EU countries adopt mandatory gas storage amid Russia’s cuts
BRUSSELS (AP) — EU countries have agreed that all natural gas storage in the 27-nation bloc should be topped up to at least 80% capacity for next…
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Czech bullet train collides with engine, 1 dead, 5 injured
PRAGUE (AP) — A bullet train has collided with an engine in a railway station in northeastern Czech Republic, killing one person and injuring five.…
Continue ReadingPakistani army says shootout with militants killed 2 troops
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a shootout with militants in the country’s northwest has killed two soldiers. The exchange on…
Continue ReadingNorway: Deadly Pride attack suspect jailed, refuses to talk
By KOSTYA MANENKOV and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press OSLO, Norway (AP) — The suspect in a deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the…
Continue ReadingSudan: Ethiopia kills 7 captive Sudanese soldiers, civilian
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military says Ethiopia has killed seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian who were held captive by Addis Ababa. It’s…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: G7 provides forum for like-minded democracies
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — In 1975, leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies gathered outside Paris to deal with an energy crisis sparked by a war…
Continue ReadingCensors delete discussion of Beijing’s future COVID control
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Online discussion was swirling in response to reported remarks of Beijing’s party…
Continue ReadingCyberattack forces Iran steel company to halt production
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Iran’s major steel companies says it was forced to halt production…
Continue ReadingAustralian data: Greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government has blamed the previous administration’s inaction for an…
Continue ReadingWNBA star Brittney Griner ordered to trial Friday in Russia
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered Monday to stand trial by a court near…
Continue ReadingUK presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal
By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signalled that a plan to rip up parts of the…
Continue ReadingWill he go or not? Hong Kong awaits word on Xi Jinping visit
HONG KONG (AP) — Will he go or not? Chinese President Xi Jinping kept Hong Kong guessing on Monday about his possible appearance at the 25th…
Continue ReadingDetained LGBTQ activists in Istanbul Pride being released
ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul’s LGBTQ Pride organizers say 373 people detained by police Sunday following a ban on all Pride events are being…
Continue ReadingWhy captions are suddenly everywhere and how they got there
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — People with hearing loss have long adopted technology to navigate the world, especially since…
Continue ReadingUN chief: National selfishness delaying global oceans deal
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says some countries won’t accept that the…
Continue ReadingDeath toll of children in Afghanistan quake rises to 155
By SIDDIQULLAH ALIZAI Associated Press GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations says that the death toll of children in last week’s…
Continue ReadingKnife attacker kills 1, wounds 5 at German asylum shelter
BERLIN (AP) — A knife-wielding attacker has stabbed several people in a shelter for asylum-seekers in southern Germany, killing one man and…
Continue ReadingPeople’s war: Ukraine, Russia crowd-funding gear for troops
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In one of the combat zones against Russia, the supply chief for a Ukrainian fighting…
Continue ReadingAsian shares track Wall St drop as inflation fears drag on
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares skidded in Asia on Wednesday after another broad decline on Wall Street as markets…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s the impact of a Russian debt default?
By KEN SWEET, KELVIN CHAN and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Russia appeared to default on its foreign debt for the first time since…
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