High-level Kyiv visit aims to deepen EU-Ukraine ties
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Senior members of the European Union’s executive branch are in Ukraine looking to boost…
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Ghana water polo grows as sport looks for more diversity
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer Back at the very beginning, right when the idea of water polo in Ghana started swimming into reality, Prince Asante got…
Continue ReadingNorway PM says oil profile to fund more aid to Ukraine
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway says the oil-rich Scandinavian country will become one of the world’s top…
Continue ReadingSpain and Morocco renew ties with migration, business deals
By MOSA’AB ELSHAMY and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The governments of Spain and Morocco have signed deals on…
Continue ReadingSeparate shootings in South Africa towns leave 10 dead
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Police in South Africa say 10 people have been killed in separate shootings in Eastern Cape province. The Wednesday…
Continue ReadingTurkey slams West for security warnings ‘harming’ tourism
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has slammed a group of Western countries which temporarily closed down their consulates in Istanbul over security…
Continue ReadingFlorida city highlights conflicts over local gerrymandering
BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Not far from the postcard images of Jacksonville — the white sand beaches, the…
Continue ReadingPope urges Congo youth to reject corruption and they respond
By NICOLE WINFIELD, CHRISTINA MALKIA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis led Congo’s young people in a…
Continue ReadingEuropean Central Bank hikes rates, vows ‘we are not done’
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has hiked interest rates by another half-point and vows a…
Continue ReadingRussia hits civilian targets anew, EU officials visit Kyiv
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit residential areas in an eastern Ukrainian city Thursday for the second…
Continue ReadingMilitant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say a suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a decades-old mosque…
Continue ReadingAsian shares trade mixed ahead of US jobs report
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Friday ahead of a closely watched U.S. jobs report that may affect…
Continue ReadingIsrael, Gaza militants exchange fire amid soaring tensions
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck targets in the Gaza Strip hours after Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel.…
Continue ReadingIsraeli AG: Netanyahu cannot be involved in legal overhaul
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s attorney general says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must not be involved…
Continue ReadingVienna court convicts 2020 gunman’s alleged helpers
VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has convicted four men of terrorist offenses and participation in murder over their alleged links to a sympathizer…
Continue ReadingAustria expels 4 Russian diplomats based in Vienna
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s government says it has ordered four Russian diplomats based in Vienna to…
Continue ReadingIndia’s Adani scraps $2.5B share sale after fraud claims
By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s flagship company says it is…
Continue ReadingIran blames Israel for drone attack, threatens retaliation
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has formally blamed Israel for a drone attack that targeted a military…
Continue ReadingHong Kong woos tourists with air tickets and vouchers
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press Hong Kong (AP) — Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back. The international…
Continue ReadingBank of England hikes rates by half-point to tame inflation
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has raised interest rates by half a percentage point as it sought to tame…
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