Baltics say no automatic asylum for Russians fleeing draft
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The three Baltic states say they are not prepared to automatically offer asylum to…
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In Ukraine, Russia presses military and political campaigns
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia escalated its military and political campaign Thursday to capture Ukrainian…
Continue ReadingEU talks up Russia sanctions but consensus may prove elusive
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials say the world’s biggest trading bloc is determined to impose more…
Continue ReadingJapan central bank acts to stem yen’s decline against dollar
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank has intervened to stem the yen’s decline against the U.S. dollar. Earlier Thursday, the dollar rose…
Continue ReadingAt least 9 killed as Iran protests over woman’s death spread
By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a…
Continue ReadingBank of England raises rates but avoids bolder hike like Fed
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England raised its key interest rate Thursday by another half-percentage point to the…
Continue ReadingTicket crush for India-Australia cricket match injures 20
By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A rush for tickets for an India-Australia Twenty20 cricket match has left 20 people injured…
Continue ReadingUN-appointed expert says better sanctions on Myanmar needed
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A United Nations-appointed human rights expert is calling for governments and companies to…
Continue ReadingCyberattack steals passenger data from Portuguese airline
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s national airline TAP Air Portugal says hackers obtained the personal data of some of its customers and have…
Continue Reading32 pilot whales rescued out of 230 stranded in Australia
HOBART, Australia (AP) — Wildlife experts on Thursday rescued 32 of the 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of…
Continue ReadingSwiss central bank enacts biggest-ever hike to key rate
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s central bank has carried out the biggest hike ever to its key interest rate in an effort to clamp down on inflation.…
Continue ReadingThe politicians vying to lead Italy’s next government
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The main candidates in Italy’s general election Sunday to elect a new Parliament and…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Mariupol defenders, Putin ally in prisoner swap
By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine announced a high-profile prisoner swap early Thursday that was the culmination of…
Continue Reading6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, 2 dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Mexico early Thursday, causing at least two deaths, damaging buildings and setting…
Continue ReadingSecret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Dozens of women holding babies rushed to take their places on wooden benches at a clinic…
Continue ReadingAustralia holds day of mourning for queen with art, flowers
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has honored Queen Elizabeth II with a day of mourning and a wreath of golden…
Continue ReadingIn Ukraine’s retaken battlefields, soldiers recover bodies
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press PRUDYANKA, Ukraine (AP) — The four soldiers lay in the grass, sleeping bags and cans of food, some opened,…
Continue ReadingConstitution stops Charles becoming Britain’s ‘green’ king
By SYLVIA HUI and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — On a blustery November day last year Britain’s future king stood before world…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks slide for 3rd day on economic growth fears
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks fell for a third day Friday after more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and other…
Continue ReadingAP PHOTOS: Backbreaking work for kids in Afghan brick kilns
By EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Aid agencies say the number of children working in Afghanistan is growing ever since…
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