EU revisits Balkans to win friends, seek more influence
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is in the midst of yet another goodwill trip through the Western Balkans to drum…
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Miami Beach condo building evacuated near deadly collapse
By DANIEL KOZIN and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI BEACH (AP) — An evacuation order has abruptly forced out residents of a 14-story…
Continue ReadingItalian officer allegedly shoots and kills commander
MILAN (AP) — Special forces stormed a carabinieri barracks near Italy’s Lake Como early Friday where an officer had barricaded himself overnight…
Continue ReadingUN urges revival of negotiations on disputed Western Sahara
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council called for a revival of U.N-led negotiations on the disputed…
Continue ReadingEU approves ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers and member countries have reached a deal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans by 2035.…
Continue ReadingAt least 42 dead in floods, landslides in south Philippines
COTABATO, Philippines (AP) — Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains swamped a southern Philippine province, killing at least 42…
Continue ReadingShanghai district orders mass COVID-19 testing, lockdown
BEIJING (AP) — China’s largest city of Shanghai is ordering mass testing on all 1.3 million residents of its downtown Yangpu district and…
Continue ReadingDig finds evidence of Revolutionary War prison camp location
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Researchers say they solved a decades-old riddle this week by finding remnants of the stockade and therefore the…
Continue ReadingRepublican wave tested by competitive Senate race in Ohio
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press GROVEPORT, Ohio (AP) — Ruth and Boyd Boone are longtime Ohio Republican voters, eager to reelect their GOP…
Continue ReadingRare John Steinbeck column probes strength of US democracy
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread…
Continue ReadingObama, campaigning in Georgia, warns of threats to democracy
By BILL BARROW Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail in Georgia, framing the…
Continue ReadingIraqi parliament approves new Cabinet in long-awaited vote
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament has voted to form a new Cabinet, ending a yearlong political stalemate.…
Continue ReadingReport: Australian women, children returning from Syria camp
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports the first group of Australian women and…
Continue ReadingMassive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE AP Education Writers The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand leader Ardern makes rare trip to Antarctica
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appeared awestruck Thursday to be standing…
Continue ReadingAt UN climate summit, India to flex its negotiating muscles
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The key priority for India at the upcoming U.N. climate conference will be how to pay for…
Continue ReadingWest says no biological weapons in Ukraine, Russia disagrees
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its Western allies have dismissed Russia’s claims that banned…
Continue ReadingJapan Cabinet OKs $200B spending plan to counter inflation
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a hefty economic package including 29 trillion yen ($200 billion) in…
Continue ReadingN Korea fires missiles toward sea as US warns over nukes
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Friday in its…
Continue ReadingNicaragua’s Ortega says US sanctions will make more migrants
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says new sanctions imposed on his government by the…
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