UNESCO member states expected to approve US decision to rejoin the UN’s cultural agency
PARIS (AP) — UNESCO’s 193 members states are gathering for a two-day meeting in Paris aimed at voting on the United States’ plans to rejoin the…
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EU leaders recommit to support Ukraine as they and NATO see divisions emerging in Russia
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have taken center stage at the…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares are mixed after China reports weaker manufacturing in June
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after China reported slower factory activity in June due to…
Continue ReadingIsraeli killing of 15-year-old Palestinian girl in West Bank casts light on civilian casualties
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — A 15-year-old Palestinian girl, Sadeel Naghniyeh, was killed by suspected…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is stepping down. He’s not happy about how it happened
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is preparing to step down. Rendon will hand over…
Continue ReadingHow’s the weather up there? It’ll be harder for Alaska to tell as a longtime program goes off air
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Before Morris Nashoanak heads out for days in search of bearded seals, beluga whales or…
Continue ReadingAustralian prosecutor says former Israeli principal feigned mental illness to avoid extradition
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian prosecutor says the former principal of an Australian Jewish school…
Continue ReadingFrance mobilizes tens of thousands of police to head off unrest after police fatally shot a teenager
By SYLVIE CORBET, JOHN LEICESTER and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — France mobilized tens of thousands of police officers…
Continue ReadingChance to challenge 2020 census numbers is ending, with funding for states and cities at stake
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The window for local, state and tribal governments to challenge their 2020 census figures closes after Friday, and…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand says it’s the first to ban thin plastic bags from supermarkets
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government says that from Saturday, it will be the first nation in…
Continue ReadingSuspected cooking gas explosion in Philippine restaurant injures 15 people
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say a suspected cooking gas explosion has injured at least 15 people and damaged a restaurant and…
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Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here’s why you’d better get used to it
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck…
Continue ReadingYankees pitcher Domingo Germán throws 1st perfect game since 2012. It’s the 24th in MLB history
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Since arriving in the big leagues six years ago, Domingo Germán has been anything but…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s historic work on possible Black reparations moves to the Legislature
By SOPHIE AUSTIN and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task…
Continue ReadingRecapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Civil war. An evil that must be stopped. Fratricide. A bug about to be squashed. The…
Continue ReadingSafety concerns dominate Norfolk Southern railroad CEO’s job since Ohio derailment
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a…
Continue ReadingTrump’s GOP support dips slightly after his indictment over classified documents, AP-NORC poll finds
By JILL COLVIN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s criminal indictment on charges of…
Continue ReadingWall Street execs host Biden fundraisers as president closes out an end-of-quarter campaign blitz
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden closed out an end-of-quarter campaign blitz Thursday with a pair of…
Continue ReadingJudge considering blocking parts of North Carolina abortion law won’t halt broader 12-week ban
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge says she won’t block temporarily a large swath of North…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha with feasts after disease last year disrupted rituals
By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims across Indonesia on Thursday were celebrating Eid al-Adha,…
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