Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels retreat from occupied territory
By JUSTIN KATUMWA and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press KIBUMBA, Congo (AP) — Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels retreated Friday from some of the…
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Thom Bell, an architect of 1970s Philadelphia soul, dies
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who helped perfect the “Sound of…
Continue ReadingGermany formally suspends guarantees for business with Iran
BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it is formally suspending export credit and investment guarantees for business in Iran in the wake of…
Continue ReadingNew law ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US troops
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces around the world will no longer be required to get the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingNew this week: ‘White Noise,’ 21 Savage and Kennedy Honors
By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…
Continue ReadingRadical dialogue and open roads in ‘Women Talking’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” there is the dialogue on screen and another off it. The film,…
Continue ReadingBloody property disputes a dark side of Mexico real estate
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A grisly pre-Christmas killings of two young men and their uncle at an early 1900s house in Mexico City is putting attention on…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE, TATIANA POLLASTRI AND ERALDO PERES XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of the…
Continue ReadingFunding bill targets online sites amid retail theft concerns
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Retailers are scoring one win in the governmentwide spending bill, which will force online marketplaces like…
Continue ReadingWhat Minnesota’s most diverse Legislature means for policy
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some of the newest members of Minnesota’s most diverse Legislature to…
Continue ReadingBus crash in Romania leaves 1 dead, more than 20 injured
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A bus carrying 47 Greek passengers has crashed into a height restriction barrier in Romania’s capital, leaving one…
Continue ReadingHead of Turkish medical group stands trial on terror charges
ISTANBUL (AP) — The president of the Turkish Medical Association has denied in court accusations that she had engaged in terrorist propaganda by…
Continue ReadingAn inflation measure watched by the Fed eases to 5.5%
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely watched by the Federal Reserve slowed last month, another sign…
Continue ReadingMassive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JILL BLEED Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures,…
Continue ReadingAbortion ban changes split Wisconsin GOP under veto threat
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans who control the Legislature are divided over whether to push for rape…
Continue ReadingUN urges rescue of refugees adrift in Andaman Sea
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations and other groups are urging countries in southern Asia to rescue as many as 190…
Continue ReadingSpain: no evidence of criminal misconduct in migrant deaths
MADRID (AP) — Spanish prosecutors have dropped their investigation into the deaths of more than 20 migrants last June at the border between Morocco…
Continue ReadingFormer Santa Monica mayor dies in small plane crash on beach
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a former mayor of Santa Monica, California, died after a small plane crash-landed and flipped upside down…
Continue Reading3 dead in Kurdish center shooting in Paris; suspect arrested
By ANGELA CHARLTON and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A man who was charged last year with attacking migrants shot and killed three…
Continue ReadingXi reaffirms China’s governing principle for Hong Kong
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to follow the “one country,…
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