French strike pits workers vs. government as inflation bites
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and BOUBKAR BENZABAT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Industries across France have gone on strike Tuesday to push for pay hikes…
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Climate Questions: Who is most vulnerable to climate change?
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Most of the world’s population has been affected in some way by climate change — 85% of the world, in fact.…
Continue ReadingNBCUniversal’s Peacock to stream World Cup in Spanish
MIAMI (AP) — NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service will carry all 64 World Cup matches in the United States with Spanish-language commentary.…
Continue ReadingLiz Truss’ waning power brings political plots, and jokes
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Powerless, humiliated, labeled a “ghost” prime minister and compared…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: When Pinching Pennies Isn’t Enough
By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Millions of Americans deal with food, housing and general financial insecurity every year. Getting help can be tedious…
Continue ReadingHong Kong seizes drugs hidden in electrical transformers
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A multimillion-dollar stash of methamphetamine hidden in electrical transformers being sent from…
Continue ReadingFIFA vows to improve Indonesian soccer safety after tragedy
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The president of soccer’s world governing body has met with Indonesia’s president…
Continue ReadingSemafor news site makes its debut intent on reinventing news
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The media organization Semafor launches Tuesday with no less an ambition than reinventing the news…
Continue Reading6 on trial in Vienna over links to gunman in 2020 attack
VIENNA (AP) — Six men have gone on trial in Vienna over alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting…
Continue ReadingNBA ’22-23: 10 things to know about the upcoming season
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Nikola Jokic is chasing history. LeBron James is moving up a lot of all-time stat lists. Gregg Popovich is going…
Continue Reading50 years later, ’72 Dolphins remain unmatched in perfection
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — It has been nearly 50 years since the Miami Dolphins defeated Washington in the Super Bowl to…
Continue Reading2 Spanish tourists dead, 3 hurt in Turkish balloon accident
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Spanish tourists were killed and three others were injured on Tuesday when a hot air balloon made a hard landing…
Continue ReadingElectric vehicles take center stage at pared-back Paris show
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Paris auto show is back. Tuesday’s opening is the first for the show since…
Continue ReadingEU faces battle to keep energy prices from tanking economy
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway…
Continue ReadingDanes confirm ‘extensive damage” to Baltic Sea pipelines
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish officials have confirmed that there has been “extensive damage” to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why Germany is delaying its nuclear shutdown
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered preparations for all of the country’s three remaining nuclear reactors to continue…
Continue ReadingAsia stocks mixed after Wall St rises on corporate profits
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street rose on strong corporate profit…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s power, water supplies under Russian attack again
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingAustralia and Singapore strike agreement to achieve net-zero
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian and Singaporean leaders have announced what they describe as a world-first…
Continue ReadingHelicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashes in India, kills 7
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A helicopter bringing Hindu pilgrims from a popular temple site in the Indian…
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