Sri Lankan students demand government resign over crisis
By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thousands of students from state universities marched in Sri Lanka’s capital on…
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Sweltering streets: Hundreds of homeless die in extreme heat
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun’s searing rays in downtown…
Continue ReadingDenmark charges 3 with planning to carry out terror attack
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish prosecutor says three people have been charged with planning acts of terrorism by acquiring weapons and…
Continue ReadingCanada sets dates to ban some single-use plastics
QUEBEC CITY (AP) — The Canadian government is banning companies from importing or making plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout containers by the end…
Continue ReadingMali government says jihadi rebels kill 132 civilians
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Recent attacks by jihadi rebels in central Mali have killed 132 civilians, the government…
Continue ReadingMarcos to serve as agriculture chief amid food crisis fears
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed concern about rising food prices caused in part by the war…
Continue ReadingLithuania defends ban on some goods to Russia’s Kaliningrad
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania is defending its decision to bar rail transit from Russia to a Russian Baltic…
Continue ReadingDespite Western arms, Ukraine is outgunned in the east
By ANDREA ROSA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Holed up in a bombed-out house in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian troops keep a…
Continue ReadingChina’s 1st Horn of Africa envoy offers to mediate in region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — China’s first special envoy to the Horn of Africa has offered to mediate in disputes in the region as Beijing seeks to…
Continue ReadingCooler weather helps Spain with fires; rain helps in Germany
MADRID (AP) — Cooler temperatures are helping firefighters stabilize a wildfire in northwestern Spain that reports say is the biggest on record in…
Continue ReadingHaggis held at hotel ahead of Italian hearing in sex case
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Film director Paul Haggis was being held in a hotel room in southern Italy on Monday pending…
Continue ReadingGermany sticks to 2030 coal exit target amid energy worries
BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it remains committed to its goal of phasing out coal as a power source by 2030, despite deepening worries…
Continue ReadingIsrael says regional alliance has thwarted Iranian attacks
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says that Israel is helping build a U.S.-led regional air-defense…
Continue ReadingFestival founded by Dua Lipa’s father returns to Kosovo
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s central government and authorities in the capital joined forces on Monday to bring back home an international…
Continue ReadingGerman officials seize apartments of Russian lawmaker, wife
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have seized three apartments and a bank account owned by a Russian lawmaker and his wife under European…
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson has sinus operation at London hospital
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has had an operation on his sinuses under general anaesthetic. Johnson spokesman Max Blain said…
Continue ReadingPakistani prime minister appears in court in corruption case
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appeared in court in connection with an old corruption case.…
Continue ReadingLawyers call on intl court to investigate Uyghur treatment
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers have renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into China’s treatment of…
Continue ReadingLiz Weston: Is medical debt vanishing from credit reports?
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The three credit bureaus have promised to remove nearly 70% of medical debts from consumer credit reports within the next…
Continue ReadingCollege basketball player killed in NYC shooting; 8 wounded
NEW YORK (AP) — A college basketball player was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in…
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