Iranian state media: Construction begins on nuclear plant
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian state TV said the country has begun construction on a new nuclear power plant. The new 300-megawatt plant will take eight…
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Estonia to buy US rocket artillery system in $200M deal
HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member and Russia’s neighbor Estonia is boosting its defense capabilities by acquiring an advanced U.S. rocket artillery…
Continue ReadingStrong quake shakes main Indonesia island, no major damage
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, causing panic but only minor damage…
Continue ReadingBuilt to disappear: World Cup stadium 974
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the…
Continue ReadingChina reports 2 new COVID deaths as some restrictions eased
By ZEN SOO HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic…
Continue ReadingMolten lava on Hawaii’s Big Island could block main highway
By AUDREY McAVOY and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if…
Continue ReadingUS condemns shooting at Pakistan’s embassy in Afghanistan
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States has condemned the attack on the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan’s capital in…
Continue ReadingCzech museum to return original Beethoven score to heirs
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A musical manuscript handwritten by Ludwig van Beethoven is getting returned to the heirs of the…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Can Ukraine pay for war without wrecking economy?
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Even as Ukraine celebrates recent battlefield victories, its government faces a…
Continue ReadingThousands protest in South Korea in support of truckers
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators representing organized labor marched in South Korea’s…
Continue ReadingRail workers say deal won’t resolve quality-of-life concerns
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When BNSF railroad conductor Justin Schaaf needed to take time off from work this summer, he had…
Continue ReadingAt Shanghai vigil, bold shout for change preceded crackdown
By DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — The mourners in Shanghai lit candles and placed flowers. Someone scrawled “Urumqi,…
Continue ReadingBoth sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week…
Continue ReadingUN human rights chief decries new Myanmar death sentences
BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights says Myanmar’s military-installed government has sentenced more critics to…
Continue ReadingSeoul arrests ex-top security official over border killing
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s former national security director was arrested Saturday over a…
Continue ReadingGOP’s Duarte takes California Central Valley US House seat
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican John Duarte defeated Democrat Adam Gray in a new California U.S. House district in the Central Valley farm belt that…
Continue Reading2 migrants found shot to death in car in southern Mexico
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say two migrants have been found shot to death in a car in southern Mexico.…
Continue ReadingFamily seeks answers after police kill man on his own porch
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The family of an Austin, Texas, man is seeking answers after he was fatally shot by police…
Continue ReadingUvalde shooting victims seek $27B, class action in lawsuit
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Victims of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 people dead have filed a lawsuit against local and state police, the city…
Continue ReadingGOP’s Joe Kent contests results of Washington state race
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Republican Joe Kent’s campaign said Friday it intends to request a machine ballot recount of the counties within…
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