Taiwan threatens to shoot down any Chinese balloons
BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it will shoot down any suspected Chinese military object coming close to its shores but has yet…
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Israeli Cabinet minister rejects US criticism on settlements
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s finance minister says that his ultranationalist party would push to legalize all wildcat settlement outposts in…
Continue ReadingHaley announces presidential campaign, challenging Trump
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced…
Continue ReadingDutch appeals court prohibits border police ethnic profiling
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An appeals court has prohibited the Netherlands’ military police from using racial…
Continue ReadingWho should lead? Democrats, Republicans struggle to decide
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, are preparing for a possible…
Continue ReadingUkraine seeks warplanes at NATO talks, allies fret over ammo
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine is again appealing to Western countries for fighter jets. But the United States and its NATO…
Continue ReadingPolice seek motive of gunman who killed 3 at Michigan State
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The 43-year-old gunman who killed three students and wounded…
Continue ReadingUAE’s COP28 leader: ‘Fight climate change, not each other’
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ pick to lead the upcoming COP28 climate talks in…
Continue ReadingDOJ giving states $231M for gun violence prevention programs
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is sending out more than $200 million to help states and the…
Continue ReadingQatar donates World Cup mobile homes to earthquake survivors
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar plans to send 10,000 cabins and caravans from last year’s World Cup to provide shelter for survivors of…
Continue ReadingOpen hearts, helping hands: Jill Biden’s valentine to US
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The handprints of military children pressed onto paper hearts are decorating a corner…
Continue ReadingFord to cut 3,800 jobs in Europe, mostly in Germany, UK
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Ford said Tuesday that it will cut 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years in an effort to…
Continue ReadingHackers target Bahrain airport, news sites to mark uprising
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hackers say they have taken down the websites of Bahrain’s international airport, state news agency and…
Continue ReadingIndia tax officials search BBC offices weeks after Modi doc
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials from India’s Income Tax department began conducting searches Tuesday at the BBC’s…
Continue ReadingLove blossoms in Serbia between Ukrainian, Russian ‘enemies’
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — She is from Ukraine and he is from Russia. Their love blossomed online, but with their…
Continue ReadingAmid quake’s devastation, parallel rescue bid targets pets
By BERNAT ARMANGUÉ Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Six days after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, two survivors…
Continue ReadingRising toll makes quake deadliest in Turkey’s modern history
By SARAH EL DEEB, ZEYNEP BILGINSOY, BERNAT ARMANGUÉ AND ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
Continue ReadingFor Syrian women, quake adds disaster on top of war’s pain
By SARAH EL DEEB and FAY ABOUELGASIM Associated Press ATAREB, Syria (AP) — Draped in a heavy wool shawl against the cold, Ayesha dragged her feet,…
Continue ReadingReports: T-Mobile users experience service outages across US
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Customers of wireless provider T-Mobile US Inc. reported widespread service outages in the U.S. late Monday, according to…
Continue ReadingSome Ukrainian soldiers freeze sperm amid war with Russia
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire,…
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