Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rules
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China’s capital seeks to prevent a wider…
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Key players urge accountability for atrocities in Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For the first time, key players seeking accountability for atrocities during the Ukraine…
Continue ReadingA political reckoning in Sri Lanka as debt crisis grows
By KRUTIKA PATHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sherry Fonseka joined millions in 2019 in electing President…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean activist resumes flying anti-North leaflets
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean activist said Thursday he launched a million propaganda leaflets by…
Continue ReadingA chilling Russian cyber aim in Ukraine: Digital dossiers
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Data collection has been a focus of Russia’s relentless hacking of Ukraine. Cybersecurity…
Continue ReadingExplosions rock Kyiv again as Russians rain fire on Ukraine
By DAVID KEYTON and INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other…
Continue ReadingMillionaire candidates pour cash into Ohio, Pa. Senate races
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and MARC LEVY Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their…
Continue ReadingSurvivors unite to deliver message on Holocaust remembrance
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Holocaust survivors across the world have united to deliver a message on the dangers of…
Continue ReadingHaitians struggle to find food, shelter amid new gang battle
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire is echoing in a once quiet neighborhood in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What Twitter could do as privately held company
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If Elon Musk and Twitter get their way, the company will soon be privately held and under his…
Continue ReadingBig progress on wildfires, but dangerous winds on the way
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters have been making significant progress on the…
Continue ReadingA look at Trevor Reed, the Texan released in prisoner swap
By JAKE BLEIBERG and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Trevor Reed’s nearly three-year imprisonment in Russia has ended. His parents say…
Continue ReadingNew gang fighting in Haiti kills 20, displaces thousands
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency says at 20 twenty people have been killed, nearly…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Will a Russian prisoner exchange impact Griner?
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia and it’s unclear how an unexpected prisoner exchange between the…
Continue ReadingCash-strapped Nepal bans imports of cars, cuts work week
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal is banning imports of cars, alcohol and tobacco and cutting its work week to…
Continue ReadingMan serving time for UVa lacrosse player’s death takes stand
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player serving time for the murder of his ex-girlfriend has testified in a…
Continue ReadingElon Musk prevails in Delaware court case on SolarCity deal
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware court sided with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a bitter legal battle over whether he acted against the best interest of…
Continue ReadingOnce dead, twice billed: GAO questions COVID funeral awards
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency may have been double-billed for the funerals of hundreds of people who…
Continue ReadingEx-Indiana trooper cleared in slayings wins $4.6M settlement
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — A former Indiana state trooper cleared of killing his wife and their two children at a third trial after spending 13 years…
Continue Reading‘I can’t do this’: Woman halts testimony in Idaho rape trial
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman who reported she was raped by an Idaho lawmaker while serving as a legislative intern…
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