Argentines wake up dreaming of World Cup glory in Qatar
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentines woke up ready to watch the national team play for its third World Cup…
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UK sending 1,200 troops to fill in as ambulance crews strike
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will dispatch 1,200 troops to fill in for striking ambulance drivers…
Continue ReadingPope wrote resignation note in case of health impediment
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revealed in an interview published Sunday that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation…
Continue ReadingFuel tanker tunnel blast kills at least 19 in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A local official in Afghanistan says a fuel tanker explosion in a tunnel has killed at least 19 people and injured 32.…
Continue Reading3 escaped chimpanzees recaptured in Sweden; 4 shot dead
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Officials at a Swedish Zoo have managed to get three chimpanzees who had broken out of their enclosure back into a secure space,…
Continue Reading‘Tired of this war’: Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence
By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO & SAM MEDNICK Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Kavira Mathe was making dinner for her two sons when bullets began…
Continue ReadingKey Ukrainian city’s rapid fall leaves unanswered questions
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — When about 100 Russian troops rolled into Kherson’s Lilac Park on the morning of…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Migration-Syrian Kurds story
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — In a story published December 18, 2022, about Syrian Kurdish migrants, The Associated Press erroneously reported Syrian…
Continue ReadingMilitants kill 4 in attack on police station in NW Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police officer says a police station in volatile northwestern Pakistan came…
Continue ReadingIsrael deports Palestinian activist to France
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday deported a Palestinian lawyer and activist to France after claiming he has…
Continue ReadingTexas mayor declares state of emergency over migrant swell
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The mayor of a Texas border city declared a state of emergency Saturday over concerns about the community’s ability to…
Continue ReadingPeru’s dark past surfaces as young protester is laid to rest
By FRANKLIN BRICENO Associated Press QUINUA, Peru (AP) — This rural hamlet nestled high in the Peruvian Andes was the site of a major battle that…
Continue ReadingVote counting finishes in Fiji election with no clear winner
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Vote counting has finished in Fiji’s general election but there is no clear winner,…
Continue ReadingN Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles capable of reaching Japan
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired a pair of ballistic missiles with a potential range of striking…
Continue ReadingGreece passes 2023 budget, forecasts primary surplus
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek Parliament has approved the country’s first budget in 13 years not to be drafted under the supervision of the…
Continue Reading2 minors killed, 3 wounded in shootout at Atlanta apartment
Police in Atlanta say two teenage boys have been shot dead and three more minors were wounded in a shootout at an apartment complex that originated…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Colorado firm’s alfalfa cubes may kill horses
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State and federal officials are warning horse owners not to feed their animals Top of the Rockies brand alfalfa cubes after…
Continue ReadingBoy found buried under Arkansas house; mother, man arrested
MORO, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police say the body of a 6-year-old boy was found buried under the floor of a house in eastern Arkansas and his…
Continue ReadingAlabama closes some oystering areas, sparking complaints
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials have closed some oystering grounds in Mobile Bay, prompting complaints from harvesters. The move by…
Continue ReadingMigrant infant found dead on arrival to Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard reports that an infant has arrived dead to an island on a boat carrying 34 other migrants. It says…
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