EU: Time to begin membership talks for Albania, N Macedonia
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union is working hard to convince Bulgaria and North Macedonia to end their…
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Fetid foam from polluted river plagues Colombian city
MOSQUERA, Colombia (AP) — An immense layer of toxic foam has spilled and blown from a contaminated river into the Colombian city of Mosquera, often…
Continue ReadingUAE releases Lebanese physician held for weeks over a tweet
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has released a Lebanese doctor who had been held in the oil-rich country…
Continue ReadingPakistan court asks intel agency to stop harassing TV anchor
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Islamabad has asked Pakistan’s intelligence agency and the police to stop harassing a prominent TV anchor after…
Continue ReadingProminent Egyptian activist freed after presidential pardon
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have released a prominent political activist serving a four-year sentence on terror charges that rights advocate…
Continue ReadingOklahoma House sends Texas-style abortion ban to governor
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House gave final approval Thursday to a Texas-style abortion ban that…
Continue ReadingAfter a rocket: ‘One second and you are left with nothing’
By CARA ANNA Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The boy was at home when the rocket struck across the street and the window shattered.…
Continue ReadingPresident Biden to speak at Naval Academy graduation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Naval Academy’s graduation and commissioning ceremony next month. The…
Continue ReadingYellen says more shocks likely to ‘challenge the economy’
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
Continue ReadingHistoric Black town lies one hurricane away from disaster
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press PRINCEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Historic Princeville, on the banks of the Tar River in eastern North Carolina, is one…
Continue ReadingPutin gas cutoff shakes up Europe at little cost to Kremlin
By LORNE COOK, DANICA KIRKA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Cutting off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria cost Russian…
Continue ReadingSurvey: Americans increasingly see China as a threat
By DAVID RISING and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Americans are increasingly seeing China as a world superpower and a threat,…
Continue ReadingBuffeted by weather, a historic Black town strives to endure
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press PRINCEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — As she exits her hometown’s only restaurant clutching an order of cabbage and hush…
Continue Reading16 states that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt…
Continue ReadingIsraeli PM’s family receives death threat and bullet in mail
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s teenage son has received a death threat and bullet in…
Continue ReadingSudan doctors: 24 children, 9 women killed in Darfur clashes
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese doctor’s union says that 24 children and nine women were among dozens killed in tribal…
Continue ReadingAfrica sees rise in measles as pandemic disrupts vaccines
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Health Organization says that Africa is seeing a surge of outbreaks of…
Continue ReadingFewer Americans file for jobless claims last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell again last week and…
Continue ReadingMet Gala returns: A guide to fashion’s big night
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Met Gala is back. The annual extravaganza with the most dazzling red carpet in the world…
Continue ReadingUS economy shrinks, threats loom, but growth likely to last
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from…
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