Afghanistan’s Taliban order women to cover up head to toe
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has ordered all Afghan women to wear all-covering…
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Russia holds dress rehearsal for Victory Day parade
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia held a dress rehearsal on Saturday for the military parade to commemorate Victory Day on May 9, when the country marks the…
Continue Reading‘This has to end’: Jill Biden sees Ukraine moms’ heartbreak
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Jill Biden heard heartbreaking stories Saturday from Ukrainian women and children…
Continue ReadingSinn Fein hails ‘new era’ as it wins Northern Ireland vote
By SYLVIA HUI and PETER MORRISON Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has won the largest number…
Continue ReadingFrance’s President Macron inaugurated for second 5-year term
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has been inaugurated for a second five-year term. The 44-year-old…
Continue Reading1 dead, 6 injured in shootings in Mexican resort of Cancun
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say one person has been killed and six others injured in shootings on a main boulevard in Mexico’s Caribbean…
Continue ReadingUkrainian scientists see working amid war as act of defiance
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer Anton Vlaschenko often hears shelling outside his office in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, not…
Continue ReadingChelsea being sold to Dodgers owners for sports record $3BN
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly. It will end the 19…
Continue ReadingDiplomats concerned by state of emergency in Sri Lanka
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Diplomats and rights groups have expressed concern after Sri Lankan President…
Continue ReadingAustralian, Solomon Islands ministers discuss China pact
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne has met her Solomon Islands counterpart…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea: North Korea test-fired missile from submarine
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has flight-tested a ballistic missile…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico residents brace for extreme wildfire conditions
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town,…
Continue ReadingAbortion rights may rest on governor’s races in some states
By STEVE PEOPLES, MARC LEVY and JEFF AMY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — All four leading Republicans in Pennsylvania’s…
Continue ReadingUkraine evacuates civilians from steel plant under siege
By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian…
Continue ReadingAbortion adds to Biden’s all-but-impossible to-do list
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is under pressure to preserve access to abortion, but he has few good…
Continue ReadingDesperate search for survivors in Cuba hotel blast; 27 dead
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Relatives of the missing in Cuba’s capital are desperately searching for victims of an…
Continue ReadingHobbs woman who fled in police car after shooting arrested
HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — A woman who reportedly stole a police vehicle after the man she was with engaged in a shootout with Hobbs police in February has…
Continue ReadingCoronavirus forces cancellations in Jazz Fest’s 2nd weekend
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Willie Nelson is cancelling an upcoming performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival and postponing other shows…
Continue ReadingRangers locate climber’s body on Alaska’s Denali
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — National park rangers in Alaska on Friday located the body of the year’s first…
Continue ReadingAppeals court upholds limit on California’s foie gras ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that limits California’s 2012 foie gras ban. The court in San Francisco on…
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