Hiroshima bombing recalled in Oregon “peace trees” campaign
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hideko Tamura Snider was a 10-year-old girl in Hiroshima, Japan, when the United States…
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SDG, ECOSOC, P5+1: Seeking meaning in the UN’s coded lingo
By SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has its own language. For the dignitaries, bureaucrats, journalists…
Continue ReadingEPA preparing plan to help fix Jackson’s water system
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan has…
Continue ReadingStarbucks says it wants union bargaining to begin
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks said Monday that it wants to start contract negotiations next month at hundreds of U.S. stores that…
Continue ReadingUN speeches end with silence from Myanmar, Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For the second straight year, Afghanistan and Myanmar were silent at the U.N. General Assembly’s leaders’ meeting.…
Continue ReadingOfficers to face trial in girl’s death after football game
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three former police officers charged with killing a young girl when they fired 25 shots at…
Continue ReadingBam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented…
Continue ReadingHurricane forces NASA moon rocket to shelter; launch on hold
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian is prompting NASA to move its moon rocket off the launch pad and into…
Continue ReadingWhite House announces Dec. 1 state visit for France’s Macron
By AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced that French President Emmanuel Macron will…
Continue ReadingPutin’s call-up fuels Russians’ anger, protests and violence
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Long lines of cars on roads snaking to Russia’s border crossings with Georgia,…
Continue ReadingEU, US question Serbia’s EU commitment after Russia deal
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union and the U.S. have questioned Serbia’s commitment to join…
Continue ReadingUAE, home to global hub Dubai, to ease virus restrictions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates, home to global business and travel hub Dubai, will ease masking requirements imposed…
Continue ReadingDenmark reports leak in gas pipeline in Baltic Sea
BERLIN (AP) — Denmark’s maritime authority says a gas leak had been observed in a pipeline leading from Russia to Europe underneath the Baltic…
Continue ReadingCanadian navy vessel headed to areas hit hardest by Fiona
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s defense minister says 100 soldiers have been deployed to each of three Atlantic provinces…
Continue ReadingU.S. sanctions ‘brazenly corrupt’ Bosnian state prosecutor
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on a Bosnian state prosecutor who is accused of…
Continue ReadingTurkey vows to defend interests against Greece amid tensions
By SUZAN FRASER and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has summoned the Greek ambassador to protest the alleged…
Continue ReadingOfficers fatally shoot 2 people after car chase in Missouri
OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say law enforcement officers shot and killed two people after a car chase in southwest Missouri. The Greene County…
Continue ReadingRussia gives citizenship to ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday granted citizenship to former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after he…
Continue ReadingSyria, North Korea take swipes at West as UN assembly ends
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Some of the West’s fiercest critics have made their case in the closing hours of the…
Continue ReadingCuba approves same-sex marriage in unusual referendum
By CRISTIANA MESQUITA Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban voters have approved a sweeping “family law” code that will allow same-sex couples…
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