Serbian police break up people-smuggling gang, find migrants
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have broken up a people-smuggling gang near the border with Hungary. They found weapons and…
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New Russian airstrikes target Black Sea regions of Ukraine
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has targeted Ukraine’s Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with airstrikes…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks follow Wall Street ahead of likely US rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why is a Pelosi visit to Taiwan causing tension?
BEIJING (AP) — China is warning it will respond forcefully if U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proceeds with a planned visit to Taiwan. Pelosi would…
Continue ReadingBodies of 8 migrants wash ashore in southern Morocco
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities say the bodies of eight migrants have washed ashore in southern Morocco after their dinghy capsized. The…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Macron in Cameroon at start of 3-nation Africa tour
By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, for a…
Continue ReadingEU reaches deal to ration gas amid Russian cut-off fears
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union governments agreed Tuesday to ration natural gas this winter to protect themselves against any further supply cuts…
Continue ReadingGriner’s Russian trial considers medicinal use of cannabis
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused Tuesday…
Continue ReadingGerman life expectancy decreased during pandemic years
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national statistics office says that the country’s average life expectancy dropped noticeably between 2019 and…
Continue ReadingIsrael demolishes homes of suspected Palestinian attackers
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has demolished the homes of two Palestinians suspected of killing an Israeli security guard in a West…
Continue ReadingMyanmar executions of 4 activists spur global outrage
By DAVID RISING and EILEEN NG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — International outrage over Myanmar’s execution of four political prisoners is…
Continue Reading28 people dead, 60 sick in India from drinking spiked liquor
By AJIT SOLANKI Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Officials say at least 28 people have died and another 60 have fallen sick from drinking…
Continue ReadingReport: Tokyo Olympic board member under investigation
TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in…
Continue ReadingMicronesia’s first COVID-19 outbreak balloons, causing alarm
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Micronesia’s first outbreak of COVID-19 has grown in one week to more than 1,000…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s leader invites Chinese counterpart to G20 summit
BEIJING (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has formally invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to the Group of 20 summit in Bali this fall…
Continue ReadingTruck driver on trial in crash that killed 7 motorcyclists
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A prosecutor says that a commercial truck driver charged in the deaths in 2019 of seven…
Continue Reading102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored
By JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe…
Continue ReadingAustralian leader wants legislated carbon reduction target
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament has sat for the first time since May elections with the new…
Continue ReadingNorthwest swelters under ‘uncomfortable’ multiday heat wave
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Under the sweltering heat, Matthew Carr spent his lunch break in a…
Continue ReadingTrump, Pence speeches put stark GOP divide on display
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The intensifying rivalry between former President Donald Trump and his once fiercely loyal vice…
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