New UK PM Truss vows to tackle energy crisis, ailing economy
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately faced up to the…
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Australia says its navy can resume visits to Solomon Islands
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia says its navy ships have been given clearance to resume visits to the…
Continue ReadingIndia’s Bengaluru flooded after days of torrential rains
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Life for many in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru is disrupted after two days of torrential rains set off long traffic…
Continue ReadingAustralia central bank lifts cash rate to 2.35% in 5th hike
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has boosted its benchmark interest rate for a fifth…
Continue ReadingRuby Bridges, desegregation trailblazer, writes kids book
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the…
Continue ReadingIndia, Bangladesh sign water-sharing deal, in boost to ties
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Bangladesh have signed a water-sharing agreement and six other pacts, including ones on space technology and scientific…
Continue ReadingAsian markets mixed after China promises economic support
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after China promised to speed up the rollout of policy…
Continue ReadingVictims of floatplane crash included activist, winemaker
By MARTHA BELLISLE and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — A civil rights activist, a business owner, a lawyer, an engineer…
Continue ReadingTrump-backed Diehl to take on Healey in Mass. governor race
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Geoff Diehl, a former state representative endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the…
Continue ReadingChina’s Chengdu enforces strict lockdown despite earthquake
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city of 21 million despite a…
Continue ReadingFears high as Canadian police search for stabbing suspect
By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press JAMES SMITH CREE FIRST NATION, Saskatchewan (AP) — Fears ran high Tuesday on an Indigenous…
Continue ReadingUS: Russia to buy rockets, artillery shells from North Korea
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly downgraded U.S. intelligence finding says the Russian Ministry of Defense is in the…
Continue ReadingUvalde students go back to school for 1st time since attack
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gilbert Mata woke up excited Tuesday for the first day of school since a gunman’s…
Continue ReadingPolice: ‘Fat Leonard’ escapes house arrest in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal authorities say the military contractor who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal and…
Continue ReadingMeghan addresses youth summit on UK visit with Prince Harry
LONDON (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has made her first speech in Britain since she and Prince Harry quit as working royals two years ago.…
Continue ReadingTyphoon batters S. Korea, preparations minimize casualties
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years killed at least six people,…
Continue ReadingCVS to buy home health-care provider Signify for $8 billion
DALLAS (AP) — Drugstore operator CVS Health Corp. said Monday that it will buy home-health provider Signify Health for $8 billion. CVS said Signify…
Continue ReadingVenezuela: Armed forces make largest pot bust in a decade
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press TIRAYA, Venezuela (AP) — The armed forces of Venezuela have carried out what authorities say is the largest…
Continue ReadingCalifornia facing chance of blackouts amid brutal heat wave
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is facing its highest chance of blackouts this year as a brutal heat wave continues…
Continue ReadingPalin urges Begich to drop House bid; Begich declines
By BECKY BOHRER and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. House candidate Sarah Palin called on fellow Republican Nick…
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