1 dead as mudslides hit southern Austria after heavy rains
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Austria declared a civil emergency Wednesday after some villages in the southern state of Carinthia were cut off by…
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian militant in West Bank raid
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian militant in the occupied West Bank during clashes that broke out during an…
Continue ReadingUS boosting military presence in Europe amid Russia threat
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press MADRID (AP) — President Joe Biden says the U.S. is enhancing its military presence in Europe…
Continue ReadingHong Kong bars some journalists from handover anniversary
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — More than 10 journalists are barred from covering events this week marking the 25th anniversary of…
Continue ReadingRessa says Philippine courts to decide Rappler closure order
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa says her Rappler news website is operating as usual and will let Philippine…
Continue ReadingNBA Finals viewership up 24 percent over 2021
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Nielsen company says the NBA Finals series between two stories franchises reached 24% more…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea approves first homemade COVID-19 vaccine
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Health officials in South Korea have approved the country’s first domestically…
Continue ReadingLone surviving attacker in Paris massacre guilty of murder
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a team of Islamic State extremists…
Continue ReadingGas lines and scuffles: Sri Lanka faces humanitarian crisis
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A few years ago, Sri Lanka had an economy strong enough to…
Continue ReadingAsia stocks mixed after Wall St down, China manufacturing up
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after the U.S. economy contracted and China reported…
Continue ReadingIsrael medic group founder mired in sex abuse scandal dies
JERUSALEM (AP) — Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, a prominent member of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community who founded a volunteer paramedic service before his…
Continue ReadingRice fields dry up as Italy’s drought lingers on
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press MORTARA, Italy (AP) — The worst drought Italy has faced in 70 years is thirsting paddy fields in the river Po…
Continue ReadingNATO calls Russia ‘most significant and direct threat’
By JILL LAWLESS, JOSEPH WILSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press MADRID (AP) — NATO has declared Russia the “most significant and direct…
Continue ReadingEU countries approve climate measures after long talks
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries reached a deal following hard-fought talks that dragged into early…
Continue ReadingAustralia prioritizes reducing emissions and cheaper EVs
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government is putting climate change at the top of its legislative…
Continue ReadingNorthern California wildfire threatens 500 buildings
BRIDGEPORT, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that erupted in Northern California forced evacuations as it threatened about 500 homes and other buildings…
Continue ReadingNew York’s 1st legal marijuana crop sprouts under the sun
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s recreational marijuana market is beginning to sprout, literally, with…
Continue ReadingR. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
By TOM HAYS, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to…
Continue ReadingHong Kong in limbo 25 years after British handover to China
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Twenty-five years after Britain handed Hong Kong over to China, the city is in limbo. Beijing has been…
Continue ReadingHindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Tensions are high in India’s western Udaipur city. On Tuesday, police…
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