Potential far-right victory in France seen as threat to EU
By SYLVIE CORBET, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT The Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — A win for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in…
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Sri Lanka halts debt repayment pending IMF bailout plan
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government says it is suspending its repayment of foreign debt,…
Continue ReadingDubai’s DEWA utility goes public after raising $6B in IPO
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s Water and Electricity Authority, known as DEWA, has begun trading for…
Continue ReadingThai progressive leader indicted on charge of defaming king
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A popular leader of Thailand’s progressive political movement is vowing to continue his…
Continue ReadingIran summons Afghan envoy over attack on diplomatic missions
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has summoned Afghanistan’s envoy in Tehran over attacks the previous day on Iranian diplomatic missions in the…
Continue ReadingTurkey detains former Kurdish party officials for PKK links
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities have detained 46 people, including former officials of a pro-Kurdish…
Continue ReadingIndonesia passes sexual violence law amid growing cases
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Parliament has approved a far-reaching law setting punishments for…
Continue ReadingCzechs provide free shooting training for local Ukrainians
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) — Since Russia launched its brutal attack against Ukraine, Ukrainians living across…
Continue ReadingShanghai eases 2-week shutdown, letting some residents out
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Some residents of Shanghai are able to leave their homes as China’s largest city eases a…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Bosch buys British automated driving startup Five
BERLIN (AP) — German auto parts and technology company Bosch says it is buying Five, a British automated driving startup, for an undisclosed…
Continue ReadingIsraeli officer kills Palestinian man who stabbed him
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say an officer shot and killed a Palestinian man who stabbed him during a…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly rise on interest rate, inflation hopes
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are trading mostly higher on hopes that the curbs on U.S. interest rates may moderate…
Continue Reading‘It’s not the end’: The children who survived Bucha’s horror
By CARA ANNA and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Bucha witnessed some of the ghastliest scenes of Russia’s invasion, and…
Continue ReadingRussian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
By GEOFFREY KAVITI, CHINEDU ASADU and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine has pushed up fertilizer…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Depp trial likely to become mudslinging soap opera
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for actress Amber Heard are warning a jury that a six-week libel trial sought by…
Continue ReadingSeoul: North Korea destroying S. Korean-owned golf course
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul says North Korea is destroying a South Korean-owned golf course at a scenic…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What do new Alabama laws say on transgender kids?
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has become the first state to criminalize the use of puberty blockers and hormones…
Continue ReadingNational Urban League finds State of Black America is grim
By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The National Urban League has released its annual report on the State of Black America, and its…
Continue ReadingExplosion in south Lebanon kills 1, injures several
By AHMAD MANTASH Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Security officials say at least one person was killed and several were injured after an…
Continue ReadingWhat do we know about “stealth omicron” so far?
By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer Scientists say an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant is spreading globally, but it doesn’t seem to…
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