Ukraine to get French combat vehicles in key move by West
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French Defense Ministry says it will hold talks “very quickly” with its Ukrainian…
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‘Bomb cyclone’ brings damaging winds, drenches California
By MARTHA MENDOZA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press CAPITOLA, Calif. (AP) — Hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful…
Continue ReadingPutin orders 36-hour holiday weekend cease-fire in Ukraine
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his armed forces to observe a…
Continue ReadingIndia approves $2.3 billion to develop green hydrogen
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Marking its biggest effort yet to make India a global hub for production, use and export of…
Continue ReadingUK saw hottest-ever year in 2022 as Europe’s climate warms
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain had its warmest year on record in 2022, the latest evidence that climate change is…
Continue ReadingFlood-hit Pakistan to seek $16B at next week’s conference
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan is expected to seek $16.3 billion in aid from the international community…
Continue ReadingDeath toll in Somalia twin bombings rises to at least 20
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A doctor says the death toll in a pair of suicide car bombings in Somalia early Wednesday…
Continue ReadingIn memoir, Prince Harry says William attacked him during row
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry says his brother William physically attacked him during a ferocious argument — one of…
Continue ReadingPhilippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine national police chief says he has tendered his resignation to encourage…
Continue ReadingAfghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Afghan Taliban have killed eight Islamic State group fighters and arrested nine others in…
Continue ReadingBetween battles, Ukraine’s soldiers have a place to recover
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sitting on comfy armchairs in a low-lit room smelling of lavender and pine trees,…
Continue ReadingFamily says missing rapper Theophilus London found safe
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Theophilus London has been found safe after disappearing for months, a relative announced Wednesday night. “We have…
Continue ReadingHong Kong to start reopening border with China on Sunday
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will start to reopen its border with mainland China on Sunday and allow tens of…
Continue ReadingMcCarthy fails for 3rd day in bitter GOP House speaker fight
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the…
Continue ReadingKatie Hobbs to give inaugural address as Arizona governor
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs will outline her vision for the next four years during her inaugural…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico legislators seek automatic increases to base wage
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic legislators want to link the statewide minimum wage to an inflation index to provide potentially automatic annual…
Continue Reading8 dead in Utah murder-suicide after wife sought divorce
By SAM METZ Associated Press ENOCH, Utah (AP) — A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife and then killed himself…
Continue ReadingPalestinians say teen killed by army in West Bank clashes
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says that a 16-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire during an arrest raid in the…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly rise in muted trading on bargain-hunting
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday after Wall Street benchmarks fell on worries that the U.S.…
Continue ReadingPolice: Idaho slaying suspect’s DNA found at crime scene
By REBECCA BOONE, MANUEL VALDES and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police pieced together DNA evidence, cellphone data…
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