Energy Department announces largest-ever investment in ‘carbon removal’
ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The Department of Energy announced Friday it is awarding up to $1.2 billion to two projects that promise to…
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More evacuations considered in Norway where the level in swollen rivers continues to rise
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities were on standby to evacuate more people in southeastern Norway Friday,…
Continue ReadingMakkabi Berlin, founded by Holocaust survivors, to be 1st Jewish team in German Cup
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — When Makkabi Berlin takes the field this weekend, the soccer club founded by Holocaust survivors…
Continue ReadingTensions rise as West African nations prepare to send troops to restore democracy in Niger
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African…
Continue ReadingChinese tech giant Huawei reports sales, profit up despite US sanctions
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei says its revenue rose 3% over a year earlier and its profit margin widened in the first half of 2023…
Continue ReadingArizona state fish, the Apache trout, is no longer considered endangered
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 50 years since it was listed as endangered, Arizona’s state fish is looking in much better shape. The U.S. Fish and…
Continue ReadingWith hundreds lost in the migrant shipwreck near Greece, identifying the dead is painfully slow
By ELENA BECATOROS and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nearly two months after a dilapidated fishing trawler crammed with people…
Continue ReadingFormer South African President Zuma taken back to prison and released again within 2 hours
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was taken back to prison after…
Continue ReadingGunmen ambush a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 20 in the country’s east
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the…
Continue ReadingBritish economy unexpectedly grows by 0.2% in second quarter largely because of June weather boost
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British economy unexpectedly grew in the second quarter of the year, largely as a result of a…
Continue ReadingChina, Russia and Iran are engaged in foreign interference in New Zealand, intelligence agency says
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s domestic intelligence agency says that China, Iran and Russia are…
Continue ReadingDengue outbreak in Bangladesh sparks alarm after 364 people die this year and infections rise
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is recording a higher number of casualties and infections from dengue as more…
Continue ReadingWorldcoin scans eyeballs and offers crypto. What to know about the project from OpenAI’s CEO
By KEN SWEET and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after its international launch, Worldcoin is drawing the attention of…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street ends mixed, closing out another losing week
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended Friday with an uneven finish for the major stock indexes, as mixed…
Continue ReadingNew fire prompts evacuation as survivors of Maui’s wildfires return after death toll rises to 67
By CLAIRE RUSH, TY O’NEIL and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A new fire burning on the Hawaii island of Maui…
Continue ReadingIllinois Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on semiautomatic weapons
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on the sale or…
Continue ReadingBodies pile up without burials in Sudan’s capital, marooned by a relentless conflict
By JACK JEFFERY and ASHRAF IDRIS Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Nearly four months of violent street battles between the Sudanese Army and…
Continue Reading‘Nothing left’: Future unclear for Hawaii residents who lost it all in fire
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The fire that tore across a coastal Maui town and caught many by surprise has already…
Continue ReadingLGBTQ+ people in Ethiopia blame attacks on their community on inciteful and lingering TikTok videos
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ+ community say they face a wave of online harassment and physical…
Continue ReadingTwo years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo, waiting for US visas
By RAHIM FAIEZ and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of…
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