Continue ReadingHigher investment means Hyundai could get $2.1 billion in aid to make electric cars in Georgia
By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia will give Hyundai Motor Group a projected $2.1 billion in tax breaks and…
Continue ReadingFormer leaders of Israel’s security services are speaking out against Netanyahu’s policies
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — They contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a…
Continue ReadingBill Richardson is mourned in New Mexico after globe-trotting career, lies in state at Capitol
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Friends and admirers of former Gov. Bill Richardson are mourning the hard-charging politician…
Continue ReadingFire in Vietnam’s capital kills at least 56 when it engulfs an apartment building
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital killed at least 56…
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