New Mexican Spanish, a unique American dialect, survives mostly in prayers
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — On a spring Saturday afternoon, two “hermanos” knelt to pray in the chapel of…
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UN watchdog: Ukrainian nuclear plant briefly loses power supply again, is ‘extremely vulnerable’
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest atomic…
Continue ReadingUN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency reported Monday that nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over much of the past…
Continue ReadingFinancial charges cast cloud over Man City’s dominance in English soccer
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City’s ruthless run to the Premier League title can be traced back to the…
Continue ReadingNew Madrid museum set to unveil five centuries of Spain’s royal collections
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is set to unveil what is touted as one of Europe’s cultural highlights of the year with the…
Continue ReadingBelarusian dissident who was pulled off forced-down plane says he has been pardoned
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarusian state news agency on Monday reported that a dissident journalist who was…
Continue ReadingVinícius Júnior gains more support as Spanish soccer again embroiled in racism
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Spanish soccer is again embroiled in racism, with the support for Vinícius Júnior growing rapidly…
Continue ReadingFire razes Guyana dormitory, killing at least 19 children, mainly Indigenous girls
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — An overnight fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 19 students…
Continue ReadingAn Iranian nuclear facility is so deep underground that US airstrikes likely couldn’t reach it
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a…
Continue ReadingMeta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to…
Continue ReadingVatican confirms August trip by pope to Lisbon for World Youth Day, including Fatima stop
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will be going to Portugal for World Youth Day in the first week of August. He’s including a stop at the popular…
Continue ReadingWhat it would mean for the global economy if the US defaults on its debt
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into…
Continue ReadingKoepka gets another major win at PGA, LIV gets a major champion
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka now has five major championships with his two-shot win at the PGA…
Continue ReadingComedian Uncle Roger silenced on Chinese social media after jokes about China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Malaysian comedian better known for mocking attempts by Western chefs at Asian cooking has had his Chinese social media…
Continue ReadingAustralian Indigenous TV host quits program over racist backlash
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prominent Indigenous journalist Stan Grant will step away from television hosting duties…
Continue ReadingBelgian unions demonstrate in Brussels to demand better worker protection
BRUSSELS (AP) — Almost 20,000 Belgian trade union workers mounted a major demonstration to protest what they see as increasingly bad working…
Continue ReadingIran’s president appoints new official in powerful security post, replacing longtime incumbent
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president has appointed a new official to take over the post of the…
Continue ReadingDignity denied as more than 3,000 schools in South Africa still use pit toilets
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press GA-MASHASHANE, South Africa (AP) — At a high school in rural northern South Africa, more than 300 students and…
Continue ReadingGreece’s center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It was the most tantalizing of victories. Despite inflicting the heaviest defeat in…
Continue Reading3 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank; US slams latest settlement expansion
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Palestinian officials say three Palestinians militants were killed in an Israeli army…
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