Drug shortages persist in Russia after start of Ukraine war
By The Associated Press Shortages of some vital drugs have appeared in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 and have persisted throughout…
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French far-right leader Le Pen softens image for election
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French nationalist Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image as she tries to unseat…
Continue ReadingJon Batiste tops Grammys; Silk Sonic soars, Rodrigo crowned
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jon Batiste won album of the year honors for “We Are” at the Grammy Awards on…
Continue ReadingWitnesses: Explosion in Afghan capital wounds at least 15
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Witnesses say an explosion in the center of the Afghan capital of Kabul wounded at least 15 people. It wasn’t…
Continue ReadingPope prays for end to ‘sacrilegious’ war, refugee welcome
By NICOLE WINFIELD and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Pope Francis is praying for an end to the “sacrilegious” war in…
Continue ReadingSecret intelligence has unusually public role in Ukraine war
By JILL LAWLESS and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Secret intelligence is playing an unusually public role in the war in Ukraine.…
Continue ReadingIn war-torn Syria, a charity offers hope to kids with cancer
By OMAR SANADIKI Associated Press DAMASCUS, SYria (AP) — The beds fill up fast at a hospital ward in Syria’s capital operated by BASMA, a…
Continue ReadingSerbia’s populist president projected to win reelection
By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Pollsters are projecting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his…
Continue ReadingEx-finance minister wins Costa Rica’s presidency in runoff
By JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A former Costa Rican finance minister accused of sexual harassment has defeated one…
Continue ReadingHungary’s pro-Putin PM Orban claims victory in national vote
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared victory in Sunday’s national elections,…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s sports minister quits, Cabinet offers to resign
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s sports minister and the president’s nephew,…
Continue ReadingPakistan in political turmoil as leader dissolves parliament
By KATHY GANNON and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has thrown the country into political limbo, accusing…
Continue ReadingShanghai lockdown triggers complaints as COVID cases rise
BEIJING (AP) — COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as…
Continue ReadingUkraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of…
Continue ReadingEstelle Harris, ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Toy Story’ actor, dies at 93
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Estelle Harris, who hollered her way into TV history as George Costanza’s short-fused mother…
Continue ReadingAt least 3 dead in shooting on beach in Acapulco, Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least three people are dead following a shooting and subsequent confrontation with police at a beachside restaurant in…
Continue ReadingPolice: 1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at Virginia mall
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Police say a man was killed and two women were wounded in a shooting at a Virginia mall. Norfolk police were called to…
Continue ReadingBaku nightclub gas leak explosion leaves 1 dead, 31 injured
MOSCOW (AP) — Officials say an explosion caused by a gas leak has hit a nightclub in the capital of Azerbaijan and set off a fire, killing one…
Continue ReadingKim’s sister enraged by Seoul’s preemptive strike comments
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called the South Korean…
Continue ReadingUkraine blogger video fuels false info on Mariupol bombing
By SOPHIA TULP Associated Press A Ukrainian beauty blogger whom Russian officials accused of being a crisis actor when she was photographed by The…
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