Asian shares mostly higher after rally on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday following a broad rally on Wall Street, but Hong…
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Japan’s push for UNESCO to list divisive gold mine delayed
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s push to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a former gold mine key to the…
Continue ReadingHall of Famers in push for baseball in cricket-mad region
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two Hall of Fame baseball players are leading a push to bring the sport that made them famous to India, Pakistan and the…
Continue ReadingOil block auction in DRC punctures Africa’s climate goals
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Sections of a renowned peatland tropical forest in the Congo Basin that plays a…
Continue ReadingSeeking new funds, Hamas raises taxes in impoverished Gaza
By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Hamas rulers have imposed a slew of new taxes on imported clothes and office…
Continue ReadingJapan discusses regional defense in rare visit to Taiwan
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of Japanese lawmakers including two former defense ministers has met with Taiwan’s…
Continue ReadingMan executed despite calls from victim’s family to spare him
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago has been executed…
Continue ReadingWounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BARRE, Mass. (AP) — One by one, items purportedly taken from Native Americans massacred at Wounded Knee Creek…
Continue ReadingDefense contractor held without bail in ID theft mystery
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. defense contractor and his wife charged with fraudulently…
Continue ReadingMayim Bialik, Ken Jennings to split ‘Jeopardy!’ host job
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” is giving itself two answers to the question of who gets to host the quiz…
Continue ReadingMemphis woman cremated in Fiji, husband charged with murder
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The family of a Tennessee pharmacist who died on her honeymoon in Fiji decided to…
Continue ReadingExtended triple-digit heat suspected in 4 deaths in Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Triple-digit heat was being investigated Thursday as…
Continue ReadingJudges block abortion bans in Wyoming, North Dakota
By MEAD GRUVER and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion bans set to take effect this week in Wyoming and North Dakota…
Continue ReadingHidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty…
Continue ReadingHidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty…
Continue ReadingRejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When General Motors went through the biggest industrial bankruptcy proceedings in history,…
Continue ReadingRejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dave Muffley thought he had it made when it came to a solid retirement. The Indiana man spent…
Continue ReadingUS not yet in recession and 4 other takeaways from the Fed
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Jerome Powell delivered a tough message at the start of a news conference Wednesday:…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in, and out, of Democrats’ inflation-fighting package
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — What started as a $4 trillion effort during President Joe Biden’s first…
Continue ReadingMan accused in threats to kill Rep. Pramila Jayapal charged
SEATTLE (AP) — A 49-year-old Seattle man arrested earlier this month on suspicion of committing a hate crime against U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal and…
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