Indian Ocean species caught between local, EU interests
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Indian Ocean countries who want better safeguards for marine life by updating fishing…
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Blood-flavored ice helps zoo animals beat Rio’s heat
By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s brutal summer heat has reached 50 degrees Celsius…
Continue ReadingSpecial Kosovo court upholds most convictions of 2 veterans
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at a European Union-backed court have upheld most of the convictions of two leaders of a Kosovo war…
Continue ReadingIn Greece, artists’ strike closes theaters, music schools
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Performing artists and art students ‒ some banging drums, playing trumpets and dressed in clown outfits ‒ gathered…
Continue Reading9 held in Netherlands, Belgium over German ATM explosions
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say that nine men suspected of involvement in blowing up dozens of cash machines in Germany and stealing some 5.2…
Continue ReadingPumping Mississippi River water west: solution or dream?
By BRITTNEY J. MILLER, Cedar Rapids Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up…
Continue ReadingIranian film director goes on hunger strike in prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian director who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread…
Continue ReadingSerbia could become ‘pariah’ over Kosovo, president warns
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist president has warned during a chaotic parliamentary session that the…
Continue ReadingPsychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that frigid night…
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By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea whose roots go back hundreds of years to ceremonial use by…
Continue ReadingPsychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that night in…
Continue ReadingShell profit doubles to record as war drives up energy costs
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Global energy giant Shell says annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and gas…
Continue ReadingFrustrated Texans endure winter storm with no power, heat
By PAUL J. WEBER and KEN MILLER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of frustrated Texans shivered in homes without power for a second…
Continue ReadingSyria slams chemical watchdog report on 2018 attack
By SAMAR KASSABALLI and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has dismissed the global chemical weapons watchdog’s…
Continue ReadingShare debacle a rare setback for Indian tycoon Adani
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Gautam Adani was Asia’s richest man when the U.S. short-selling firm…
Continue ReadingAfrican countries lack ‘immediate access’ to cholera vaccine
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s public health agency says countries with deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent…
Continue ReadingWhat’s new for Medicare in 2023?
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet A new year means changes to Medicare, including updated premiums and deductibles and sometimes big policy moves. In…
Continue ReadingIsraeli police: American arrested for vandalizing church
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas sorry its agents broke into customers’ homes
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. energy regulator is investigating revelations that debt collectors working for British Gas…
Continue ReadingTargeting Iran, US tightens Iraq’s dollar flow, causing pain
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — For months, the United States has restricted Iraq’s access to its own…
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