A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three…
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It’s a fight to the finish in races that will determine control of Congress
AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The final doors are being knocked, ads are blaring and candidates are making a last pitch to…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett is sitting on over $325 billion cash as Berkshire Hathaway keeps selling Apple stock
AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett is now sitting on more than $325 billion cash after continuing to unload billions of dollars…
Continue ReadingIndia protests Ottawa’s allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has officially protested the Canadian government’s allegation that the country’s powerful home minister Amit Shah had…
Continue ReadingIndian troops kill 3 suspected rebels in disputed Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Three suspected militants have been killed in gunfights with government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India’s…
Continue ReadingPope Francis prays in front of graves of unborn children ahead of All Souls’ Day Mass
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which houses…
Continue ReadingPatty to bring heavy rain to the Azores; Tropical Storm Lane to dissipate without threatening land
MIAMI (AP) — A storm system is expected to bring heavy rain to parts of the Azores islands over the weekend. That is according to the National…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Zelenskyy urges allies to act before North Korean troops reach the front
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged its allies to stop “watching” and take steps before North Korean…
Continue ReadingUK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first Black woman to head a big British party
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing…
Continue ReadingAttack on central Israel injures 11 as Iran’s leader promises a punishing response
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An attack on a central Israeli town early Saturday injured 11 people as Iran’s supreme leader vowed a…
Continue Reading‘It is all in ruins.’ The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of Spain’s floods
Associated Press PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) — The pictures of the smiling toddlers on the wall somehow survived. Most everything else in the daycare —…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists unearth an ancient Middle Kingdom Egyptian tomb in Luxor
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the…
Continue ReadingHundreds hold vigil for victims of roof collapse in northern Serbian city
Associated Press NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people lit candles and left flowers on Saturday to commemorate 14 people who were killed when…
Continue ReadingIran’s supreme leader threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ over Israeli attack
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s path of destruction in southern Lebanon raises fears of an attempt to create a buffer zone
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Perched on a hilltop a short walk from the Israeli border, the tiny southern Lebanese village of Ramyah has almost…
Continue Reading‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain’s Prado Museum
Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain’s Prado Museum for the past month as its…
Continue ReadingMoldovans are voting in a pivotal presidential runoff. But voter fraud threatens its democracy
Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans vote this weekend in a presidential runoff race between a pro-Western incumbent and a…
Continue ReadingJapan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is planning an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka to make up for a shortage of truck…
Continue ReadingAt U.N. summit, historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisions
Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on…
Continue ReadingCrowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York’s Rockefeller Christmas tree
Associated Press WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and…
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