German leader condemns Abbas’ ’50 Holocausts’ remark
ILAN BEN ZION and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s chancellor says that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks” made by…
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UK inflation reaches 10.1% on soaring food, energy costs
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate has risen to a new 40-year high of 10.1% in July as climbing food prices…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks follow Wall St down after Fed inflation report
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Thursday after the Federal Reserve said U.S.…
Continue ReadingJapan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company…
Continue ReadingIndian court appoints committee to run national Olympic body
NEW DELHI (AP) — A court in India has appointed a committee to take over the running of the national Olympic committee and hold fresh elections…
Continue ReadingScientists warn of dire effects as Mediterranean heats up
By CIARÁN GILES and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press MADRID (AP) — While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea’s summer warmth,…
Continue ReadingChina cuts power to factories, homes as reservoirs fall
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Factories in China’s southwest have shut down and a city imposed rolling blackouts after…
Continue ReadingUkrainians flee grim life in Russian-occupied Kherson
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Residents who have fled the Russian-occupied city of Kherson say conditions in the Black…
Continue ReadingArticle on ‘fat’ Arab women sparks uproar over body-shaming
By ISABEL DEBRE and MAGGIE HYDE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line.…
Continue ReadingThailand’s restive south hit by wave of arson and bombings
By SUMETH PANPETCH Associated Press HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — A wave of arson and bombing attacks overnight hit Thailand’s southernmost provinces,…
Continue ReadingWind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the US West
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of…
Continue ReadingAfghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh
SYDNEY (AP) — Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the…
Continue ReadingPrehistoric fish may spawn in Georgia: 1st time in 50 years
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Scientists and students embarking on a census of Georgia lake sturgeon have found three females with mature…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean leader: Seoul won’t seek own nuclear deterrent
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said Wednesday his government has no plans to pursue its own…
Continue ReadingFormer Australia PM says secret powers were needed in crisis
SYDNEY (AP) — Scott Morrison said Wednesday that giving himself extra powers when he was Australia’s prime minister was necessary during the…
Continue ReadingHow new Colorado River cuts will impact states, residents
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona and Nevada residents won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their…
Continue ReadingGiuliani says he ‘satisfied’ obligation with Ga. grand jury
By KATE BRUMBACK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he had “satisfied his obligation” after…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Dueling views remain a year after Afghan pullout
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after America’s tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments…
Continue ReadingNepal’s holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage, trash
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — High on a mountain in the Himalayas, pristine drops fall from the mouth of a tiger…
Continue Reading‘The Butler’ author Wil Haygood wins prestigious book award
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Writer Wil Haygood, author of multiple books chronicling the lives of 20th-century Black Americans, has won a prestigious book…
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