Filipinos protest Marcos Jr.’s private Australian visit
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Members of Australia’s Filipino community have protested outside a Melbourne apartment building where the…
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Sweden, Finland push ahead with NATO bids as Turkey objects
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden and Finland have pushed ahead with their bids to join NATO even as Turkey insists it…
Continue ReadingMusk wars with Twitter over his buyout deal – on Twitter
By MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Reporters Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t “move forward” unless the…
Continue ReadingLivestreamed carnage: Tech’s hard lessons from mass killings
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, HALELUYA HADERO and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Experts are calling for a broader discussion around livestreams…
Continue ReadingVatican minister visits Ukraine as pope toes delicate line
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s foreign minister is heading to Kyiv this week as the Holy See seeks to…
Continue ReadingStudents protest, discontent grows over China’s COVID policy
By KEN MORITSUGU and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Administrators at an elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to…
Continue ReadingHeavy rains trigger floods in northeast India, killing 11
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Officials in India say at least 11 people have died in floods and mudslides triggered by…
Continue ReadingN. Zealand attack survivor heartbroken by Buffalo killings
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — If the Buffalo supermarket shooter had learned anything from the massacre in New…
Continue ReadingSchools, offices close in Tehran as sandstorm hits Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Schools and government offices closed in the Iranian capital on Tuesday and elsewhere in the country after yet another…
Continue ReadingFrom civilian to soldier: Ukrainian army volunteer buried
By ELENA BECATOROS and FRANCISCO SECO Associated Press ZORYA TRUDA, Ukraine (AP) — The countryside was in full bloom when Iuliia Loseva buried her…
Continue ReadingMassacre video reopens wounds for missing Syrians’ families
By LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Siyam family believed for many years that their adult son was being held at a government prison…
Continue ReadingClashes break out in Tripoli, drive rival Libyan PM away
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Clashes in the Libyan capital of Tripoli have forced one of the country’s rival prime ministers to…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Church gunman had ‘diabolical plan’ to massacre
By AMY TAXIN and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The man charged with opening fire on a Taiwanese church congregation of…
Continue ReadingAsia stocks mixed after Wall St gain, Powell warns on rates
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street rose and the Federal Reserve’s…
Continue ReadingN. Korea’s Kim faces ‘huge dilemma’ on aid as virus surges
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — During more than a decade as North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s president condemns California church shooting
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president has condemned the shooting at a Taiwanese church in California by a man reportedly driven by hatred…
Continue ReadingIran state TV says 2 French nationals arrested over protests
By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says two French citizens have been arrested in Iran after meeting with…
Continue ReadingCandidate who survived shooting wins Louisville mayor nod
By PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN Associated Press/Report For America LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Businessman Craig Greenberg has won the Democratic primary…
Continue ReadingNew US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money
By JAY REEVES Associated Press THOMASVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A whole town celebrated in 2020 when, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Thomasville…
Continue Reading5-term Idaho attorney general in tough GOP primary battle
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s five-term Republican attorney general has handled his duties in the deeply…
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