UK court bars parents from moving comatose boy to hospice
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Friday rejected a request from the parents of a comatose boy to let them move…
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Dutch government, farmers in talks on emission cut targets
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Representatives of Dutch farmers are meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and other Cabinet ministers to discuss…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How do we know when a recession has begun?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve sent a sobering message Wednesday after it announced its latest…
Continue ReadingHundreds of thousands gather for mass prayer in Baghdad
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis heeded the call of an influential Shiite cleric to gather in…
Continue ReadingMeta quieter on election misinformation as midterms loom
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting…
Continue ReadingIndian police block opposition protests over price increases
By RISHI LEKHI and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have detained dozens of lawmakers from the opposition Congress…
Continue ReadingIn France, a battle to save weakened whale lost in the Seine
By OLEG CETINIC and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press SAINT-PIERRE-LA-GARENNE, France (AP) — French environmentalists were hoping Friday to feed a…
Continue ReadingIndonesia arrests 3 foreigners for drug distribution in Bali
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press Authorities in Indonesia arrested three foreigners for distributing cocaine on the Indonesian resort island of…
Continue ReadingNorwegian cruise ship runs aground; no passengers on board
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Norwegian cruise ship operator Hurtigruten says one of its ships has run aground in a fjord off the Nordic country’s west…
Continue ReadingIn a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the…
Continue ReadingBerlin forest fire contained but ammo depot still a problem
BERLIN (AP) — Officials in Germany say fire accompanied by explosions at a police ammunition depot in a Berlin forest is contained. The head of the…
Continue ReadingSpain leads Europe in monkeypox, struggles to check spread
By JOSEPH WILSON and RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — As a sex worker and adult film actor, Roc was relieved when he was among…
Continue ReadingIran demands release of its citizen held in Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is seeking the release of a citizen held by Saudi Arabia since the hajj pilgrimage that concluded a month ago. Iran’s…
Continue ReadingGermany’s health minister tests positive for COVID-19
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister, an epidemiologist by training who has led the country’s fight against COVID-19 since December, has…
Continue ReadingNCAA hoops leagues grapple with unequal pay for women’s refs
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The NCAA earned praise last year when it agreed to pay referees at its men’s and women’s basketball…
Continue Reading3 more ships with grain depart Ukraine ports under UN deal
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn have left Ukrainian ports,…
Continue ReadingSE Asian nations criticize Myanmar, but weaker than expected
By DAVID RISING and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
Continue ReadingBanksy painting sprayed in West Bank resurfaces in Tel Aviv
By ILAN BEN ZION and ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has…
Continue ReadingWall Street falls as jobs data suggests Fed hikes not over
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes closed mostly lower Friday after a roller-coaster…
Continue ReadingThe AP Interview: Samantha Power vs. food crisis, Russia
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Samantha Power won fame as a human rights advocate and was picked by President Joe Biden to…
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