Ukraine grain shipments offer hope, not fix to food crisis
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, AYA BATRAWY and CARA ANNA Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A ship bringing corn to Lebanon’s northern port of Tripoli normally…
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Israel, militants trade fire as Gaza death toll climbs to 24
By FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes flattened homes in Gaza on Saturday and…
Continue ReadingASEAN special envoy to Myanmar warns on further executions
By GRANT PECK and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s foreign minister says efforts by Myanmar’s neighbors to…
Continue ReadingBlinken: China should not hold global concerns ‘hostage’
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that China should not hold hostage…
Continue ReadingProgressive and centrist Dems battle for Vermont House seat
By WILSON RING Associated Press STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint are the leading candidates in a…
Continue ReadingUN food price index dropped in July for fourth month
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency’s global food price index dropped for a fourth straight month in July, but was still…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s last sawmill faces closure amid development plan
By KATIE TAM Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber is Hong Kong’s last operating sawmill. It has been processing wood in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: On China, US and climate, action, not talk is key
By SETH BORENSTEIN and CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writers The last two agreements the world made to battle climate change came only after the United…
Continue ReadingIndiana becomes 1st state to approve abortion ban post Roe
By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana on Friday became the first state in the nation to approve…
Continue ReadingSuspect in China kindergarten attack dies after accident
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say a 48-year-old man suspected of killing four people in an attack at a private kindergarten in southern China…
Continue ReadingHiroshima vows nuke ban at 77th memorial amid Russia threat
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima on Saturday remembered the atomic bombing 77 years ago as officials, including the head…
Continue ReadingJudge: Green Party candidate belongs on N. Carolina ballot
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered elections officials to place the North…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea calls Pelosi ‘destroyer of international peace’
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has called U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “the worst destroyer of…
Continue ReadingNicaragua police investigating bishop critical of government
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s police say they have begun an investigation against a Roman Catholic bishop…
Continue ReadingUN experts: Malian military and ‘white’ soldiers killed 33
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say in a new report that Malian armed forces allegedly carried out an…
Continue ReadingUS agency probes Tesla crashes that killed 2 motorcyclists
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Health officials say a central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox but that it has not spread to others at the center.…
Continue ReadingRecord floods strand 1K people in Death Valley National Park
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Record rainfall Friday trigged flash floods at Death Valley National Park that swept away cars, closed…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D.; Bill Richardson, former U.S. ambassador to the…
Continue ReadingFormer Texas police chief gets 15 1/2 years for bribery
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A former West Texas police chief has been sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison for bribery. Former San Angelo police chief…
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