Shanghai re-tightens on COVID, frustrating trapped residents
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening…
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Crucial NATO decisions expected in Finland, Sweden this week
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — To join or not to join? The NATO question is coming to a head this week in Finland and Sweden…
Continue ReadingXi promotes Communist Party youth wing ahead of key congress
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is promoting the role of the ruling Communist Party’s youth wing ahead of a key party congress…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed, China gains ahead of US price data
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday with Chinese benchmarks pressing higher after a rally in technology…
Continue ReadingWatery graves recall early Las Vegas’ organized crime days
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stories about long-departed Las Vegas organized crime figures are surfacing after a second set of…
Continue ReadingTaiwan activist released from China says global help worked
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese human rights activist who served five years in jail in China spoke out Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Democratic supremacy tested by crime, inflation
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With rising crime fears, a homelessness crisis and soaring prices, Republicans hope…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico fire costs top $65M; blaze moves closer to Taos
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The biggest wildfire in the U.S. burning in New Mexico east of Santa Fe is spreading north toward mountain…
Continue ReadingRappers Young Thug, Gunna charged with racketeering
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta rapper Young Thug co-founded a violent street gang that committed multiple murders,…
Continue ReadingNon-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Louisiana have told the state Supreme Court a ban on non-unanimous…
Continue Reading2 make deal, leaving just Kim Dotcom facing US extradition
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two men charged by U.S. prosecutors with racketeering and other crimes for their…
Continue ReadingBiden signs Ukraine bill, seeks $40B aid, in Putin rejoinder
By ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington sought to portray a united front against Russia’s invasion of…
Continue ReadingTrump-backed US Rep. Alex Mooney wins W.Va. GOP primary
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Congressman Alex Mooney has won the Republican nomination for one of West Virginia’s…
Continue ReadingTrump candidate loses in Nebraska, wins in West Virginia
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska regent Jim Pillen has won the state’s crowded Republican primary race…
Continue ReadingAfghans still adjusting to US: New life, new struggles
By BEN FOX, JACQUELYN MARTIN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Taliban forces had taken the Afghan capital. Crowds of panicked…
Continue ReadingRussia pummels port of Odesa in attempt to disrupt supplies
By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said…
Continue ReadingColombia cartel shuts down towns over leader’s extradition
By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Gulf Clan drug cartel shut down dozens of towns in northern Colombia for four days in…
Continue ReadingSupplies launched to China’s new space station for next crew
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese cargo vessel has docked with the country’s under-construction space station before a new crew arrives next month.…
Continue ReadingBrazilian groups want direct access to U.S. forest funding
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian environmental and Indigenous organizations, together with some companies,…
Continue ReadingWarhol’s ‘Marilyn’ auction nabs $195M; most for US artist
NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn…
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