Popular Istanbul mayor on trial, could face political ban
By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A prosecutor has repeated a demand for Istanbul’s mayor to be convicted on…
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Dutch World Cup players to meet migrant workers in Qatar
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch World Cup squad will meet a group of migrant workers in Qatar after a…
Continue ReadingAfrican nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
By WANJOHI KABUKRU Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and…
Continue ReadingUN to seek out methane emitters with data from space
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Big emitters of the heat-trapping gas methane can expect a call from the United Nations starting next year, when the…
Continue ReadingJapan minister quits over execution remark, PM delays trip
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has delayed his departure for three upcoming summits in…
Continue ReadingUkraine war’s environmental toll to take years to clean up
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DEMYDIV, Ukraine (AP) — Olga Lehan’s home near the Irpin River was flooded when Ukraine destroyed a dam to…
Continue ReadingPolitics of Israel and Iran ensnare 1st World Cup in Mideast
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Qatar may hope soccer fans ignore politics at the first World Cup in the Middle East. But Israel…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Islam in Qatar explained ahead of FIFA World Cup
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar is a Muslim nation, with laws, customs and practices rooted in Islam. The…
Continue ReadingSeoul court approves extradition of New Zealand suspect
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court has approved the extradition of a 42-year-old woman facing murder…
Continue ReadingYellen visits India to shore up US-Indo-Pacific partnership
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Supply chains, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the impact of COVID-19 are top issues for U.S.…
Continue ReadingBelgium stabbing suspect was on list of potential extremists
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities say that a lone assailant who killed one police officer and wounded another in a…
Continue ReadingIn Egypt, host of COP27, a small step toward green energy
By SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press BENBAN, Egypt (AP) — The Arab world’s most populous country is taking steps to convert to…
Continue ReadingRains from Nicole douse eastern US from Georgia to Canada
By REBECCA BLACKWELL and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicole is now a depression dumping heavy…
Continue ReadingNewsom, DeSantis both claim ‘freedom’ as election mandates
By ADAM BEAM and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are both…
Continue ReadingTwitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers Twitter’s relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification”…
Continue ReadingIn election, support for abortion rights was about much more
By JOCELYN GECKER and NUHA DOLBY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To Mona Cohen, a lifelong Philadelphia Democrat, democracy is under attack in…
Continue ReadingJapan vies for ‘last chance’ as major global chip producer
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is investing 70 billion yen ($490 million) to beef up semiconductor development and…
Continue ReadingDubbed torture, ID policies leave transgender people sterile
By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — She was the only woman soldier working in the guard room, surrounded by men who harassed and…
Continue ReadingDubbed torture, ID policies leave transgender people sterile
By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — She was the only woman soldier working in the guard room, surrounded by men who harassed and…
Continue ReadingSE Asian leaders do little to raise pressure on Myanmar
By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders have done little to ramp up pressure on…
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