Model who criticized Myanmar’s military fears repatriation
By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A model from Myanmar who denounced her country’s military rulers last year from the stage of a…
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Syrian official says so far, 77 dead in migrant boat sinking
By FAY ABUELGASIM and BILAL HUSSEIN Associated Press ARIDA BORDER CROSSING, Lebanon (AP) — At least 77 people were killed when a boat carrying…
Continue Reading1 dead, more than 20 missing after boat sinks off Cambodia
By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Cambodian crew members abandoned their boat with 41 Chinese…
Continue ReadingHilary Mantel, author of ‘Wolf Hall’ Tudor saga, dies at 70
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning…
Continue ReadingSoccer club changes kickoff time in energy-saving trial
MANSFIELD, England (AP) — An English soccer club has brought forward the kickoff time of one of its league games as a trial run amid efforts to…
Continue ReadingDenmark to allow ‘significantly reduced’ mink production
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government says a temporary ban on mink breeding will expire Jan. 1,…
Continue ReadingInterview: Sudan’s ruling general won’t run in elections
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sudan’s ruling military general says he will not run in future elections for a civilian-led…
Continue ReadingUN rights experts present evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into rights violations…
Continue ReadingHong Kong to end mandatory hotel quarantine for travelers
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travelers to quarantine in…
Continue ReadingTurkey: Anti-LGBTQ display reflects nation’s political shift
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The 25-year-old translator by day and trans drag performer by night felt…
Continue ReadingAfter 90 years, German bakery to close as energy costs soar
By DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — A family-run bakery in the German city of Cologne is turning off its ovens for good…
Continue ReadingNew twist in Pogba extortion probe, with brother’s videos
By JOHN LEICESTER and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A police investigation into allegations that France soccer star Paul Pogba was…
Continue ReadingPakistan battles disease surge as flood deaths surpass 1,600
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has deployed thousands more doctors and medics to battle the outbreak of disease as the…
Continue ReadingFrench parliament takes on sexual misconduct, amid scandals
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s parliament speaker on Thursday released the first public accounting of complaints to a…
Continue ReadingHundreds demand cancellation of Japanese ex-leader’s funeral
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Several hundred protesters demanded the cancellation of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo…
Continue ReadingUK slashes personal, corporate taxes in bid to spur growth
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has scrapped planned corporate and individual tax…
Continue Reading‘Crucial’ vote could move Italy to right; many might boycott
By FRANCES D’EMILIO and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italians will vote on Sunday in what is being billed as a crucial election…
Continue ReadingPro-government rallies held in Iran amid mass protests
By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian counterprotesters gathered across the country on Friday in a show of support for…
Continue ReadingOccupied Ukraine holds Kremlin-staged vote on joining Russia
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kremlin-orchestrated referendum got underway Friday in occupied regions of Ukraine that…
Continue ReadingDow sinks to 2022 low as recession fears roil world markets
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell sharply worldwide Friday on worries an already slowing global economy could fall…
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