Venezuela swaps 7 jailed Americans for Maduro relatives
By ERIC TUCKER and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare softening of hostile relations, Venezuela freed on Saturday seven…
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Fewer Russians cross border to flee despite military call-up
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Fewer Russians have crossed into neighbouring countries in recent days, according to local authorities, despite persisting…
Continue ReadingCatalans commemorate 5th anniversary of failed breakaway
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of Catalans have gathered in Barcelona to commemorate the fifth anniversary of…
Continue ReadingMax Baer, Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s chief justice, dies
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Max Baer, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has died only months before he was set to retire, the court…
Continue ReadingPoland adds pregnancy to patients’ medical data
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A new regulation that came into force in Poland Saturday requiring pregnancy information to be uploaded to the national…
Continue ReadingIsraeli forces kill Palestinian teen after alleged firebomb
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank after a group of youths smashed a hole…
Continue ReadingDanes: Nord Stream 2 pipeline seems to have stopped leaking
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish Energy Agency says one of two ruptured natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea appears to have stopped…
Continue ReadingUS delivers proposal for maritime border to Lebanon
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. has delivered a maritime border demarcation proposal to Lebanese President Michel Aoun,…
Continue ReadingNigerians mark independence anniversary ahead of key poll
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians are celebrating the 62nd anniversary of their independence as presidential…
Continue ReadingTrump at center of Oath Keepers novel defense in Jan. 6 case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The defense team in the Capitol riot trial of the Oath Keepers…
Continue ReadingWomen protesters demand more security after Afghan bombing
By SIDDIQULLAH ALIZAI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A group of Afghan women Saturday protested a suicide bombing that killed or…
Continue ReadingRussia blindfolds, detains Ukraine nuclear plant chief
By JON GAMBRELL and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces blindfolded and detained the head of Europe’s largest…
Continue ReadingTurkish minister says deadly gun attack was ‘America-based’
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says a gun attack that killed a police officer in the country’s south was an “America-based”…
Continue ReadingHermes unveils its Paris show, as Ukraine’s designers unite
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — A giant glowing crystal rock evoked a glamorous alien planet for Hermes’ VIP guests at…
Continue ReadingCha-ching! Biden embraces his election-year fundraising role
By SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is picking up the pace of his high-dollar fundraisers for…
Continue ReadingSweden: Right-wing party get 4 chairmanships in parliament
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A right-wing populist party that received the second-most votes in Sweden’s general election last month has landed the…
Continue ReadingIan shows the risks and costs of living on barrier islands
By BEN FINLEY and STEVE HELBER Associated Press SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — When Hurricane Ian struck Florida’s Gulf Coast, it washed out the…
Continue ReadingItaly’s Meloni vows to put national energy interests first
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni is vowing to put Italy’s national interests first in tackling…
Continue ReadingIndonesian police say 4 dead, 1 missing in Papua attack
JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces have recovered the bodies of four construction workers who were killed in a separatist attack…
Continue ReadingShying from Trump, ex-Maine Gov. Paul LePage seeks job back
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — When then-Maine Gov. Paul LePage endorsed Donald Trump in 2016, he credited himself as a…
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