Poland’s president approves law on Russia’s influence that could target opposition
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he will sign a bill that creates a commission to investigate…
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Uganda’s president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in…
Continue ReadingIAEA team in Japan for final review before planned discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant water
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An International Atomic Energy Agency team has arrived in Tokyo for a final review before Japan…
Continue ReadingUN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, call for urgent aid
ROME (AP) — Two U.N. agencies are warning of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina…
Continue ReadingMalaysia detains Chinese barge on suspicion of looting WWII British warship wrecks
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s maritime agency says it has detained a Chinese-registered vessel on suspicion of looting two British…
Continue ReadingUN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris
PARIS (AP) — A United Nations committee is meeting in Paris to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring an end to global plastic…
Continue ReadingJewish settlers erect religious school in evacuated West Bank outpost after Israel repeals ban
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank have built a religious school at a dismantled…
Continue ReadingBola Tinubu sworn in as Nigeria’s president amid hopes, skepticism
By CHINEDU ASADU ABUJA, Nigeria Associated Press (AP) — The new president of Nigeria has taken over the reins of power. Bola Tinubu was sworn in as…
Continue ReadingPwC Australia sidelines 9 directors as leak of tax information investigated
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian branch of the PricewaterhouseCoopers consultancy network has ordered nine…
Continue Reading4 dead after tourist boat capsizes in storm on Italian lake
MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters say that they have recovered four bodies from a northern Italian lake after a tourist boat capsized in a sudden,…
Continue ReadingHistoric acquittal in Louisiana fuels fight to review ‘Jim Crow’ verdicts
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Evangelisto Ramos walked out of a New Orleans courthouse and away from a life sentence…
Continue ReadingSleepless in Kyiv: Nighttime Russian air campaign terrorizes citizens in Ukrainian capital
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The attacks come at night, when most in Kyiv are sound asleep. The sirens wail across the…
Continue ReadingNepal honors Sherpa guides, climbers to mark 70th anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations…
Continue ReadingDrought-struck Barcelona quenches thirst with costly desalination
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT, Spain (AP) — Where once the population of Barcelona drank mostly from its rivers and wells,…
Continue Reading25 NATO-led peacekeepers injured in Kosovo in clashes with Serbs outside municipal building
By RADUL RADOVANOVIC and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press ZVECAN, Kosovo (AP) — The NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force say that 25 of its troops were…
Continue ReadingPay per wave: Native Hawaiians divided over artificial surf lagoon in the birthplace of surfing
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii (AP) — Brian Keaulana is the quintessential Native Hawaiian waterman, well-known in…
Continue ReadingAs rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The…
Continue Reading‘He’s home’: Missing 73 years, Medal of Honor recipient’s remains return to Georgia
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment made a desperate retreat as North Korean troops closed in…
Continue ReadingStruggles continue for thousands in Florida 8 months after Hurricane Ian as new storm season looms
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Eight months ago, chef Michael Cellura had a restaurant job and had just moved into…
Continue ReadingWith new mandate secured, Turkey’s Erdogan likely to continue engaging with both West and Russia
By SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — After securing a strong new mandate in a runoff presidential election,…
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