Egypt’s president praises UAE, seeking to heal Gulf aid rift
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has offered a monologue of praise for…
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Kimberly Palmer: Family budgeting tips that actually work
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Following a family budget is challenging, especially when unexpected costs pop up, including those related to the…
Continue ReadingMoldovan leader outlines Russian ‘plan’ to topple government
By STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s president outlined Monday what she described as a plot…
Continue ReadingRussia pushes advance on Bakhmut, bolsters defenses in south
By SAMYA KULLAB and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fierce battles raged outside Bakhmut as Russian forces pushed their…
Continue ReadingRights group questions Lockerbie suspect’s extradition
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading rights group has urged the U.S. and Libya to clarify the legality of a surprise extradition…
Continue ReadingUS defends decision to shoot down 3 unidentified objects
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defending the shootdowns of three unidentified objects in as many days even as…
Continue ReadingSkiers seek climate change moves: ‘The seasons have shifted’
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt…
Continue ReadingPakistan set for tax hikes in return for massive IMF bailout
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials and analysts say cash-strapped Pakistan will impose billions in new taxes to help secure…
Continue ReadingEx-CEO of Germany’s Wirecard denies charges at fraud trial
BERLIN (AP) — The former CEO of payments company Wirecard has denied having known anything about false accounting at the firm as he testifies at…
Continue ReadingUK to review security after unknown objects puzzle N America
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has announced a security review after several unidentified objects were shot down in the…
Continue ReadingWorkers get support for Atlantic City casino smoking ban
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Some Atlantic City casino dealers pushing for a smoking ban have received support from several…
Continue ReadingPortugal church sex abuse study: victims may number 4,800
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church says…
Continue ReadingAustralian inquiry asks whether mom smothered her 4 children
SYDNEY (AP) — A retired Australian judge investigating the convictions of a mother in the deaths of her four children has been told there is a…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu launches contentious overhaul as thousands protest
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis protested outside the parliament building in Jerusalem in a show…
Continue ReadingEU foresees economy improving, but inflation still painful
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economic prospects are looking up, at least a little. The European…
Continue ReadingWife of former US pilot complains of Australian treatment
SYDNEY (AP) — The wife of a former U.S. military pilot accused by the United States of illegally training Chinese aviators says her husband is…
Continue ReadingPalestinian medics: Israeli army kills man in West Bank raid
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian medics say a Palestinian man has been killed and seven others have been injured in a shootout with Israeli troops in…
Continue ReadingAustralia adds $300 million in funding for Indigenous pledge
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fifteen years after the Australian Parliament’s historic apology to its Indigenous…
Continue ReadingPakistan nabs 50 men in weekend killing of blasphemy suspect
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s police have arrested at least 50 suspects in a mob lynching of a…
Continue ReadingCambodia independent radio station VoD closes on PM’s orders
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — One of Cambodia’s last free media outlets has ceased operations after Prime…
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