Millions in new COVID lockdown as China keeps strict policy
BEIJING (AP) — China has placed millions of its citizens under lockdown following fresh outbreaks of COVID-19. The measures affected about half of…
Continue ReadingAP National News
Japan, Israel step up defense ties amid regional tensions
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The defense ministers of Japan and Israel have shared concerns about growing global tensions from…
Continue ReadingArizona governor to focus on semiconductors in Taiwan visit
By HUIZHONG WU and JOE McDONALD Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has arrived in Taiwan for a visit focused on…
Continue ReadingMusk cites whistleblower as new reason to exit Twitter deal
Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed salvos at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over the billionaire Tesla CEO’s efforts to…
Continue ReadingStorms blamed in deaths of 3 in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas
MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Don’t let money ‘rules’ get you down
By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Money rules of thumb can be useful guardrails, helping you allocate spending and determine what’s affordable. They…
Continue ReadingGermany upbeat on energy security; Russia cuts gas to France
By FRANK JORDANS, BARBARA SURK and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany is well-prepared to tackle a…
Continue ReadingIran sentences 2 Swedes to prison terms over drugs
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has sentenced two Swedish citizens to multiyear prison terms on charges of drug smuggling, the latest in a string of cases…
Continue Reading1st Ukraine grain ship for Horn of Africa reaches Djibouti
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine for people in East Africa affected by drought and…
Continue ReadingTaiwan leader tells troops to keep cool amid Chinese threats
By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press PENGHU, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president has told the self-ruled island’s military units to keep their cool in…
Continue ReadingPodcast leads to Australian’s conviction in wife’s murder
SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian man has been convicted of murdering his wife 40 years ago after a renewed police investigation that was triggered by a…
Continue ReadingAlmost all Dutch trains halted by strike around Utrecht
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Almost the entire Dutch railway network has been shut down as workers affected by soaring inflation and staff shortages…
Continue ReadingAustrian court overturns conviction of ex-vice chancellor
BERLIN (AP) — A Vienna court has overturned the corruption conviction of former Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache for trying to…
Continue ReadingStudent loan relief limited for many by US drug war’s legacy
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press President Joe Biden says he hopes his proposal to forgive federal student loans will narrow the nation’s…
Continue ReadingHeavy fighting rages in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied south
By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine claimed to have destroyed bridges and ammunition depots and pounded command posts in a…
Continue ReadingEU to ramp up arms production, eyes Ukraine army training
By LORNE COOK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — European Union ministers are debating ways to ramp up weapons production and boost military training…
Continue ReadingSuspected rebels kill town police chief in Philippines
COTABATO, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police officials say suspected Muslim rebels have killed a town police chief and his driver and wounded…
Continue ReadingCargo ship beached after collision in Bay of Gibraltar
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar authorities say they have beached a cargo ship to prevent it from sinking after it…
Continue ReadingTruck collides with minibus in Iran, killing at least 16
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says an automobile crash in southwestern Iran has killed at least 16 people. The Tuesday crash happened as a…
Continue ReadingGaza aid worker gets 12 years on Israeli terror charges
By AMI BENTOV Associated Press BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced the Gaza director of a major international charity to…
Continue Reading