Ukraine’s Odesa city put on UNESCO heritage in danger list
By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency has added the historic center of…
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Panel seeks to allow re-exports of Swiss weaponry to Ukraine
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A parliamentary panel in Switzerland has recommended waiving a law that bars countries from…
Continue ReadingLloyd Morrisett, who helped launch ‘Sesame Street,’ dies
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series…
Continue ReadingIran sanctions Europeans over criticism of protest crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has announced sanctions targeting more than 30 European individuals and entities. It portrays…
Continue ReadingTop prosecutor orders release of Beirut port blast detainees
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s top prosecutor has ordered all suspects detained in the…
Continue ReadingYellen tours wildlife reserve to start South Africa visit
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has used a tour of a wildlife park in…
Continue ReadingTanzania’s opposition leader returns after 5 years in exile
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has arrived home after five years in exile, three…
Continue ReadingSpanish museum returns 2 paintings looted by Nazis to Poland
MADRID (AP) — A museum in northwest Spain has returned two 15th-century paintings to Polish officials after it was determined that they were looted…
Continue ReadingProsecutors to Congress: Let state prisons jam cellphones
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Top state prosecutors are urging Congress to pass legislation allowing state prisons to jam…
Continue ReadingParis Hilton becomes a first-time mom to baby boy
By The Associated Press Socialite and reality TV star Paris Hilton has welcomed her first child with her husband, venture capitalist Carter Reum.…
Continue ReadingShiffrin adds to record total with 84th win in another GS
SAN VIGILIO DI MAREBBE, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t wait long to add to her record total of World Cup wins. Shiffrin added her 84th win…
Continue ReadingNorway releases former top Wagner Group member
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian authorities have released a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group…
Continue ReadingAmazon workers hold first UK strike, adding to labor turmoil
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Amazon warehouse workers went on strike for the first time in Britain on Wednesday because of a…
Continue ReadingLeaders are meant to keep state secrets. Just not at home.
By CALVIN WOODWARD and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The discovery of classified documents at the home of former Vice President…
Continue ReadingKurdish forces seize dozens of suspected IS members in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters in northeastern Syria have launched an operation against suspected Islamic State militants in the…
Continue ReadingPope opens up on sex abuse cases, says church must do more
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has shed light on the Catholic Church’s handling of sex abuse allegations…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka says debt-restructuring talks making progress
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka’s Central Bank chief says the country is making good…
Continue ReadingGermany sees brighter outlook for Europe’s largest economy
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The economic outlook has brightened in Europe’s largest economy. The German…
Continue ReadingMurdoch pulls plug on possible merger of News Corp., Fox
NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on a proposal to merge his News Corp. and Fox Corp. In statements Tuesday, the companies said…
Continue ReadingUS reroutes $72M in aid for wages for Lebanese army, police
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States is rerouting $72 million of America’s assistance to Lebanon to help the…
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