Paris 2024 Olympics, Paralympics mascot is a smiling hat
By MASHA MACPHERSON and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The mascots for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed —…
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Family says Egyptian hunger-striking activist drinking water
CAIRO (AP) — The family of Egypt’s imprisoned hunger-striking activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says he has started drinking water again. The…
Continue ReadingPhilippine police: New drug crackdown leads to less killings
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine police chief says law enforcers have killed 46 drug suspects and arrested…
Continue ReadingHong Kong officials seize drugs hidden in industrial device
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong customs officials say they seized about 220 pounds of methamphetamine that was hidden…
Continue ReadingAfrican nations demand more money for removing emissions
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP) — African nations want to increase how much money they receive from schemes that offset…
Continue ReadingIndonesia officials: Russia FM left hospital after ‘checkup’
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited and later left a Bali hospital ahead…
Continue ReadingAustralian PM takes ‘goodwill’ into meeting with China’s Xi
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will soon meet Chinese President Xi…
Continue ReadingFrance and U.K. sign agreement to curb Channel crossings
By THOMAS ADAMSON and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The interior ministers of France and Britain have signed a joint agreement in…
Continue ReadingRenewed Iranian attacks in northern Iraq kill at least 1
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish officials in northern Iraq say at least one person was killed in renewed Iranian attacks in…
Continue ReadingSuspect caught in fatal shooting of 3 U.Va. football players
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A University of Virginia student and former member of the school’s football team…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy calls liberation of Kherson ‘beginning of the end’
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy triumphantly walked the streets of the newly liberated city…
Continue ReadingPalestinians: Israeli forces kill teenage girl in West Bank
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a raid in the…
Continue ReadingFTX bankruptcy also endangers founder’s philanthropic gifts
By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The rapid collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX into bankruptcy last week has…
Continue ReadingIsrael rushes to protect marine life as Mediterranean warms
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press ROSH HANIKRA MARINE RESERVE, Israel (AP) — Between the cliffs and crags of Israel’s submerged prehistoric…
Continue ReadingIn brutal drought, Kenyan herders look for hope underground
By WANJOHI KABUKURU and BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press ARCHERS POST, Kenya (AP) — Generations of East Africans have tapped groundwater in the…
Continue ReadingMusk touches on Twitter criticism, workload at G-20 forum
By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — It’s not easy being Elon Musk. That was the message the new Twitter owner and…
Continue ReadingTurkey detains Syrian suspect in deadly Istanbul bombing
By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police said Monday they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links…
Continue ReadingCongress faces leaders in flux, big to-do list post-election
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is returning to an extremely volatile post-election landscape, with…
Continue ReadingAcross the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no violence. Many candidates who denied the legitimacy of previous…
Continue ReadingSam Bankman-Fried’s downfall sends shockwaves through crypto
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried received numerous plaudits as he rapidly achieved superstar status as the head of…
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