Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh leaves refugees homeless
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A massive fire at a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh has left thousands of the…
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Netanyahu: Remarks to erase Palestinian town ‘inappropriate’
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the remarks by a key Cabinet ally calling…
Continue Reading4 children die in fire in southwestern Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say a fire in a southwestern town has killed four children and injured their parents. The fire broke out…
Continue Reading5 people hurt in shooting near site of LA gun buyback event
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles say at least five people were wounded in a shooting at a beach Saturday night, a few miles away from the…
Continue ReadingRecycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press LUZIRA, Uganda (AP) — Flowering plants rise as if by magic from Lake Victoria onto a wooden boat, giving it a…
Continue ReadingCrisis over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings escalates
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated…
Continue ReadingNations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas
By CHRISTINA LARSON and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified…
Continue ReadingDeadly shipwreck: How it happened, and unanswered questions
By RENATA BRITO and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press STECCATO DI CUTRO, Italy (AP) — “Italy here we come!” cheered the young men, in Urdu and…
Continue ReadingParty of Estonian PM, strong Ukraine backer, gains big win
By JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Voters in Estonia elected a new parliament Sunday with initial results suggesting the…
Continue ReadingJon Jones returns to win UFC heavyweight title in 1st round
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jon Jones ended a three-year sabbatical from the UFC, moved up to its highest weight class and…
Continue ReadingChinese company rejects rights accusation after US sanctions
BEIJING (AP) — BGI Group, one of the world’s biggest genetics analysis companies, has said it never would be involved in human rights abuses…
Continue ReadingJudy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75
By BRIAN P. D. HANNON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the…
Continue ReadingIn Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault
By AAMER MADHANI and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody…
Continue ReadingSuspect killed, 3 arrested in killing of Philippine governor
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Police have killed one suspect and arrested three others in the brazen shootings that…
Continue Reading20 cars of Norfolk Southern cargo train derail in Ohio
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield Saturday evening, the second derailment of the…
Continue ReadingChina expands defense budget 7.2%, marking slight increase
China has expanded its defense budget by 7.2%, up slightly from last year’s 7.1% rate of increase. That marks the eighth consecutive year of…
Continue ReadingTrump adviser Kellyanne Conway and husband are divorcing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway, a senior presidential adviser in the Trump White House, and her husband, attorney George Conway, a prominent…
Continue ReadingChina sets this year’s economic growth target at ‘around 5%’
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s government announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy as its…
Continue ReadingBefore Oscars, ‘Everything Everywhere’ sweeps Spirit Awards
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Everything Everywhere All At Once” continued its awards sweep at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on its path…
Continue ReadingBankman-Fried might use flip phone under stricter bail plan
The Associated Press Prosecutors and attorneys for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried are requesting the disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur be allowed…
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