Blizzard, NetEase game partnership in China to end
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — American game developer Blizzard Entertainment said Thursday it will suspend most of its game services…
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Russian strikes on Ukraine spotlight Moldova’s energy woes
By STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Massive blackouts that temporarily hit more than a half-dozen…
Continue ReadingSecond fire breaks out in Baghdad airport, prompting probe
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s army says firefighters have put out a fire in Baghdad airport for a second time…
Continue ReadingUK boosts windfall energy tax as it seeks to balance budget
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government increased a tax on the windfall profits of…
Continue ReadingA ‘barbed wire curtain’ rises in Europe amid war in Ukraine
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is marked only by…
Continue ReadingScientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press KONOMIE ISLAND, Australia (AP) — Below the turquoise waters off the coast of Australia is one of the world’s…
Continue ReadingTurkey detains suspect linked to Istanbul bombing in Syria
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says security forces have detained a suspect wanted in connection with the deadly…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka urged to drop terror charges for 2 protest leaders
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Sri Lankan government is being urged to drop charges against two protest…
Continue Reading2 killed in second Kenya building collapse this week
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say two people have died after a multi-story building under construction…
Continue ReadingRussia launches missile barrage on Ukraine as 1st snow falls
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian airstrikes targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities again Thursday as the first snow…
Continue ReadingCulture clash? Conservative Qatar preps for World Cup party
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press On the Instagram accounts of fashion models and superstars last month, the sheikhdom of Qatar looked like one…
Continue ReadingWomen lead climate talks’ toughest topic: reparations
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Men usually outnumber and outrank women negotiators in climate talks, except…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed after Wall St falls on rate hike worries
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Friday after Wall Street declined following indications the Federal…
Continue ReadingOklahoma executes man for 1993 killing of 3-year-old boy
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old…
Continue ReadingSome return to war-battered hub of Palestinian life in Syria
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s largest Palestinian camp was once bustling with activity: It was crowded with…
Continue ReadingAlabama calls off execution after difficulties inserting IV
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s execution of a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a…
Continue Reading‘Momentous:’ Feds advance largest dam demo in US history
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and…
Continue ReadingPelosi to step down from House leadership, stay in Congress
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership…
Continue ReadingChinese leaders face anger over 2nd child’s quarantine death
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are facing more public anger after a second child’s death was blamed on…
Continue ReadingWalker, Republicans look for party unity in Georgia runoff
By BILL BARROW Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Republicans insist they’re working together to help Herschel Walker unseat Democratic…
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