Newsom wins California primary, is big favorite in November
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will face a little-known Republican state senator in the…
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Russia, Turkey back plan to export grains; Ukraine doubtful
By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Turkey say they support a safe corridor in the Black Sea to…
Continue ReadingAsian shares fall as oil lingers above $120, yen sinks
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday as investors watched for fresh signs of inflation and…
Continue ReadingGOP taps seasoned broadcaster for New Mexico governor race
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republicans have picked a seasoned TV broadcaster to take on New Mexico’s incumbent…
Continue Reading‘Only God can help’: Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine
By OMAR FARUK and CARA ANNA Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — No mother should have to lose her child. Owliyo Hassan Salaad has watched…
Continue ReadingJapanese man arrested in Indonesia over COVID relief fraud
By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities in Indonesia have arrested a Japanese fugitive accused of…
Continue ReadingArizona executes Frank Atwood for 1984 killing of young girl
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man convicted in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old…
Continue ReadingVietnam’s health minister arrested over COVID test gouging
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — State media say Vietnam’s health minister and the mayor of the capital Hanoi have been arrested in an investigation…
Continue ReadingChinese Olympian Eileen Gu working for Salt Lake Games bid
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer Eileen Gu, the California-born athlete who won two gold medals for China in freestyle skiing at the recent Beijing…
Continue ReadingCivil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still ‘fearless’
By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the…
Continue ReadingNASA to launch 3 rockets from private Australian space port
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — NASA is gearing up to launch a research rocket from remote northern Australia this…
Continue ReadingUS stresses allied cooperation in face of N. Korea threats
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has met with her counterparts from South…
Continue ReadingTrain derailment in east Iran kills at least 21, injures 87
By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A passenger train has derailed in eastern Iran, killing at least 21 people and injuring 87…
Continue ReadingBiden lauds democratic unity despite no-shows at summit
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden says democracy is an “essential ingredient” for the…
Continue ReadingGriner’s fate tangled up with other American held in Russia
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Brittney Griner is easily the most prominent American locked up by a foreign country. But the…
Continue Reading‘Will we do our duty?’ Cheney lays her legacy on the line
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Liz Cheney has been thinking lately about her great-great-grandfather, a man…
Continue ReadingMore bodies found in Mariupol as global food crisis looms
By BERNAT ARMANGUÉ and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an…
Continue ReadingAmazon says it prevented 4 billion bad listings in 2021
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon, which has been under increasing pressure to tackle counterfeit products, said in its second-annual…
Continue ReadingNo, you’re not imagining it — package sizes are shrinking
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see. From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips,…
Continue Reading1 killed, 4 injured in California mountain climbing falls
MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. (AP) — A mountain climbing guide was killed and at least four other people were injured in separate accidents over the past…
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