US woman pleads guilty to leading Islamic State battalion
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants…
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Hunt continues for 2 missing after Rotterdam plane crash
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Emergency services are using a sonar-equipped boat in the hunt for the wreckage of a small airplane that crashed over…
Continue ReadingUS sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and…
Continue Reading2 fatally shot at supermarket in Germany, motive unknown
BERLIN (AP) — Police say two people have been fatally shot at a supermarket in central Germany. There were few immediate details of the incident…
Continue ReadingUK Boris Johnson’s ups and downs: key events in his career
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote Monday night but saw his authority…
Continue ReadingFrench medics protest hospital crisis, deepened by COVID
PARIS (AP) — Health workers are protesting around France to demand more hiring and better salaries in public hospitals. Years of cost cuts left…
Continue ReadingSome cancer patients can skip treatments, 2 studies show
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer After surgery, some cancer patients can safely skip radiation or chemotherapy, according to two studies…
Continue ReadingGerman FM cuts trip after positive COVID test in Pakistan
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister is cutting short a three-country foreign trip after testing positive for COVID-19 in Pakistan. Annalena…
Continue ReadingWinfrey picks Leila Mottley’s ‘Nightcrawling’ for book club
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has chosen 19-year-old Leila Mottley’s “Nightcrawling,” a debut novel…
Continue ReadingTop German diplomat: Taliban to cause Afghanistan’s downfall
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Germany’s top diplomat has expressed concerns that Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers are…
Continue ReadingOne plug and done: EU to require common way to charge phones
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Forget rummaging through the junk drawer. Soon, Europeans will only need to reach for one cable to…
Continue ReadingUS-backed Syrian Kurds to turn to Damascus if Turkey attacks
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria say they will turn to the government in…
Continue ReadingFour states receive first allocations of $10B broadband fund
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is sending more than half a billion dollars to expand…
Continue ReadingSpanish judge to seek testimony from NSO on Pegasus spyware
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s National Court says that a Spanish judge will travel to Israel to seek…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Curb inflation with 5 credit card perks
By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet Your budget isn’t the only avenue to free up money as prices continue to rise due to inflation. The credit cards…
Continue ReadingCruise liners try to rewrite climate rules despite vows
By ED DAVEY Associated Press The trade group representing the cruise ship industry unsuccessfully pushed international authorities to water down new…
Continue ReadingGerman prosecutors probe 3 rail workers over fatal crash
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they are investigating three rail workers on suspicion of negligent homicide over a train crash last week that…
Continue ReadingJapan, NATO step up ties amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and NATO officials have agreed to step up military cooperation and joint exercises as they…
Continue ReadingChurch convicts Catholic ex-priest of abusing boy for years
BERLIN (AP) — A Catholic diocese in Germany says a former priest has been convicted in a church trial of sexually abusing a minor over several…
Continue ReadingChina, Cambodia breaking ground on joint port project
By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian and Chinese officials will break ground this week on the…
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