Investor buys Caribbean isles once owned by Jeffrey Epstein
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. investor has bought two Caribbean islands that were once owned by the late Jeffrey Epstein and where…
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Sheriff: Last of 4 escaped Mississippi prisoners found
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff says the last of four prisoners who escaped from a prison last month has been found at a home…
Continue ReadingItalian conductor Muti to visit Syrian refugee camp
MILAN (AP) — Italian conductor Riccardo Muti plans to visit Syrian musicians living in the vast Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on the sidelines of…
Continue ReadingShelling in Sudanese capital disrupts aid delivery efforts
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Residents say heavy shelling in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum is disrupting efforts to deliver…
Continue ReadingAtlanta shooting suspect has been charged with murder
ATLANTA (AP) — Jail records show the suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with…
Continue ReadingIn Ukraine’s forests, fighters race to prepare for next push
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL UKRAINE (AP) — The Associated Press joined up recently with a fighting unit of Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingThe banking crisis isn’t over. But how bad will it get?
By KEN SWEET and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty continues to pummel the banking industry, despite assurances from…
Continue ReadingEuropean Central Bank slows pace of rate hikes but vows more
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has slowed the pace of its interest rate increases, stepping…
Continue ReadingWorker killed in Massachusetts pharmaceutical plant blast
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — A worker was killed Thursday when a powerful explosion tore through a pharmaceutical chemical plant in Massachusetts. The…
Continue ReadingDenmark to boost military spending to upgrade facilities
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s centrist government wants to spend 38 billion kroner ($5.6 billion) over the next decade to modernize…
Continue ReadingUK holds local elections amid storm over new voter ID rules
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in England are voting Thursday in local elections, the first test of electoral…
Continue ReadingAt CPAC, Hungary’s Orban decries LGBTQ+ rights, migration
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist prime minister has likened liberalism to a “virus” in an opening…
Continue Reading2 people killed in train accident in western Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Two people were killed and several experienced a psychologically damaging shock in a train accident near the western German city of…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: Signs of mental illness in Berlin school attack
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say a man who seriously wounded two young girls in an attack at a school in Berlin may have been suffering from a…
Continue ReadingBiden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks
By MATT O’BRIEN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris met on Thursday with the heads of Google,…
Continue ReadingMaryland Rep. David Trone announces US Senate run
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Rep. David Trone says he will run for the U.S. Senate seat that will be open with…
Continue ReadingIndia to talk with China, Russia before Central Asia meeting
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press PANAJI, India (AP) — India’s foreign minister is expected to hold bilateral talks with counterparts from China…
Continue ReadingWHO fires scientist who led COVID search over sex misconduct
By JAMEY KEATEN GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has fired the scientist who led a high-profile delegation from the U.N. health…
Continue ReadingDaughter of ousted Thai prime minister could win his old job
By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Opinion polls show Paetongtarn Shinawatra to be the heavy favorite to take the prime…
Continue ReadingUS joins UN in suspending food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development has suspended all food assistance to the northern Ethiopian…
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