Climate, malaria highlighted as Commonwealth leaders meet
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Leaders of Commonwealth nations were meeting in Rwanda’s capital Friday to tackle…
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India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is sending family tents, blankets and other relief supplies for a team to distribute in…
Continue ReadingRomanian port struggles to handle flow of Ukrainian grain
By VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press CONSTANTA, Romania (AP) — With Ukraine’s seaports blockaded or captured by Russian forces, neighboring…
Continue ReadingStocks rally, driving Wall Street to a rare winning week
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years…
Continue ReadingUS Pacific admiral: Ties with Japan key to regional security
By HARUKA NUGA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s top commander in the Pacific and the Japanese defense minister say that close…
Continue ReadingUS envoy to Israel lives in a luxe rental, a Trump legacy
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s no plaque on the gate of the U.S. ambassador’s new residence in Jerusalem, no Stars…
Continue ReadingA year on, Surfside remembers 98 victims of condo collapse
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront…
Continue ReadingCongress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed…
Continue ReadingAt LGBTQ Pride, celebration but also worry over civil rights
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — LGBTQ Pride commemorations that sometimes felt like victory parties for civil rights gains are…
Continue ReadingUK Conservatives lose 2 elections in blow to Boris Johnson
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership of the Conservative party has suffered a heavy…
Continue ReadingStates brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has…
Continue ReadingA new leader in the Philippines, and a family’s old wounds
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — He was the uncle I never met. But in my family’s origin story, Emmanuel “Manny” Yap…
Continue ReadingGiffords documentary comes as gun debates stay center stage
By TERRY TANG Associated Press For two years, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords allowed a film crew to shadow her and husband Sen. Mark Kelly. The…
Continue ReadingGOP unity? Some aim for reconciliation after tough primaries
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two days after losing a bitter primary to a rival she once deemed a “sellout” for…
Continue ReadingLast Nevada county approves primary results after hand count
By KEN RITTER, GABE STERN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding…
Continue ReadingA world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse
By ZEINA KARAM and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political…
Continue ReadingChina envoy says Australia fired first shot with Huawei ban
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China’s ambassador to Australia says the then-Australian government fired the…
Continue ReadingThey’ll always have ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp were at a bit of a career crossroads when they manifested Marcel, a one-inch-tall…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How parade crash insanity plea will work
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year,…
Continue Reading1 dead, dozens hurt in 12th day of protesting in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — One man has been killed in Ecuador’s capital and dozens injured during the 12th day of protets led by Indigenous people…
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