US endorses EU plan to ease Serbia-Kosovo tensions
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A senior U.S. official says Washington has high expectations for a European…
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Northern Ireland’s history makes post-Brexit deal complex
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press Britain and the European Union have reached a new agreement on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern…
Continue ReadingMcClinton voted Pa. speaker; first Black woman to win post
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia state Rep. Joanna McClinton is the first woman to serve as speaker of the…
Continue ReadingReviving Bob Fosse’s ‘Dancin’ calls on body memory for fuel
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Choreographer Wayne Cilento faced an uphill task planning a revival of Bob Fosse’s revue…
Continue ReadingPolice find 850 kilos of cocaine washed up on French beach
PARIS (AP) — French maritime police have found nearly a ton of cocaine on a beach on the English Channel this week. The regional maritime…
Continue ReadingWhat time is it on moon? Europe pushing for lunar time zone
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants…
Continue ReadingSomalia drought ‘extremely critical’ but no famine projected
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Food security experts say life remains “extremely critical” for more than 6 million hungry…
Continue ReadingTensions rise in Nigeria as opposition demands new vote
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition demanded a revote Tuesday for the country’s presidential…
Continue ReadingTom Sizemore’s family ‘deciding end of life matters’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a week after Tom Sizemore suffered a brain aneurysm, a representative says the actor’s family is “now deciding…
Continue ReadingDenmark defies critics, nixes holiday to boost army spending
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish lawmakers have voted to abolish a springtime public holiday in order to use the…
Continue ReadingMoroccan jailed for beheading European hikers kills himself
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Authorities say a Moroccan from an Islamic State-affiliated ring who was sentenced to death for the beheadings of two…
Continue ReadingItaly: Migrants paid 8,000 euros each for ‘voyage of death’
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated Press CROTONE, Italy (AP) — Rescue teams have pulled more bodies from the sea, bringing the death…
Continue ReadingHate your signature? Try plastic surgery for autographs
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors, lawyers, celebrities: There’s a new cosmetic surgery, of sorts, that has…
Continue ReadingUK police search for infant after missing couple arrested
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police were urgently searching for a two-month-old baby Tuesday after officers arrested the…
Continue ReadingPopular China-linked store stirs debate amid Kenya inflation
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of Kenyan traders have protested in the capital over a popular new Chinese-affiliated shop selling goods they say…
Continue ReadingConsumer confidence slips again in February
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer confidence dipped for the second straight month as stubborn inflation and anxiety over a…
Continue ReadingHow officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The patients’ eyes were painfully inflamed. They could sense light but could see almost…
Continue ReadingStabbing of 11-year-old boy spurs protest in New Jersey
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) — An after-school fight between two 11-year-old boys that ended when one allegedly stabbed the other has spurred protests by…
Continue ReadingMexican president says Tesla to build plant in Mexico
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president announced Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to…
Continue ReadingDrones fly deep inside Russia; Putin orders border tightened
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drones that the Kremlin said were launched by Ukraine flew deep inside Russian territory,…
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