Polish broadcaster TVN says state regulator holding up license renewal
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A leading independent television broadcaster in Poland is expressing concern that the state…
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UN says insurance coverage secured to salvage rusting oil tanker off Yemen
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations Development Program says it’s secured insurance coverage to start a…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street rises as inflation keeps cooling
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose Tuesday after a cooler reading on inflation cemented Wall Street’s bets for the…
Continue ReadingIndia-controlled Kashmir hit by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported, officials say
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s National Center for Seismology says a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern India-controlled Kashmir region…
Continue ReadingPhilippine villagers flee ashfall, sight of red-hot lava from erupting Mayon volcano
By JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Philippines (AP) — Truckloads of villagers on Tuesday fled Philippine communities…
Continue ReadingNikola Jokic’s hometown in Serbia celebrates Denver Nuggets’ 1st NBA title
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press SOMBOR, Serbia (AP) — It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic’s hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor…
Continue ReadingRights group: World Bank, Jordan use flawed formula for aid to kingdom, excluding some poor people
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading rights group says the World Bank and Jordan are using a “flawed” algorithm to…
Continue ReadingChinese man arrested over anti-US graffiti at US Consulate in Hong Kong, police say
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested a man who allegedly spray-painted graffiti on the wall and gate of the…
Continue ReadingNottingham police say man fatally stabbed 3, stole van and ran down 3 more in English city
By JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say a knife-wielding assailant stabbed two college students to death…
Continue ReadingThousands evacuated in India and Pakistan as Cyclone Biparjoy approaches
By SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Pakistan’s army and civil authorities are planning to evacuate 80,000…
Continue ReadingAustrian man arrested in Afghanistan after traveling there in May
BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian Foreign Ministry says an Austrian man is being held in Afghanistan after he traveled to the country earlier this year.…
Continue ReadingGerman curator on a mission to return silver heirlooms stolen from Jewish families by the Nazis
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Matthias Weniger put on a pair of white cloth gloves and carefully lifted a tarnished silver…
Continue ReadingSouth Sudan’s sluggish peace deal and unsteady road to elections
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KOWACH, South Sudan (AP) — Martha Nyanguour didn’t have time to bury her husband, son or granddaughter when…
Continue ReadingCases of check fraud escalate dramatically, with Americans warned not to mail checks if possible
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Check fraud is back in a big way, fueled by a rise in organized crime that is forcing small…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asia markets higher ahead of US inflation, Fed rates decision
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday ahead of a U.S. inflation update and a Federal…
Continue Reading‘Hair,’ ‘Everwood’ actor Treat Williams dies after Vermont motorcycle crash
DORSET, Vt. (AP) — Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie…
Continue ReadingPutin threatens to seize more of Ukraine to block attacks on border regions
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday that he could order his troops to try to…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Toyota announces initiative for all-solid state battery as part of electric vehicles plan
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it plans to make an all solid-state battery as part of ambitious plans for battery…
Continue Reading30,000 Haitian kids live in private orphanages. Officials want to shutter them and reunite families.
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SUD, Haiti (AP) — Mylouise Veillard was 10 when her mother dropped her off at an orphanage in…
Continue ReadingPalestinian President Abbas begins China visit as Beijing seeks larger role in Mideast
BEIJING (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has begun a visit to China that comes as Beijing is seeking a larger role in Mideast politics…
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