TV: Pakistani journalist freed after overnight detention
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani TV journalist apparently taken by force by plainclothes police in the southern port city of Karachi has been…
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Refugees in Rwanda warn of challenges for arrivals from UK
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — As Britain plans to send its first group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday amid…
Continue ReadingChina city mayor apologizes over COVID-19 lockdown response
BEIJING (AP) — The mayor of a northeastern Chinese city on the North Korean border has apologized for unspecified failures related to its COVID-19…
Continue ReadingWar isn’t funny but humor helps Ukrainians cope with trauma
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Because he’ll shortly be deployed as a soldier on the battlefields of Ukraine, Serhiy…
Continue ReadingPossible successor to Abbas warns Israel, but works with it
By JOSEPH KRAUSS and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official increasingly seen…
Continue ReadingWall Street slips into a bear market; here’s what that means
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street opened the week with heavy losses that put the benchmark S&P 500 at…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed ahead of Fed rate hike decision
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s announcement of how…
Continue ReadingIran media: Scores injured in explosion at chemical factory
By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran has injured scores of people, most of…
Continue ReadingTreasury bond yield inversion raises worries over recession
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for an economic recession started blinking again. Treasurys, the IOUs the U.S. government…
Continue ReadingBruce, Matthews advance to US Senate Democratic runoff in SC
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Author and preservationist Catherine Fleming Bruce and state Sen. Krystle Matthews have…
Continue ReadingMcMaster, Cunningham win primaries; to face off in November
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has won the Democratic nomination for governor, setting…
Continue ReadingMills, LePage look ahead to November in Maine governor race
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage is seeking a political comeback. With no opposition, he…
Continue ReadingClarification: Michelle Obama story
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story published June 13, 2022, on a speech by Michelle Obama, The Associated Press said the event at a Los Angeles soccer…
Continue ReadingNorthern Arizona watches winds as Western wildfires blaze
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Fire crews in northern Arizona are getting help from the weather as they work to get a…
Continue ReadingExperts: Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric could galvanize extremists
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As hate speech targeting LGBTQ people increases among some far-right influencers and others…
Continue ReadingRice loses House seat after impeaching Trump; Mace holds on
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina has been ousted from Congress in his Republican…
Continue ReadingLaxalt’s Nevada win sets up fierce race for Senate control
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Nevada attorney general who has embraced lies about the 2020…
Continue ReadingElection skeptic wins GOP race for Nevada secretary of state
By SCOTT SONNER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press RENO, Nevada (AP) — Nevada Republicans have selected a former state lawmaker who has been…
Continue ReadingYellowstone flooding forces 10,000 to leave national park
By MATTHEW BROWN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — More than 10,000 visitors were ordered out of Yellowstone as…
Continue ReadingUS-expelled Haitians fuel charter business to Latin America
By JULIE WATSON, GISELA PEREZ de ACHA, KATIE LICARI, TRENTON DANIEL and PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — With jokes, upbeat…
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