Australian leader to visit France to fix damaged relations
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will meet President Emmanuel Macron…
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Authorities: Drug suspect guns down guard at Arkansas jail
PERRYVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A man being booked into a central Arkansas jail on drug charges pulled out a gun and fatally shot a guard before someone…
Continue ReadingUS coach makes dramatic rescue of artistic swimmer at worlds
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction. The United States coach…
Continue ReadingTrains canceled in UK as unions stage 2nd 24-hour walkout
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second…
Continue ReadingExec returns to Toyota as adviser after ’15 arrest in Japan
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An American executive who resigned from Toyota after being arrested in Japan in 2015 on suspicion of…
Continue ReadingJapanese architect Ban wins prestigious Spanish prize
MADRID (AP) — Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has won a prestigious Spanish prize for his pioneering work on designing temporary shelters for people…
Continue ReadingAir France-KLM boss warns travelers: Go to the airport early
PARIS (AP) — The chief of airline alliance Air France-KLM says it will take weeks or months to get new security staff in place to lighten pressure…
Continue ReadingBulgarian political crisis casts shadow over Balkans summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — A Bulgarian government crisis tarnished a European Union summit Thursday that was intended to bolster the EU membership hopes of…
Continue ReadingJapan high court rejects paternity harassment allegations
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese High Court has rejected an appeal by a former brokerage manager alleging on-the-job…
Continue ReadingRussians advance on war’s front line in eastern Ukraine
By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russia’s military has captured two villages in eastern…
Continue ReadingNorway central bank hikes key policy interest rate to 1.25%
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate from 0.75%  to 1.25%. In a statement on Thursday,…
Continue ReadingUK’s Johnson faces test in 2 special parliamentary elections
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Polls are open for two special elections in England that could deliver a new blow to scandal-tainted…
Continue ReadingWHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As the World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee to consider if the spiraling…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed and what’s next
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the island nation’s…
Continue ReadingIncumbent Lebanese PM keeps post as economic crisis deepens
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has won the support of more than 50 legislators to keep his…
Continue ReadingEuropean Union makes Ukraine a candidate for EU membership
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and MIKE CORDER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed Thursday to put Ukraine on a path toward EU…
Continue ReadingAirport chaos: European travel runs into pandemic cutbacks
By KELVIN CHAN and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back, but airlines and…
Continue ReadingCommonwealth heads call for climate action at Rwanda meeting
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA and WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Leaders of Commonwealth nations are calling for increased climate…
Continue ReadingGermany faces natural gas ‘crisis,’ raises warning level
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has activated the second phase of its three-stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies,…
Continue ReadingTurkey battles wind-driven wildfire near resort for 3rd day
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Firefighting crews were battling a wind-driven wildfire that has blackened swaths of pine forest near a popular resort in…
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