Police: 4 migrants among 6 killed in highway crash in Greece
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police say four migrants and a suspected trafficker have died and six others are…
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Rutgers, unions announce agreement, classes to resume
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers University and union representatives have announced an agreement on a framework for new contracts with several…
Continue ReadingRed Cross: Yemen’s warring sides resume releasing prisoners
By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says hundreds of detainees linked…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about 1st test flight of SpaceX’s big Starship
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth…
Continue ReadingNATO member Finland breaks ground on Russia border fence
By KOSTYA MANENKOV and SERGEI GRITS Associated Press IMATRA, Finland (AP) — The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s long border…
Continue ReadingItaly’s Meloni acknowledges ‘anomalies’ in Russian escape
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni acknowledged “anomalies” in the handling of a Russian businessman who escaped from house arrest in…
Continue ReadingUS dollar scarcity threatens Bolivia’s ‘economic miracle’
By CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Sofia Andrade, a lawyer, chose over the past month to withdraw all her dollar savings from…
Continue ReadingUkraine awaits US missile system after latest Russian strike
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine’s city of Sloviansk rose to 11 Saturday as rescue crews…
Continue ReadingSpeaker McCarthy: 100 days in power and a tough road ahead
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — When Rep. Kevin McCarthy emerged from a messy 15-ballot election and ascended to…
Continue ReadingNo consensus on Syrian Arab League return after Saudi summit
BEIRUT (AP) — After meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss Syria’s political fate, a group of regional leaders promised to continue talks to reach a…
Continue ReadingJapan auteur Kitano’s latest samurai film headed to Cannes
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Takeshi Kitano’s new film, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month, is a samurai story…
Continue ReadingMore than 100 arrested as activists delay Grand National
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The Grand National, one of the world’s most famous horse races, was delayed Saturday after animal rights…
Continue ReadingMediators propose deal in German public sector pay dispute
BERLIN (AP) — A panel mediating between German public sector employers and labor unions has put forward a compromise proposal to avert further…
Continue ReadingStarving followers found at Kenyan pastor’s property; 4 die
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in coastal Kenya found 15 emaciated parishioners on the property of a church pastor, and four of the people died after…
Continue ReadingChristian faithful celebrate ‘Holy Fire’ under restrictions
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Christian worshippers thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Saturday to…
Continue ReadingGuitarist Mark Sheehan of Irish band The Script dies at 46
LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s president has led tributes to Mark Sheehan, guitarist with Irish rock band The Script, after his death at the age of 46.…
Continue ReadingBus with musicians crashes in western India, killing 13
NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger bus carrying dozens of members of a music troupe slid off a highway and fell into a gorge in western India on…
Continue ReadingMacron’s unpopular pension plan enacted into French law
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 has been enacted into law.…
Continue ReadingOver and out: Germany switches off its last nuclear plants
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — “Nuclear power, no thanks!” What was once a slogan found on the bumper of many a German car…
Continue ReadingChina protests US sanctioning of firms dealing with Russia
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is protesting U.S. sanctions against additional Chinese companies over their alleged attempts to evade U.S. export controls…
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