Fire engulfs historic wooden bridge in southern China
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that engulfed a covered wooden bridge with 900 years of history in southeastern…
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Ex-Manchester United star Ryan Giggs set to go on trial
LONDON (AP) — Former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs is set to go on trial Monday on charges of assault and use of coercive behavior against a…
Continue ReadingRussia, Ukraine trade accusations over nuclear plant attacks
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Monday that each side is shelling Europe’s biggest…
Continue ReadingWall Street ending flat as investors await inflation updates
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are closing flat on Wall Street as investors prepare for a busy week of updates on…
Continue ReadingJapan tech giant SoftBank posts $23 billion quarterly loss
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted a $23 billion loss in the April-June quarter as…
Continue ReadingAnalysis: Israeli PM’s Gaza gamble seems to have paid off
By TIA GOLDENBERG and EMILY ROSE Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s caretaker prime minister took a gamble with his preemptive…
Continue ReadingChad’s junta, rebel groups sign pledge in Qatar before talks
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chad’s military government has signed a pledge with over 40 rebel groups and…
Continue ReadingThai pub owner charged in connection with deadly blaze
BANGKOK (AP) — The owner of a music pub in eastern Thailand where a fire last week killed 15 people and injured more than three dozen others has…
Continue ReadingRussian tennis players collect 3 titles at US Open tuneups
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been quite a week for Russia’s professional tennis players. There were four WTA…
Continue ReadingUS official says Solomon Islands leader ‘missed opportunity’
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The U.S. deputy secretary of state says the prime minister of the Solomon Islands…
Continue ReadingChina extends threatening military exercises around Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it is extending threatening military exercises surrounding Taiwan that have disrupted shipping and air traffic and…
Continue ReadingWater crisis looms for eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people…
Continue ReadingIran: Police arrest Afghan suspected of stabbing 10 to death
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media are reporting that police arrested an Afghan man suspected of stabbing 10 other farm laborers to death…
Continue ReadingAs Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts
By FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — With a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants holding…
Continue ReadingAustralia calls for cooling of Taiwan Strait tensions
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called for a cooling of tensions after…
Continue ReadingFather, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they…
Continue ReadingFormer coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) — Barely a week after floodwaters swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted,…
Continue ReadingUN chief urges nuke powers to abide by no-first-use pledge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The United Nations is urging countries with nuclear weapons to stick to their no-first-use…
Continue Reading‘We’re triaging’: Cops combat violent crime as ranks dwindle
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, CLAUDIA LAUER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Five years after Brian Spaulding’s parents found him…
Continue ReadingNot so fast: California’s last nuke plant might run longer
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the…
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