VP Harris assures Asian leaders US is ‘here to stay’
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is assuring Asian leaders “the United States is here to…
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John Kerry tests positive for covid as UN climate talks slow
By SETH BORENSTEIN, KELVIN CHAN and PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry has tested…
Continue ReadingAustralia sticks to US nuclear subs despite French criticism
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says he remains committed to building a fleet of submarines…
Continue Reading‘I thought I was going to die’: Abuses widespread in Ukraine
By SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYSELIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — As violence escalates in Ukraine, human rights abuses have become…
Continue ReadingTurkey: 17 charged over bombing in Istanbul that killed 6
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says a court has ordered 17 suspects jailed pending trial in connection with a deadly street…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Holmes gets more than 11 years for Theranos scam
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to more than 11 years…
Continue ReadingPortuguese artist shows fight in creating big installations
By BARRY HATTON and ARMANDO FRANCA Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos doesn’t shrink from the…
Continue ReadingHigh energy prices lead to coal revival in Czech Republic
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — In this part of northeastern Czech Republic, huge piles of coal are stacked up…
Continue ReadingBarbados spearheads push on climate disaster financing
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — At the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, leaders of developing nations have repeatedly…
Continue ReadingWhere’s Putin? Leader leaves bad news on Ukraine to others
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Russia’s top military brass announced in a televised appearance that they…
Continue ReadingWar, North Korea missile test loom over Asia-Pacific summit
By KRUTIKA PATHI and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Bangkok appear likely to issue a statement…
Continue ReadingBio of Polish statesman holds lessons on today’s Ukraine
By JOHN DANISZEWSKI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago, a revolutionary Polish patriot argued that Russia’s hunger for…
Continue ReadingClimate, politics double threat as Tigris-Euphrates shrivels
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DAWWAYAH, Iraq and ILISU DAM, Turkey (AP) — Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata…
Continue ReadingStocks end higher on Wall Street but still fall for the week
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A late-afternoon rally on Wall Street helped stocks close higher Friday, though the major…
Continue Reading20 killed in van accident as record floods haunt Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say 20 people were killed when a van fell into a water-filled ditch in flood-hit southern Pakistan.…
Continue ReadingPolitics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DAWWAYAH, Iraq and ILISU DAM, Turkey (AP) — Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata…
Continue ReadingPelosi, dominant figure for the ages, leaves lasting imprint
By CALVIN WOODWARD and NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are two searing scenes of Nancy Pelosi confronting the violent…
Continue ReadingPelosi, dominant figure for the ages, leaves lasting imprint
By CALVIN WOODWARD and NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are two searing scenes of Nancy Pelosi confronting the violent…
Continue ReadingPanel OKs name change of Colorado mountain tied to massacre
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado state panel recommended Thursday that Mount Evans, a prominent peak near Denver, be…
Continue ReadingFeds: Oath Keepers sought ‘violent overthrow’ of government
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four…
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