Brazil man kills 4 children with hatchet at day care center
By LAÍS MARTINS and LUCAS DUMPHREYS Associated Press BLUMENAU, Brazil (AP) — A man with a hatchet burst into a day care center Wednesday in…
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DOJ tentatively settles over Texas church shooting for $144M
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department announced Wednesday a tentative $144 million settlement with families…
Continue ReadingUN nuclear chief discusses Ukraine nuclear plant in Russia
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s atomic energy watchdog met with Russian officials in Kaliningrad on Wednesday for negotiations…
Continue ReadingAt least 21 dead in Somalia’s flash floods, says U.N. agency
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian agency says that at least 21 people, including six children, have…
Continue ReadingA decade in the EU, Croatia aids Balkan hopefuls
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Croatia’s prime minister promises to redouble efforts to help other countries in the region join the European…
Continue ReadingNew Ram electric pickup can go up to 500 miles on a charge
DETROIT (AP) — An electric Ram pickup truck with up to 500 mile (800 kilometers) of range per charge and a battery-powered people-hauling Kia SUV…
Continue ReadingBlinken says WSJ reporter ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday he has “no doubt” that Russia has…
Continue ReadingOhio Republican lawmaker falsely claims to be MIT graduate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology says a freshman state lawmaker in Ohio falsely claimed to have graduated from the…
Continue ReadingGerman chancellery defends record on sending arms to Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s spokesman has defended Berlin’s record on delivering arms to Ukraine after the vice chancellor…
Continue ReadingParty switch gives GOP veto-proof control in North Carolina
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker in North Carolina announced Wednesday…
Continue ReadingVoters give women 1 win, 1 loss in UEFA soccer election
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — UEFA member federations have been given a historic chance to vote for female candidates against male opposition for the…
Continue ReadingTurkey closes airspace to flights using north Iraqi airport
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top official says Turkey has closed its airspace to flights to and from an airport in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq.…
Continue ReadingActivist who ran for Belarusian presidency pleads guilty
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An opposition politician who ran against authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the controversial 2020…
Continue ReadingFrench PM, unions meeting fails ahead of pension protests
PARIS (AP) — French trade union leaders have walked out of talks with the country’s prime minister after failing to find a compromise on the…
Continue ReadingThai police say Chinese church members to be deported soon
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Officials say more than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were…
Continue ReadingBulgaria: Borissov proposes coalition after contested vote
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has invited his political opponents to talks on forming a government.…
Continue ReadingMacron in China urges ‘shared responsibility for peace’
BEIJING (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to “engage China toward a shared responsibility for peace” in Ukraine when he…
Continue ReadingPoland scraps fencing event because of Russian participation
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A fencing World Cup event in Poland has been canceled because the sport’s governing body decided last month to let Russians…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada running for reelection
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada says she is running for reelection. Rosen’s…
Continue ReadingItalian ex-leader Berlusconi hospitalized in ICU, but alert
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday in intensive care because of a…
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