Edmunds: 2022 BMW i4 versus 2022 Polestar 2
By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Tesla isn’t the only player in the all-electric sport sedan market anymore. BMW and Polestar have recently introduced…
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Gun debate a side note in hearings on Uvalde shooting
By JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The first public hearings in Texas looking into the Uvalde school massacre…
Continue ReadingIsrael lawmakers take 1st step toward dissolving parliament
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers have voted in favor of dissolving parliament in a preliminary vote, setting…
Continue ReadingSenators reach bipartisan compromise on gun violence bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate bargainers have reached agreement on a bipartisan gun violence bill. That potentially tees…
Continue ReadingPope blasts violence in Mexico as he mourns 2 slain Jesuits
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has blasted the violence that plagues Mexico as he mourned the slaying of two “brother” Jesuits who were…
Continue ReadingItaly’s 5-Stars in chaos as Di Maio splits, forms new group
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s political landscape has shifted after Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio formalized his…
Continue ReadingJudge in Italy weighs if Haggis goes free in sex abuse probe
BRINDISI, Italy (AP) — A judge in southern Italy on Wednesday was weighing whether Academy Award-winning film director Paul Haggis should go free…
Continue ReadingClimate change a factor in ‘unprecedented’ South Asia floods
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and AL-EMRUN GARJON Associated Press SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the erratic and…
Continue ReadingBiden calls for 3-month suspension of gas and diesel taxes
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Militants ambush security post in Yemen; 8 killed
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say suspected al-Qaida militants have attacked a security post in a southern…
Continue ReadingGeorge Chauncey wins $500,000 Library of Congress award
NEW YORK (AP) — Historian George Chauncey has received a $500,000 lifetime achievement award from the Library of Congress, the John W. Kluge Prize,…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka PM says economy ‘has collapsed,’ unable to buy oil
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of…
Continue ReadingMyanmar minister joins Southeast Asian defense meeting
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Myanmar’s defense minister has been welcomed to an annual meeting of his…
Continue ReadingTribal woman likely to be India’s next ceremonial president
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A woman representing India’s poor tribal community is likely to be the next president. The…
Continue ReadingFirefighters battle wildfire near Turkish resort of Marmaris
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Firefighters aided by planes and helicopters are battling a wildfire that broke out near a resort in southwestern Turkey. The…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea hits dozens with travel bans amid crypto probe
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors have barred dozens of people connected to Terraform Labs from leaving the country as they expand…
Continue ReadingThousands of Dutch farmers protest, fearing government cuts
By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press STROE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of farmers have gathered in the central Netherlands to protest the Dutch…
Continue ReadingUK inflation rate hits new 40-year high of 9.1%
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate hit 9.1% in May, a new 40-year high and up slightly from the previous month. The Office for National…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed after Wall St declines on growth worries
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street edged lower amid fears higher interest…
Continue ReadingSouth Sudan fights child marriage where girls sold for cows
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Some young girls are still auctioned off into marriage for cows in South Sudan — one of…
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