Syrian leader receives credentials from Bahrain ambassador
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A new ambassador from Bahrain has formally taken up his post in Syria, the country’s first full diplomatic mission there…
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Georgia prisoner sentenced to die in guard killings
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia prisoner convicted of killing two guards during an escape from a prison transport bus five years ago has been…
Continue ReadingInflation taking bite out of new infrastructure projects
By DAVID A. LIEB and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The price of a foot of water pipe in Tucson, Arizona: up 19%. The cost of a ton of asphalt in a…
Continue ReadingGOP hopes to carry Virginia success into US House races
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A GOP sweep of Virginia’s 2021 statewide elections — and particularly Gov. Glenn…
Continue ReadingDanish ex-foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen dies at 80
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Uffe Ellemann-Jensen who was Denmark’s foreign minister for more than 10 years from the early…
Continue ReadingGreek coast guard rescues 108 migrants; 4 missing
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have rescued 108 migrants from a sailboat that was found rudderless and leaking water in the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli forces kill Palestinian near separation barrier
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man who the military says was trying to…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Gunmen kill 2 police in SW Pakistan province
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say gunmen attacked a police post in Pakistan’s insurgency hit southwestern Baluchistan province, killing two…
Continue ReadingJustices seem poised to hear elections case pressed by GOP
By MARK SHERMAN and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being…
Continue ReadingDC mayor’s race reflects Democratic dilemma over policing
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser cruised to reelection in the nation’s capital four years ago without…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy Father’s Day post spotlights family ties amid war
By JOHN LEICESTER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One photograph shows a kneeling soldier kissing a child inside a subway…
Continue Reading8 more dead as India’s Assam state reels under floods
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Massive flooding and mudslides in northeastern India’s Assam state have claimed…
Continue ReadingPakistan frees 20 Indian fishermen, dozens still in prison
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A prison official says Pakistan has freed 20 Indian fishermen who spent four years in prison in the port city of Karachi…
Continue ReadingBlack Americans living abroad reflect on Juneteenth holiday
By ANNIKA WOLTERS Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — As the United States marks only the second federally recognized Juneteenth, Black Americans…
Continue ReadingCamino pilgrims help rural Spain’s emptying villages survive
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press TERRADILLOS DE LOS TEMPLARIOS, Spain (AP) — Amid the vast grain fields of Spain, a medieval church…
Continue ReadingSpain, Germany battle wildfires amid unusual heat wave
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Firefighters in Spain and Germany area struggling to contain wildfires amid an unusual…
Continue ReadingGermany to limit use of gas for electricity production
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s economy minister says the country will limit the use of gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible…
Continue ReadingDuterte’s daughter takes oath as Philippine vice president
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, has…
Continue ReadingIS claims attack on Sikh temple in Afghan capital of Kabul
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in…
Continue ReadingRussia-West tensions inflame UN debate on Mali peacekeepers
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the…
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