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By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2020, Kelly Jackson and Davina Arceneaux wanted to leave their company jobs and become…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2020, Kelly Jackson and Davina Arceneaux wanted to leave their company jobs and become…
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces began an assault Saturday on two key cities in the eastern Donetsk region and…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Some 80,000 tourists are stranded in the southern Chinese beach resort of Sanya, after authorities declared it a COVID-19 hot spot…
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Sudan has accused neighboring Chad of a cross-border attack earlier this week that a top commander says killed at least 18 nomads in…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press LaPLACE, La. (AP) — Enthusiastic church volunteer Sonia St. Cyr lost something she treasures during the…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department’s effort to block the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press CIVITANOVA MARCHE, Italy (AP) — Two marches have taken place through one of Italy’s Adriatic beach towns,…
Continue Readingby FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a move that shocked environmentalists, the government of Brazil’s third-largest state has given up…
Continue ReadingBy PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of spectators are lining Amsterdam’s historic canals and bridges to…
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Authorities in Bulgaria say a bus crash has killed four people and left at least eight injured. Local police said the bus…
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine chapter has resigned, saying the human rights organization shot down her…
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Judith Durham, Australia’s folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died.…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French environmentalists are working around the clock to try and feed a dangerously thin Beluga whale that has strayed into the Seine…
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities have suspended the work of a prominent LGBTQ rights group, calling…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 12-year-old boy who had been in a coma for four months died Saturday at a London hospital after…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and FARES AKRAM Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are exchanging fire…
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A bus with Polish license plates has skidded from a highway in northern Croatia, and police say at least 12 people were…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Taiwan said Saturday that China’s military drills appear to simulate an attack on the self-ruled island, after multiple Chinese…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military personnel are fortifying their positions around the eastern city of…
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Voters in Kenya are choosing a successor to President Uhuru Kenyatta next week after his decade in power. The race is close…
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