Doorbell video shows malnourished Texas twins seeking help
CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — A mother whose twin teenagers told police in Texas they were handcuffed and forced to drink bleach was in jail Friday in…
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Climate Questions: How does carbon dioxide trap heat?
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Just how does climate change work? It’s something scientists have known about for more than 150 years. The…
Continue ReadingTurkish singer appears in court over religious schools joke
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish pop singer accused of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke about Turkey’s religious schools has denied the…
Continue ReadingUkrainian forces bombard river crossing; Kherson a fortress
By SABRA AYRES and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces bombarded Russian positions in the occupied and illegally…
Continue ReadingTurkish leader to meet Sweden’s new PM over its NATO bid
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has agreed to meet with Sweden’s new prime minister in Ankara to discuss the…
Continue ReadingGerman parliament clears way for huge energy relief package
BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament has cleared the way for the government to provide up to 200 billion euros in subsidies to households and…
Continue ReadingLive updates | Russia-Ukraine War
By The Associated Press Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russian President Vladimir Putin has been open for negotiations with Ukraine “from the…
Continue ReadingPresidential election in Slovenia tests liberal government
By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Voters in Slovenia are preparing to choose a new president in a weekend election that is…
Continue ReadingYellen boosting Biden’s agenda in Virginia as midterms near
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is promoting Biden administration policies as the key to…
Continue ReadingReport: TikTok bad at culling US election misinformation ads
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer TikTok’s algorithms are very good at finding videos to keep people glued to their phone screens for hours…
Continue ReadingSocial media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a…
Continue Reading2 dead, 2 missing after vessels collide near Dutch island
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Emergency services say that two people have died and two more are missing after a water taxi and a ferry collided on…
Continue ReadingGerman tapped to lead Japan’s medical company Olympus as CEO
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus has tapped Stefan Kaufmann, a German who has worked for…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s election commission bars ex-PM Khan from office
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s elections commission has disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan…
Continue ReadingThai regulator approves $7.3 billion telecoms carrier merger
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s telecoms regulator has agreed to allow a merger between the country’s…
Continue ReadingItaly’s far-right leader Meloni forms new government
By FRANCES D’EMILIO and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Giorgia Meloni on Friday formed Italy’s new ruling coalition, giving the…
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson, ousted by scandal, eyes comeback as UK leader
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson — ousted by ethics scandals just three months ago…
Continue ReadingGreece: Sailboat carrying 75 migrants safely towed to port
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants that had sent a distress signal in rough weather off…
Continue ReadingRussian threats revive old nuclear fears in central Europe
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two stories beneath a modern steel production plant on Warsaw’s northern edge lies an…
Continue ReadingGreek monastery manuscripts tell new story of Ottoman rule
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — A church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to…
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