Japan complains over Seoul marine survey in disputed waters
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has lodged a complaint over a South Korean ship conducting a marine survey in waters near…
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Albania Parliament fails to elect a president in 3rd round
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian Parliament has failed to elect a new president after no candidates were nominated for a third round of voting.…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s next leader receives official appointment letter
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — John Lee has received his official letter of appointment from Beijing a month before he takes over as…
Continue ReadingGerman parties reach deal to move ahead with defense boost
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing coalition and the main opposition party have reached a deal to move ahead with a big increase in defense…
Continue ReadingLow-cost carrier Norwegian Air buys 50 Boeing 737 aircraft
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has reached an agreement with Boeing to buy 50 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline says…
Continue ReadingRussians, Ukrainians fight block by block in eastern city
By YURAS KARMANAU and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops pushed deeper into a key eastern Ukrainian city…
Continue ReadingEU leaders agree to ban 90% of Russian oil by year-end
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed Monday to embargo most Russian oil imports into…
Continue ReadingJubilee: Balcony moment tells UK monarchy’s story over years
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As a 9-year-old girl, Princess Elizabeth appeared with her family on Buckingham Palace’s balcony to…
Continue ReadingWar in Ukraine adds to food price hikes, hunger in Africa
By OMAR FARUK and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — It now costs Ayan Hassan Abdirahman twice as much as it did just a few…
Continue ReadingRussians star in NHL playoffs as nation wages war in Ukraine
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer A little more than a mile from the United Nations, where Russia’s war in Ukraine is front and center, the crowd…
Continue ReadingGlobal stocks rise after Wall St breaks string of declines
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and U.S. futures rose Monday after Wall Street rebounded from a seven-week string…
Continue Reading‘Real Housewives’ franchise takes its drama to flashy Dubai
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The camera pans across a vast expanse of desert before careening toward an…
Continue Reading1 dead, 2 hurt in avalanche in Rocky Mountain National Park
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — A climber was killed and two others were injured Sunday after a rock fall and avalanche in Rocky…
Continue ReadingCrowd confronts cleric at Iran tower collapse that killed 33
By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters angry over a building collapse in southwestern Iran…
Continue ReadingPopular Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead at 28
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police are investigating the killing of a popular Punjabi rapper, who blended hip-hop, rap and folk music, a day after he…
Continue ReadingIndonesian fishermen rescue 10 more survivors of sunken boat
Associated Press MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) — Ten more survivors of an Indonesian boat that sank three days ago in bad weather have been rescued by…
Continue Reading1 billion pills seized: East, SE Asia hits ominous drug peak
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The number of methamphetamine tablets seized in East and Southeast Asia exceeded a billion last year…
Continue ReadingAgatha hits southern Mexico coast as strongest May hurricane
By JOSÉ MARÍA ÁLVAREZ Associated Press PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Agatha, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in…
Continue ReadingPopulist millionaire faces ex-rebel for Colombia presidency
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Leftist Sen. Gustavo Petro celebrated his first-round lead in Colombia’s…
Continue ReadingHow Biden, cops and advocates forged deal on police and race
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Pasco, the executive director for the Fraternal Order of Police, was watching football on…
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