UK’s Sunak tries to win over skeptics to his Brexit deal
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is in Belfast to sell his landmark agreement with the European Union…
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Protestant Council of Rwanda bars abortions in its clinics
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The Protestant Council of Rwanda has directed all health facilities run by its members to…
Continue ReadingTaliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan
RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent…
Continue ReadingAsian shares trade mixed with earnings, regional tensions
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as investors watched for upcoming earnings reports and other…
Continue ReadingSun, wind aplenty, Spain vies to lead EU in green hydrogen
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is building on its reputation in renewable energy to position itself as Europe’s…
Continue ReadingIsraeli PM’s ultranationalist ally quits as deputy minister
JERUSALEM (AP) — An ultranationalist ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tendered his resignation as a deputy minister in the new…
Continue ReadingChina purging ‘Western erroneous views’ from legal education
BEIJING (AP) — China is ordering closer adherence to the dictates of the Communist Party and leader Xi Jinping in legal education before its…
Continue ReadingElephants in US zoos? Without breeding, future is uncertain
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole…
Continue ReadingFinal state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s coronavirus emergency declaration is ending. Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered…
Continue ReadingOfficial to represent self in Vegas reporter-slaying trial
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area elected official will represent himself at trial on a murder charge in the…
Continue ReadingPolice look for evidence in slain Hong Kong model’s case
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police began searching a landfill Tuesday for evidence related to the grisly killing of…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter: Family affair to the White House and beyond
By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — When Jimmy Carter stepped onto the national stage, he brought along those closest to him,…
Continue ReadingPhilippine leader urges military to focus on South China Sea
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president says the main mission of his country’s military has changed to…
Continue ReadingWhile California wearies of snowstorms, Northeast greets one
By JAE C. HONG, AMY TAXIN and MARK PRATT Associated Press RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Jennifer Cobb and her husband planned on staying four days…
Continue ReadingHow Chicago elects a mayor, and why a winner may take weeks
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago is holding a mayoral election, but it will likely take a runoff before a winner is…
Continue ReadingNew China committee debuts, warns of ‘existential struggle’
By KEVIN FREKING and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A special House committee dedicated to countering China began its work…
Continue ReadingLatino Republicans push back on party’s immigration agenda
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — More than half of the residents in the slice of Miami that includes Little Havana were born…
Continue ReadingChina to host Belarusian leader amid Ukraine tensions
BEIJING (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, is due in Beijing to begin a three-day…
Continue ReadingChicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court seems ready to reject student loan forgiveness
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative justices holding the Supreme Court’s majority seem ready…
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