Australian decorated hero quits corporate job after Afghanistan war crime revelations
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has quit his corporate…
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China Ukraine envoy urges governments to ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield,’ negotiate peace
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Ukraine envoy has appealed to other governments to “stop sending weapons to the battlefield” and hold peace talks but…
Continue ReadingChampions League final referee gets Polish support as UEFA considers dropping him for far-right ties
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Champions League final referee Szymon Marciniak has support from Poland’s government as UEFA…
Continue ReadingWhite House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future arms…
Continue ReadingRally demands release of Pakistani human rights lawyer taken by armed men in Karachi
By MUHAMMAD FAROOQ Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Dozens of protesters are holding a rally in Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi to…
Continue ReadingErykah Badu basks in her new era of reinvention and expansion
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press New York (AP) — Erykah Badu has occupied the role of culture shifter and influencer for more than 25…
Continue ReadingTop American, Chinese defense officials vie for influence in Asia-Pacific
By DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with…
Continue ReadingHow Turkey’s president Erdogan has maintained a tight grip on power in the country
By CINAR KIPER and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a populist with increasingly authoritarian…
Continue ReadingBorder Patrol wouldn’t review the medical file of a girl with a heart condition before she died
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a…
Continue ReadingClashes in Senegal kill at least 9; government bans social media platforms and closes university
By BABACAR DIONE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government says at least nine people have been killed in…
Continue ReadingRestoration lags for Syria’s famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites
By ABBY SEWELL and ALBERT AJI Associated Press PALMYRA, Syria (AP) — At the height of the Islamic State group’s rampage across Syria, the…
Continue ReadingUS expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — U.S. authorities on Thursday expanded slots to seek asylum at land…
Continue ReadingSome trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of transgender people in Florida have turned to crowdfunding appeals to help them…
Continue ReadingFort Bragg drops Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort…
Continue ReadingIn gun law push, Tennessee governor’s office memo says NRA prefers to ’round up mentally ill people’
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration accused the…
Continue ReadingAs legal gambling surges, should schools teach teens about risk?
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As a high school senior, Nick was blessed with a deadly accurate jump shot from the…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador president proposes dramatic reduction in number of municipalities to reduce tax burden
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele wants to cut the number of municipalities in the country from 262 to 44 to…
Continue ReadingUS, Taiwan sign trade deal over China’s opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has signed a trade agreement with Taiwan over opposition from China, which claims the self-ruled island…
Continue ReadingPalestinian toddler critically wounded in West Bank, Israeli military says shooting unintentional
JERUSALEM (AP) — A 3-year-old Palestinian boy is in critical condition at an Israeli hospital after being shot by Israeli fire in the occupied West…
Continue ReadingIMF says Sri Lanka’s economic recovery shows signs of improvement but challenges remain
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka, which declared bankruptcy last year, is showing signs…
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