Death toll from building collapse in Jordan climbs to 13
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian officials say the death toll from the collapse this week of a four-story building in the Jordanian capital of Amman…
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DOJ to use ‘carrot and stick’ approach on corporate crime
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Justice Department official has announced new incentives for companies that…
Continue ReadingFire engulfs 42-story building in China; no deaths reported
BEIJING (AP) — A massive fire has sent flames and black smoke pouring from a 42-story skyscraper in central China belonging to the country’s…
Continue ReadingPhony document lands on court docket in Trump search case
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A document purporting to be from the U.S. government and claiming the Treasury Department had…
Continue ReadingTrail of slime leads German customs to bags of giant snails
BERLIN (AP) — German customs officials say a trail of slime led them to a stash of almost 100 giant African land snails and other items hidden…
Continue ReadingStories of UK’s disappearing World War II generation
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder that Britain’s World War II generation is…
Continue ReadingQueen’s death is reminder of disappearing WW II generation
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The long good-bye for Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder of a broader truth playing out with little…
Continue ReadingDenmark charges suspended foreign spy agency chief
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s former foreign intelligence chief has formally been charged with leaking highly classified information to…
Continue ReadingChina sanctions Raytheon, Boeing Defense CEOs over Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China has announced sanctions against the CEOs of American defense contractors Raytheon and Boeing Defense over a major arms sale to…
Continue ReadingOrban: EU lawmakers’ democracy declaration is a joke
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has lashed out at the European parliament’s declaration that Hungary can no longer…
Continue Reading24 killed, scores wounded in clashes on Kyrgyz-Tajik border
MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have traded blame for fighting on the border that killed at least 24 people, wounded dozens and prompted a…
Continue ReadingTreasury recommends exploring creation of a digital dollar
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital…
Continue ReadingFloods in Italy kill 10; Survivors plucked from roofs, trees
By FANUEL MORELLI and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press CANTIANO, Italy (AP) — Flash floods swept through several towns Friday in hilly…
Continue ReadingOktoberfest is back but inflation hits brewers, cost of beer
By MICHAEL FAULHABER and DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is back in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations —…
Continue ReadingSuspended sculpture transforms Cape Town museum’s atrium
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Moody, brooding and floating, Malagasy artist Joel Andrianomearisoa’s “The Five Continents of All Our…
Continue ReadingPelosi to visit Armenia as cease-fire with Azerbaijan holds
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she plans to make a weekend visit to Armenia, where…
Continue ReadingKazakhstan moves to extend presidential term, rename capital
MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s parliament has voted unanimously to support constitutional amendments that would extend the presidential term to seven…
Continue ReadingWater begins receding in Pakistan’s worst flood-hit south
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press Floodwaters are receding in Pakistan’s worst-hit southern Sindh province, officials said Friday, a potentially…
Continue ReadingTunisian president trims parties’ powers ahead of elections
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied has made new changes to electoral law that diminish the…
Continue ReadingIn Hong Kong, public grief over queen doubles as dissent
By ZEN SOO and ALICE FUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of Hong Kong residents are lining up in front of the British Consulate General…
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