Death toll climbs to 33 in Vietnamese karaoke parlor fire
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll from a fire at a karaoke parlor in southern Vietnam has climbed to 33, with police blaming some of the…
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Magnitude 5.4 quake off Greek islands; no damage reported
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 has struck off the western islands of Zakynthos and…
Continue ReadingU.S. approves up to $675M in further military aid to Ukraine
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says President Joe Biden has approved additional military aid to Ukraine…
Continue ReadingChinese man trapped aloft in hydrogen balloon for 2 days
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say a man has been found safe after he spent two days aloft in a hydrogen balloon, traveling about 320…
Continue ReadingPalestinian teen shot dead after wounding Israeli soldier
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank after the military said he hit a soldier in the…
Continue ReadingVermeer exhibit to unite Milkmaid, Girl with a Pearl Earring
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum will unite two iconic paintings from Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer early next year — The Girl with a…
Continue ReadingTruss: UK to cap domestic energy prices, end fracking ban
By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — New British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced Thursday that her Conservative…
Continue ReadingExplosive detonates at Hezbollah-backed minister’s home
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb has detonated outside of a Hezbollah-backed Lebanese minister’s home in the eastern Bekaa valley.…
Continue ReadingBankruptcy stay for Nord Stream 2 pipeline firm extended
BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss court has granted the operating company for the never-opened Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was built to bring gas from Russia…
Continue ReadingConservation plan highlights Arabs’ fraught ties to Israel
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press HILF, Israel (AP) — Ayoub Rumeihat opened his palms to the sky in prayer as he stood among tombstones for Bedouins…
Continue ReadingHeavy rain after deadly China quake complicates recovery
BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rains are complicating earthquake recovery efforts in southwestern China, where the death toll from Monday’s disaster…
Continue ReadingAsian shares rise after Wall Street rise, Fed Chair comments
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks rose Friday, cheered by gains on Wall Street as comments from the Federal Reserve…
Continue ReadingAustralia enshrines in law 43% greenhouse gas reduction aim
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament has enshrined in law the government’s elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by…
Continue ReadingReport: Clean energy jobs grow, but wages lag fossil sector
BERLIN (AP) — A new report has found that clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that…
Continue ReadingEuropean Central Bank makes largest-ever interest rate hike
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank made its largest-ever interest rate increase Thursday,…
Continue ReadingCheetahs from South Africa go to parks in India, Mozambique
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is flying cheetahs to India and Mozambique as…
Continue ReadingCuba says US is acting immorally by keeping it on blacklist
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Cuba’s deputy foreign minister is accusing the Biden administration of acting…
Continue ReadingBannon pleads not guilty in ‘We Build the Wall’ scheme
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty Thursday to…
Continue ReadingCalifornia avoids outages after day of grid-straining heat
By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat, as operators of the…
Continue ReadingSlain jogger recalled as ‘bright light’ with ‘zest for life’
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The killing of jogger Eliza Fletcher has shocked the Memphis community and has led to a…
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