Picture book by Sen. Raphael Warnock coming in November
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Raphael G. Warnock will have a children’s book out this fall, a picture story based on his being one of 12 siblings.…
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Search narrows, pressure mounts in Amazon disappearance
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — Authorities are narrowing their search area in the…
Continue ReadingActivists decry French retailer over Amazon deforestation
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Environmental groups and indigenous representatives from Brazil are protesting outside the main…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan president’s brother quits; UN launches aid appeal
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of Sri Lanka’s president and the…
Continue ReadingBritish advocate for sustainable living wins Spanish prize
MADRID (AP) — Ellen MacArthur, a British sailor who set world solo yachting records before creating a charity that advocates a sustainable way of…
Continue ReadingEU allows Spain, Portugal to spend to ease energy prices
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will allow Spain and Portugal to spend billions of euros in state aid to help ease the burden of spiraling…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s Erdogan warns Greece to demilitarize Aegean islands
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean Sea and says he is “not…
Continue ReadingA summer job: Good for the teenage soul and wallet
By TOMMY TINDALL of NerdWallet It’s a hot job market right now, and that extends to the youngest workers. The unemployment rate for teenagers ages…
Continue ReadingGreece: Appeals court overturns seizure of Iran tanker’s oil
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A court in central Greece has overturned a ruling that authorized the confiscation of crude oil from an Iranian-flagged…
Continue ReadingParis police chief’s partial apology over CL final ‘failure’
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer The Paris police chief apologized on Thursday for the pepper spraying of genuine fans and families amid the…
Continue ReadingFTC Chair Khan plans key work on kids’ data privacy online
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Trade Commission says the agency is pushing a robust agenda of actions…
Continue ReadingAverage cost of filling up car in UK hits record 100 pounds
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The average cost of filling up a typical family car has exceeded 100 pounds, or $125, for the first…
Continue ReadingAlmost all of Portugal in severe drought after hot, dry May
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s weather service says that almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May. The…
Continue ReadingIsraeli PM Bennett in snap UAE visit amid standoff with Iran
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is on a surprise visit to the United Arab Emirates. The…
Continue ReadingNATO chief Stoltenberg has shingles, cancels Berlin visit
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called off a series of in-person meetings in Germany and Romania because he has…
Continue ReadingPolish minister forced to resign over postmaster’s firing
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A government minister in Poland has been forced to resign after demanding the dismissal of local postmaster whom he accused…
Continue ReadingCapitol riot panel blames Trump for 1/6 ‘attempted coup’
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at…
Continue ReadingOfficials says southern Spain wildfire stabilized
MADRID (AP) — As Spain braces for soaring temperatures this weekend, officials say a wildfire in the south that forced the evacuation of 2,000…
Continue ReadingEurope’s central bank to hike rates in July, 1st in 11 years
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Central Bank will raise interest rates next month for the first time in 11 years, followed by another hike in…
Continue ReadingEU court says UK residents in EU nations can’t vote there
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court says British citizens living in the 27 EU member countries have no right to vote or stand for…
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