Griner lawyer: WNBA star had doctor’s note for cannabis use
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner at her drug possession trial in Russia on Friday gave…
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Buffalo market reopens to debate over healing, sensitivity
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Store associates are handing single carnations to customers as they enter the newly…
Continue ReadingDalai Lama travels to remote Ladakh region bordering China
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has arrived in India’s…
Continue ReadingPacific island national leaders declare climate emergency
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Pacific island national leaders have declared a climate emergency and agreed to try to bring Kiribati back to the region’s main…
Continue ReadingPhilippines ends stay of foreign peacekeepers in the south
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Foreign peacekeepers credited with helping ease years of bloody fighting between…
Continue ReadingToyota’s Japan flagship Crown car to debut on global markets
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s flagship model in Japan, the Crown, is going on sale around the world for the first…
Continue ReadingPakistan says forces kill 9 insurgents after officer’s death
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistani forces have killed at least nine separatists in a remote area of the…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi, in Xinjiang, signals no change to Uyghur policy
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the northwestern Xinjiang region this week amid concerns over China’s detention of a million…
Continue ReadingStocks end higher on Wall Street, still down for the week
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street capped a week of losses with a broad rally for stocks Friday, as investors…
Continue ReadingG20 finance leaders in Bali to tackle Ukraine, inflation
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Top financial officials from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are meeting…
Continue ReadingAs Biden visits, a look at those targeted in Saudi Arabia
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reputation as a brazen leader who has…
Continue ReadingGerman climate activists aim to stir friction with blockades
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — “It’s absolutely crazy to stick yourself to the road with superglue,” admits Lina…
Continue ReadingPapua New Guinea police accused of killing woman at polls
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea police have shot a young mother dead at a polling station in the…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s prime minister sworn in as interim president
By KRUTIKA PATHI, KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister was sworn…
Continue ReadingFetterman absence raises stakes for Dems in key Senate race
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — John Fetterman has been fundraising, advertising on TV and grabbing attention with snarky…
Continue ReadingArgentina’s import limits bring fears of looming shortages
By DANIEL POLITI and DEBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Business leaders across Argentina are scrambling to deal with a…
Continue ReadingUN Council urges halt to small arms reaching Haiti gangs
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution that calls on all…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to restore abortion rights nationwide in…
Continue ReadingEarthquake shakes Ecuador’s coast, teen killed by power line
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.7 has shaken Ecuador’s coast, and authorities say a teenager was electrocuted by a…
Continue ReadingIn West Bank, Biden says ‘ground is not ripe’ for peace
By AAMER MADHANI, JOSEPH KRAUSS and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — President Joe Biden has called for “two states…
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