Multiple explosions rock eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv
By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of explosions rocked the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv early Saturday, sending…
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Japan regulator orders brokerage to halt block trading
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Financial Services Agency has ordered brokerage SMBC Nikko Securities to suspend its block trading operations for three…
Continue ReadingDanes puzzled by minor tremors in international waters
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Officials in Denmark are puzzled by four small tremors that were recorded this week off a northeastern Danish island in…
Continue ReadingLebanon inspecting new suspected cases of cholera
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister has said the authorities are inspecting new suspected cases of…
Continue Reading2 migrants struck and killed by train in eastern Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say that two migrants died when they were struck by a train in the eastern part of the country bordering…
Continue ReadingLive Updates: Russia-Ukraine War
By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is going to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the…
Continue ReadingArmenia, Azerbaijan hold talks in efforts to ease tensions
PRAGUE (AP) — The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia have held talks in Prague in efforts to ease tensions between the two longtime adversaries. A…
Continue ReadingAustria’s president likely to be re-elected as ‘safe’ choice
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrian voters will head to the polls Sunday in the first round of the country’s presidential…
Continue ReadingNobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
By HANNA ARHIROVA, FRANK JORDANS and VANESSA GERA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Human rights activists from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia won…
Continue ReadingMarcos Jr. reaffirms US ties in first 100 days of presidency
By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Saturday marks Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 100th day…
Continue ReadingStocks lose more ground on fears a recession may be looming
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Good news on the economy remains bad news for Wall Street, as stocks fell sharply…
Continue ReadingEU leaders struggle to bridge gas price cap divide
By LORNE COOK, KAREL JANICEK and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — European Union leaders are meeting in Prague to try to bridge…
Continue ReadingPutin’s path: from pledges of stability to nuclear threats
By The Associated Press As he turns 70, Russian President Vladimir Putin finds himself in the eye of a storm of his own making: His army is suffering…
Continue ReadingYacht owned by sanctioned Russian tycoon docks in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — A superyacht connected to Russian tycoon Alexey Mordashov has anchored in Hong Kong as Western governments move to seize yachts…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Fewer people cross Mediterranean; many still die
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant smuggling boats off Greece has once again put the spotlight…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand man’s convictions overturned 3 years after death
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Supreme Court on Friday took the unusual step of overturning a…
Continue ReadingNC Senate nominees parry over abortion, inflation in debate
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The two major-party candidates seeking to succeed retiring North Carolina Republican…
Continue ReadingThais mourn dozens, mainly kids, killed in day care attack
By DAVID RISING and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Relatives wailed and collapsed in grief before the small…
Continue ReadingMacron at Europe’s center stage with new summit initiative
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Smile flashing, giving a thumbs-up, Emmanuel Macron appears at Europe’s center stage again —…
Continue ReadingHurricane Ian floods leave mess, insurance questions behind
By REBECCA SANTANA and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Christine Barrett was inside her family’s North Port home during…
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