East Timor’s Catholics rally behind accused Nobel bishop
By GANTRY MEILANA, NICOLE WINFIELD and BARRY HATTON Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor’s Catholics have reacted with shock but…
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Justice Jackson says she has ‘a seat at the table’
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she has “a seat at the table now and I’m ready to…
Continue ReadingResilient US consumers spend slightly more in August
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers spent a bit more in August than the previous month, a sign the economy is…
Continue ReadingUN to seek $800 million more in aid for flood-hit Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it will seek $800 million more in aid from the international community to help Pakistan’s flood…
Continue ReadingTurkish president sues German lawmaker over slur
BERLIN (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is suing a senior German lawmaker who called him a “sewer rat,” his lawyer said Friday.…
Continue ReadingFrench Catholic Church starts compensating sex abuse victims
PARIS (AP) — A reparations panel says France’s Catholic Church has paid financial compensation to 23 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or…
Continue ReadingIndian opposition party seeks to shed dynastic rule image
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party Indian National Congress is set to choose a non-family member as…
Continue ReadingUnpaid internships face new scrutiny as barriers to careers
By NAOMI HARRIS and JOCELYN GECKER Open Campus and Associated Press The value of an internship is unmistakable. It teaches marketable skills, it…
Continue ReadingChina’s Geely buys 7.6% stake in Aston Martin Lagonda
BEIJING (AP) — Geely Holding Group, one of China’s biggest independent automakers, has bought a 7.6% stake in British luxury brand Aston Martin…
Continue ReadingRwanda genocide suspect’s lawyers: Prosecution case is weak
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Defense lawyers for an elderly Rwandan businessman accused of inciting and financing…
Continue ReadingWest rejects Putin’s claim it sabotaged Baltic gas pipelines
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of sabotaging the Russia-built…
Continue ReadingTikTok politics: Candidates turn to it ‘for better or worse’
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Wade Herring didn’t know the teenage voter who approached him at a restaurant over the weekend. But she knew…
Continue ReadingGermany warns of rise in COVID-19 cases going into fall
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister warned Friday that the country is seeing a steady rise in COVID-19 cases as it goes into the fall and…
Continue ReadingChina dismisses complaints over quarantining US diplomats
BEIJING (AP) — China is dismissing complaints from two U.S. lawmakers over the quarantining of American diplomats and their family members under…
Continue ReadingChina manufacturing weak, adding to economy pressure
BEIJING (AP) — Two surveys show growth in Chinese manufacturing was weak in September, export orders fell and employers cut jobs. That adds to…
Continue ReadingFinnish border closed to Russians with tourist visas
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Finnish-Russia border has been closed to Russians with tourist visas, curtailing one of the last easily accessible…
Continue ReadingFewer trips for China’s Golden Week amid quarantine fears
BEIJING (AP) — Far fewer Chinese are expected to be traveling during the upcoming “Golden Week” National Day holiday, amid rigid anti-COVID-19…
Continue ReadingUK’s Truss meets with fiscal watchdog amid economic crisis
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Treasury chief have met with the independent Office of…
Continue ReadingBosnia election expected to re-legitimize a failing system
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s general election should be about fighting rampant corruption and…
Continue ReadingInflation hits record 10% in 19 EU countries using euro
By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency has broken into double…
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