‘Don’t be numb to this’: Battling despair over gun deaths
By TIM SULLIVAN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Increasingly it feels like America is at war with itself. In New…
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Israeli-Palestinian cauldron tests US as Blinken visits
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer JERUSALEM (AP) — An alarming spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence and sharp responses by both sides are…
Continue ReadingPeru’s protest ‘deactivators’ run toward tear gas to stop it
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — When police fire tear gas at protesters demanding the resignation of Peruvian President Dina…
Continue ReadingFriends mourn volunteer killed helping civilians in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Friends and volunteers gathered Sunday at Kyiv’s St Sophia’s Cathedral to say goodbye to Andrew Bagshaw, a New Zealand…
Continue ReadingProtesters: ‘Cop City’ activist’s killing doesn’t make sense
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Tortuguita’s cautious voice rang out from a platform amid the tall pines the first time Vienna met…
Continue ReadingConcerns over prayer breakfast lead Congress to take it over
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Prayer Breakfast, one of the most visible and long-standing events that brings…
Continue ReadingClassified docs probe pushes Biden think tank into spotlight
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Joe Biden contemplated his next move in 2017 after decades in government, he considered a…
Continue ReadingQatar replaces Russian company in Lebanon gas exploration
BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon, two international oil giants and state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy agreed Sunday…
Continue ReadingFrance must raise pension age to 64, prime minister says
PARIS (AP) — France’s prime minister says that the government’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is “no longer…
Continue ReadingMaldives President Solih to run again after winning primary
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won a party primary and will run for a second term in September elections. Solih…
Continue ReadingAustralia mining company sorry for losing radioactive device
PERTH, Australia (AP) — A mining corporation has apologized for losing a highly radioactive capsule over a 870-mile stretch of Western Australia.…
Continue ReadingChina announces resumption of visas for Japanese
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — China says it’s resuming issuing visas for Japanese travelers beginning Sunday, ending its…
Continue ReadingUK leader fires party chairman over tax bill allegations
By MIKE FULLER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative…
Continue ReadingTunisian voters shun elections seen as test for democracy
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Voters in Tunisia massively shunned parliamentary elections seen as an important test…
Continue ReadingErdogan might approve Finland’s NATO bid, ‘shock’ Sweden
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has suggested his country might approve Finland’s application…
Continue ReadingRussians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship remain
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KALYNIVSKE, Ukraine (AP) — When night falls in Tatiana Trofimenko’s village in southern Ukraine, she pours…
Continue ReadingIsrael prepares to demolish home of Palestinian gunman
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday sealed the home of an east Jerusalem man who killed seven people outside a synagogue, in a preliminary step ahead…
Continue ReadingBus falls off bridge, catches fire in Pakistan, killing 40
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A passenger bus has fallen off a bridge and caught fire, killing 40 people in the crash in southern Pakistan. A government…
Continue ReadingGallego holds first events of Arizona Senate campaign
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Ruben Gallego has held the first public events of his U.S. Senate campaign, taking…
Continue ReadingArizona Republicans pick former Trump official to lead party
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republicans have selected former state treasurer and Donald Trump aide Jeff DeWit to…
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