Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is huge security challenge
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The funeral of the only monarch most Britons have known involves the biggest security operation…
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Eritrea mobilizes its soldiers, raising Tigray fears
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Activists and international authorities say Eritrea is mobilizing its armed forces and appears to be sending them to Ethiopia…
Continue ReadingBy the numbers: Facts and figures about the queen’s funeral
By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on Monday cap 10 days of national mourning and…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy promises no ‘lull’ in taking back Ukrainian towns
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised his country there would be no letup in the…
Continue ReadingBidens among thousands paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II
By MIKE CORDER, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden paid his respects at Queen Elizabeth II’s…
Continue ReadingEU proposes to suspend billions in funds to Hungary
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch recommended Sunday that the bloc suspend around 7.5 billion…
Continue ReadingMaggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAYUNGA, Uganda (AP) — Moses Wamugango peered into the plastic vats where maggots wriggled in decomposing…
Continue ReadingQueen paved the way for transition to Charles in final years
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In retrospect, it seems as if she was preparing us all along. Whether it was due to age, ill health…
Continue ReadingUN: Exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools ‘shameful’
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations on Sunday called for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reopen schools to…
Continue ReadingStrong quake kills 1, knocks house, derails train in Taiwan
By JOHNSON LAI and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken much of Taiwan, killing one person and…
Continue ReadingProspect of far-right female premier divides Italian women
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — If Italy elects the nation’s first female premier, will its women be delighted or…
Continue ReadingRoyal lying in state rituals endure despite changing times
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather, King George V, died 86 years ago, many homes in Britain had…
Continue ReadingUkraine alleges torture at village near Russian border
By ELENA BECATOROS and LEO CORREA Associated Press KOZACHA LOPAN, Ukraine (AP) — In a dank basement behind the local supermarket, metal bars cordon…
Continue ReadingBus for COVID-19 quarantine in China crashes, killing 27
BEIJING (AP) — A bus reportedly taking 47 people to COVID-19 quarantine in China has crashed, killing 27 and injuring 20 others. Police said the…
Continue ReadingPowerful typhoon pounds southern Japan; thousands evacuated
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed ashore in southern Japan on Sunday as it pounded the region with strong…
Continue ReadingHurricane Fiona rips through powerless Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast on Sunday as it unleashed landslides,…
Continue ReadingChina values UN relationship despite human rights criticism
By KEN MORITSUGU and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — As world leaders gather in New York next week for the annual U.N. General…
Continue ReadingChinese factory churns out British flags after queen’s death
SHAOXING, China (AP) — Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into a factory south of…
Continue Reading14 people die in iron mine flood in China, 1 missing
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say 14 people died and one remains missing after a flood at an iron mine earlier this month. Tangshan city…
Continue ReadingCalifornia enacts law to help LGBTQ military veterans
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s governor has signed a law he says will help military service members who were discharged under “don’t…
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