Sturgeon’s exit leaves Scottish independence path unclear
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s independence movement needs a new leader — and a new plan. With the resignation of…
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Anti-poverty campaigners rage as energy giants rake in cash
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Anti-poverty campaigners are fuming after the parent of Britain’s biggest home energy supplier…
Continue ReadingKosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo is celebrating 15 years of independence with a month of…
Continue Reading5 held for alleged violent bid to overthrow Serbian leader
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s police say they have arrested five people on suspicion of calling for the violent overthrow of the Balkan…
Continue ReadingJobless applications fall again despite Fed push on rates
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, more evidence that the Federal Reserve’s efforts to loosen the…
Continue ReadingWholesale price pressures emerge despite long-term slowdown
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States reaccelerated in January, indicating that inflation…
Continue ReadingAlbanian opposition disrupts parliament, supporters rally
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition supporters have protested anew outside the country’s Parliament as…
Continue ReadingAt 103, Sister Jean publishes memoir of faith and basketball
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — At age 103, Sister Jean awakes daily at 5 a.m. She sits up quickly to avoid going to sleep…
Continue ReadingGerman ballet director fired over feces attack on critic
BERLIN (AP) — The Hannover State Opera says it’s ending its contract with ballet director Marco Goecke after he smeared dog feces on the face…
Continue ReadingRed Cross chief warns of health crisis in quake-hit Syria
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Red Cross’ global chief says Syria could face dangerous outbreaks of disease in the…
Continue ReadingRevelers celebrate street Carnival across German Rhineland
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of revelers danced in the streets of Cologne, Duesseldorf, Bonn and other…
Continue ReadingMan with torture wounds on his chest stirs anger in Uganda
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rights activists and others are urging Ugandan authorities to restrain security agents…
Continue ReadingPotential buyers of Manchester United crunching the numbers
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — After missing out on Chelsea last year, British businessman Martin Broughton knows how…
Continue ReadingSix killed in Egypt road crash, including 5 Palestinians
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say six people were killed when a pickup truck and a minibus collided near Egypt’s eastern city of Ismailia.…
Continue ReadingQuake survivors wait amid rubble, to search or say goodbye
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Hamid Yakisikli has waited outside the pile of concrete that used to be his house since an…
Continue ReadingBoat carrying 71 Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia
By RISKA MUNAWARAH and YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press ACEH BESAR, Indonesia (AP) — A boat carrying 71 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims fleeing from…
Continue ReadingWebsites of several German airports not reachable
BERLIN (AP) — The internet sites of several German airports were disrupted on Thursday after what may have been a hacker attack, German news agency…
Continue ReadingAfrica CDC expects Mpox vaccines to arrive within 2 weeks
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s public health body says it hopes Mpox vaccines will finally arrive on the continent…
Continue ReadingOlympics in 2018 showed glimpses of future NHL stars
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Connor McDavid could not team up with Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon for Canada. Auston Matthews and Jack…
Continue ReadingChina, Iran call on Afghanistan to end restrictions on women
BEIJING (AP) — China and Iran have called on mutual neighbor Afghanistan to end restrictions on women’s work and education. The call came in…
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