Rights groups welcome Malaysia’s move on death penalty
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Human rights groups have applauded Malaysia’s move to scrap the mandatory death penalty as a major step forward in…
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Free-market ex-UK Treasury chief Nigel Lawson dies
LONDON (AP) — Nigel Lawson, the tax-cutting U.K. Treasury chief under the late Margaret Thatcher and a lion of Conservative politics in the late…
Continue ReadingTaiwan defies China pressure before US House speaker meeting
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan defied threats of retaliation by China ahead of an expected meeting between the…
Continue ReadingJacinda Ardern to begin new role combating online extremism
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — After stepping down as New Zealand’s prime minister in January, Jacinda Ardern is…
Continue ReadingViolence at Jerusalem mosque prompts fears of wider fighting
By MAHMOUD ILLEAN and FARES AKRAM Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City,…
Continue ReadingCredit Suisse investors slam failures as chairman apologizes
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ZURICH (AP) — Credit Suisse shareholders on Tuesday upbraided the Swiss bank’s leaders for years of…
Continue ReadingGerman climber killed in fall near Swiss resort of Zermatt
GENEVA (AP) — Police say a German climber has died after falling some 500 meters (1,640 feet) in the Alps in southern Switzerland. The accident…
Continue ReadingFinland set to join NATO, dealing major blow to Russia
By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Finland is poised to join NATO on Tuesday, a historic realignment triggered by…
Continue ReadingMacron heads to China for delicate talks on Ukraine, trade
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will have to muster all his diplomatic adeptness and political…
Continue ReadingAfghan Taliban raid kills 6 members of Islamic State group
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say their forces in Afghanistan have killed six members of the extremist Islamic State group during a raid in the…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed after Wall St dips on weak economic data
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Wednesday following a decline on Wall Street after reports on the…
Continue ReadingGrassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux
By PETER SMITH Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Teenagers from Catholic and Protestant youth groups lit candles on a Belfast…
Continue ReadingGrassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux
By PETER SMITH Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Teenagers from Catholic and Protestant youth groups lit candles on a Belfast…
Continue ReadingChina seethes as US chip controls threaten tech ambitions
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips,…
Continue ReadingTrain derailment near The Hague kills 1, injures several
By PETER DEJONG and MIKE CORDER Associated Press VOORSCHOTEN, Netherlands (AP) — A passenger train slammed into a construction crane and derailed…
Continue ReadingAustralia pauses key interest rate at 3.6% after 10 hikes
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has left its benchmark interest rate on hold at 3.6% at its…
Continue ReadingDangerous severe storms again hitting Midwest, South
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People still sorting through the wreckage of their homes after…
Continue ReadingGunmen kill 2 police in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants in Pakistan shot at the country’s police force in a volatile northwestern province overnight, killing two…
Continue ReadingUS military says senior IS commander killed in Syria
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A drone strike carried out by the American-led coalition in northwestern Syria has killed a senior…
Continue ReadingJohnson elected Chicago mayor in victory for progressives
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Johnson, a union organizer and former teacher, was elected as Chicago’s next mayor…
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