Nobel laureate Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in Belarus
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court on Friday sentenced Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the winners…
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Shiffrin misses out in super-G, still chasing 86th victory
KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished in fourth place in a World Cup super-G and missed out on a record-tying 86th…
Continue ReadingFaulty part from Ukraine likely cause rocket launch failure
BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency said Friday that an investigation into the failure of a rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites…
Continue ReadingA year into Ukraine war, bodies dug up in once occupied town
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press BORODYANKA, Ukraine (AP) — The freshly exhumed remains of three men lie in black body bags on the edge of the…
Continue ReadingMassive farmers protest disrupts Brussels traffic
BRUSSELS (AP) — Hundreds of tractors driven by angry farmers protesting a plan to cut nitrate have converged on Brussels. Police said more than…
Continue ReadingStocks rally, on pace for their first winning week in last 4
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rallying Friday and on pace to close out their first weekly gain in the last four. The…
Continue ReadingPentagon Papers leaker Ellsberg says he has terminal cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became…
Continue ReadingSingapore PM’s brother says govt persecuting his family
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The brother of Singapore’s prime minister is accusing government authorities of persecuting his…
Continue ReadingNew crew from US, Russia and UAE arrives at space station
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday for a six-month…
Continue ReadingWith West Bank in turmoil, new Palestinian militants emerge
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JABA, West Bank (AP) — The stuttering blasts of M-16s shattered the quiet in a West Bank village, surrounded by…
Continue ReadingTaylor Jenkins Reid writes her own Hollywood success story
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press One of the buzziest new shows coming to television, “Daisy Jones & the Six” has a built-in fan base…
Continue ReadingQuad FMs, wary of China’s might, push Indo-Pacific options
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the United States say their…
Continue ReadingPittsburgh Lenten fish-fry map unites innovation, tradition
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer WEXFORD, Pa. (AP) — By the time the doors open at 4:30 p.m., a boisterous line of 50 hungry people is looping…
Continue ReadingGOP-sought primary voter restrictions become law in Wyoming
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Switching political parties to choose the primary in which to vote is about to become more…
Continue ReadingHow Biden leaves wiggle room to opt against reelection bid
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden exudes confidence as the next race for the White House approaches. During…
Continue ReadingNigeria opposition renews calls to overturn election result
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition has renewed calls for the election result to be overturned a day…
Continue ReadingOfficials: China real estate recovering from debt crackdown
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese central bank official says the country’s vast real estate industry is recovering…
Continue ReadingBiden and Scholz: US, Germany in ‘lockstep’ on Ukraine war
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have met…
Continue ReadingUN rights group says Nicaragua executed 40 people
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.N. human rights groups said the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega…
Continue ReadingPublisher behind Xi biography released from China prison
BEIJING A Hong Kong-based publisher who was arrested while preparing to release an unauthorized biography of Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been freed…
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