Retail sales up 1% in June, easing fears of a recession
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers picked up their spending from May to June,…
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Putin reshuffles top officials, names new space agency head
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the…
Continue ReadingTogo army regrets killing 7 youths in anti-jihadi patrol
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Togo’s military says that its forces patrolling against extremist rebels mistakenly killed…
Continue ReadingDanish amusement park scraps ride after girl killed
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An amusement park in northwestern Denmark said Friday it would scrap a roller coaster for good after a 14-year-old girl…
Continue ReadingBulgaria’s president tries to unlock political crisis
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has launched talks with all political parties represented in…
Continue ReadingBiden’s Saudi visit aims to balance rights, oil, security
By AAMER MADHANI, AYA BATRAWY, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Joe Biden met Friday with…
Continue ReadingItaly enters into political uncertainty after 5-Stars balk
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is entering five days of political and financial uncertainty after the 5-Star Movement…
Continue ReadingMedical examiner: Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in…
Continue ReadingRussia acquits feminist artist on trial for pornography
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia’s far east has handed a rare acquittal to a feminist artist who was charged with disseminating pornography after…
Continue ReadingJim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner for 1912 Olympic golds
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly…
Continue ReadingBulgaria will still repair Ukrainian military equipment
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s defense minister says the country’s defense capabilities will not be seriously affected by Moscow’s…
Continue ReadingEU takes Hungary to highest court over LGBT, media rules
By RAF CASERT and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive has intensified its legal standoff with Hungary by…
Continue ReadingAid group says Yemeni children still dying of hunger
BEIRUT (AP) — The regional director at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent says a truce that went into effect in April in…
Continue ReadingKansas City struggles with Missouri over police funding
By MARGARET STAFFORD and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Leaders in largely Democratic Kansas City, Missouri, don’t…
Continue ReadingFireplane pilot dies in Portugal, wildfires rage in Europe
By ANGELA CHARLTON and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The pilot of a Portuguese firefighting plane died when his plane crashed while on…
Continue ReadingGerman soldier who posed as refugee convicted of attack plot
BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a military officer who posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker aof plotting to attack prominent politicians. The…
Continue ReadingSpain rules Franco regime “illegal” in new memory law
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of parliament has approved a historical memory law that declares illegal the…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s Suu Kyi testifies in election fraud trial
By KIKO ROSARIO Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi denied the accusations in an election fraud charge against…
Continue ReadingRussian cruise missiles rain down on southern Ukrainian city
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Cruise missiles fired by Russian strategic bombers struck a southeastern Ukrainian…
Continue ReadingIraqis arrive to mass prayer in cleric’s show of power
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iraqis have gathered in Baghdad to perform a mass prayer called for by…
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