States spend federal COVID aid on roads, buildings, seawalls
By DAVID A. LIEB and KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press States are spending billions of dollars of federal pandemic relief funds on infrastructure…
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Spain postpones summit while leader tests positive for COVID
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government says a planned meeting of the nine leaders of Europe’s Mediterranean countries will be postponed because…
Continue ReadingIn one tiny German town, nobody worries about energy bills
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press FELDHEIM, Germany (AP) — While Europeans watch their energy bills soar as the war in Ukraine drives up the price…
Continue ReadingBrazil election: A clash of titans as Bolsonaro faces Lula
By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s presidential election Sunday is being contested by 11…
Continue ReadingUS economy drops at 0.6% annual rate from April through June
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Battered by surging consumer prices and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy shrank at a…
Continue ReadingSpain agrees on temporary wealth tax, hikes for big earners
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government says residents whose wealth exceeds 3 million euros…
Continue ReadingHundreds of kids from east Ukraine stranded in Russian camps
By LORI HINNANT, EVGENIY MALOLETKA and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of children from eastern Ukraine are…
Continue ReadingBiden vows US commitment to Pacific Islands at summit
By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday told visiting leaders from…
Continue ReadingFewer people seek US unemployment aid amid solid hiring
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits dropped last week, a sign that few…
Continue ReadingIran’s anti-government protests wane but discontent lingers
By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian official says protests over the death of a woman who was being held by the…
Continue ReadingIndia’s top court gives equal abortion access to all women
By BHUMIKA SARASWATI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court has ruled that all women, regardless of marital status, can obtain…
Continue ReadingBulgaria to hold election overshadowed by war in Ukraine
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians will go to the polls for the fourth time in less than two years in a general…
Continue ReadingMan dies during torrential rain flooding in Croatia
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities say a man has died flooding in a northern Adriatic Sea port after the town was hit by a storm and…
Continue ReadingMontenegro police conducting raids in search of spy ring
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro are raiding multiple locations in the county in search of suspected spies, officials said…
Continue ReadingHundreds line up to pay respects to late queen in Windsor
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of royal fans have lined up outside Windsor Castle for the chance to pay their final…
Continue ReadingS. Korean lawmakers call for dismissal of foreign minister
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has passed a motion calling for…
Continue ReadingVatican sanctions Nobel laureate after Timor accusations
By NICOLE WINFIELD, GANTRY MEILANA and HELENA ALVES Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says it imposed disciplinary sanctions on…
Continue ReadingFinland to ban entry to Russian tourists starting midnight
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — The Finnish government says it will significantly limit passenger traffic on Finland’s border with Russia, banning…
Continue Reading3 Russian cosmonauts return safely from Intl Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — Three Russian cosmonauts have returned safely from a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft carrying…
Continue ReadingCzechs relaunch checks at Slovak border amid migration wave
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech police have fired warning shots in the air before detaining a driver of a van carrying 15…
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