US Defense Secretary Austin meets Thai leader to boost ties
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has met with Thailand’s prime minister, Prayuth…
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Bachelet won’t seek 2nd term as UN human rights chief
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says she will not seek a new four-year term after the…
Continue ReadingSpain: 22 injured as engine collides with passenger train
MADRID (AP) — Officials say 22 people have been hospitalized after a regional passenger train and a locomotive collided head-on in northeastern…
Continue ReadingUnited Arab Emirates bans Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ from showing
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has banned the upcoming Pixar animated feature…
Continue ReadingJihadi attacks mount in Burkina Faso despite junta’s efforts
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The mutinous soldiers who ousted Burkina Faso’s democratically elected…
Continue ReadingChinese Canadian pop star Kris Wu faces rape charge in court
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese Canadian pop star Kris Wu has faced rape and other criminal charges at a closed trial…
Continue Reading‘Worrying trend’: Post-Cold War drop in nukes could be over
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish arms watchdog says the world’s stockpiles of nuclear weapons are expected to increase in coming years after declining…
Continue ReadingVirus cluster at nightclub sets off new Beijing clampdown
BEIJING (AP) — China’s capital has put school back online in one of its major districts amid a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a nightclub, while…
Continue ReadingGermany eyes new cartel law as fuel tax cut falls short
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor is proposing new powers for the country’s antitrust agency to clamp down on oil companies amid…
Continue ReadingUN, elder: Week of tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill 100
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An official with the U.N. refugee agency and a tribal elder say clashes over the past week in Sudan’s…
Continue Reading2 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard die amid tensions
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace division have…
Continue ReadingThe battle of Donbas could prove decisive in Ukraine war
By The Associated Press Day after day, Russia is pounding the Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but…
Continue ReadingIraq’s ‘pearl of the south’ Lake Sawa dry amid water crisis
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press LAKE SAWA, Iraq (AP) — Hussam al-Aqouli remembers the exact spot along southern Iraq’s Lake Sawa where his two…
Continue ReadingJapan toughens defamation penalties after wrestler’s suicide
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament has approved tougher penalties for criminal defamation in a move prompted by a…
Continue ReadingOfficer hailed as hero testifies at Capitol riot trial
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer lauded for his bravery during the U.S. Capitol riot testified Monday that…
Continue ReadingChina’s envoy to Australia says 2 nations at ‘new juncture’
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China’s ambassador to Australia says relations between the two countries are at a…
Continue ReadingIndia, China growing markets for shunned Russian oil
By KRUTIKA PATHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and other Asian nations are becoming an increasingly vital source of…
Continue ReadingVulnerable Dems run against Washington — and their party
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just like endangered Democrats in other states, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is running…
Continue ReadingMany baby formula plants weren’t inspected because of COVID
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a year, but…
Continue Reading2022 midterms: What to watch in S Carolina, Nevada and Maine
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Primary voters on Tuesday will decide the fate of two South Carolina Republicans who are…
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