‘Catastrophe’: Cardinal Pell’s secret memo blasts Francis
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will deliver a final send-off for Cardinal George Pell during a funeral Mass…
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US spies lag rivals in seizing on data hiding in plain sight
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As alarms began to go off globally about a novel coronavirus spreading in China, officials in…
Continue Reading14 Malian soldiers killed by explosives in multiple attacks
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian army says 14 soldiers have been killed and nearly a dozen wounded in coordinated…
Continue ReadingTaiwan chipmaker TSMC says quarterly profit up 78%
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips for smartphones and other…
Continue ReadingPresident of Israel’s Supreme Court attacks judicial changes
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court has sharply attacked the sweeping changes…
Continue ReadingMemphis Tigers to retire Lorenzen Wright’s No. 55 next month
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Memphis plans to retire the jersey of former basketball player Lorenzen Wright during a game next month,…
Continue ReadingPakistan premier says UAE extends $2B loan, offers $1B more
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister says that the United Arab Emirates agreed to extend…
Continue ReadingCzech ex-PM Babis favorite in presidential vote’s 1st round
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Populist billionaire Andrej Babis is leading a field of eight candidates hoping to succeed Milos…
Continue ReadingChina’s 2022 auto sales rise 9.5% but growth weakening
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — An industry group says China’s auto sales rose 9.5% in 2022 as electric vehicle purchases…
Continue ReadingPolice press ahead with clearance of condemned German hamlet
LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Police are pressing ahead with the clearance of a condemned village in western Germany where activists are vowing to…
Continue ReadingStricter Medicaid abortion process up for debate in Montana
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Officials in Republican-controlled Montana on Thursday heard comments against a health…
Continue ReadingCiting Taliban, Australia nixes Afghanistan cricket series
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has pulled out of an upcoming men’s one-day international cricket series against Afghanistan. Cricket…
Continue ReadingIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack that killed 5
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that killed at least five people near the Foreign…
Continue ReadingIn Ukraine, power plant workers fight to save their ‘child’
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press A POWER PLANT, Ukraine (AP) — Around some of their precious transformers — the ones that still work, buzzing…
Continue ReadingShooting fallout: Metal detectors in elementary schools?
By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The shooting of a first-grade teacher by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the…
Continue ReadingIndia takes up economic woes of poor nations in virtual meet
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has convened a virtual summit of developing countries to evolve a strategy for a redress of…
Continue ReadingUAE names oil company chief to lead UN climate talks COP28
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea plans fund to compensate forced labor victims
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials are considering creating a domestic fund to compensate Koreans…
Continue ReadingIsraeli army kills 3 Palestinians during West Bank raids
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says the Israeli military shot and killed three Palestinians…
Continue ReadingAsian markets mostly higher, tracking Wall Street gains
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Friday in Asia after news that U.S. consumer inflation slowed last month…
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