France’s new premier postpones election in New Caledonia until next year
Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier says he has postponed a provincial election in the restive Pacific…
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Marketing plans are key for small businesses ahead of a tough holiday shopping season
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays are the busiest time of year for many small retailers and other businesses. But the holidays this…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions extremist West Bank settler group for violence against Palestinians
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Hilltop Youth, a group of extremist settlers in the Israeli -occupied…
Continue ReadingChanel show wrestles with designer void as actor Lupita Nyong’o talks diversity in fashion
AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chanel finds itself at a crossroads following Virginie Viard’s abrupt departure, as a giant empty cage at its…
Continue ReadingA Cambodian reporter who exposed scams charged over online posts
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian reporter who exposed online scams and corruption was charged with a criminal offense that…
Continue ReadingGirl and boy injured in suspected acid attack outside a London school
LONDON (AP) — London police say two teens were injured after a male suspect on a scooter threw what was believed to be acid on them outside a…
Continue ReadingNASA’s Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto’s largest moon
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It…
Continue ReadingJohannesburg considers naming a street after a Palestinian woman who hijacked a plane
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Officials in South Africa’s biggest city of Johannesburg have proposed renaming a major street after a…
Continue ReadingBritain’s Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child. Buckingham Palace says 36-year-old Beatrice and her husband Edoardo…
Continue ReadingIna Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ina Garten is looking back in a new memoir, “Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” which distills stories…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has begun a census it says will be used to compile voter lists for an election…
Continue ReadingUS job openings rise to 8 million as labor market remains sturdy
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience. The…
Continue ReadingSalman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s memoir about his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist…
Continue ReadingPine martens are returned to southern England for the first time in a century
LONDON (AP) — Conservationists have released 15 pine martens into the wild in southern England in an effort to reestablish the cat-sized mammals in…
Continue ReadingMail delivery suspended in Kansas neighborhood after 2 men attack postal carrier
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Mail delivery has been suspended in a Kansas neighborhood after two men assaulted a postal carrier who used pepper spray to…
Continue ReadingA chemical cloud moving around Atlanta’s suburbs prompts a new shelter-in-place alert
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A chemical plant fire southeast of Atlanta is still causing trouble two days later. Authorities on Tuesday alerted…
Continue ReadingSwiss police say a man attacked and injured 3 children in Zurich
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say a man has attacked and injured three young children as they were heading to a day care center in Zurich. A suspect…
Continue ReadingOffering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay
AP Science Writer ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Beluga whales are called the canaries of the sea because scientists say they are some of the most vocal…
Continue ReadingFrance’s prime minister vows to curb debt as he faced baptism of fire at heckled parliament
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faced a rough ride at parliament as he laid out his proposed policies in an…
Continue ReadingWill anyone hit 74 homers? Even Aaron Judge thinks MLB season record is ‘a little untouchable’
AP National Writer What used to be one of baseball’s most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major…
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