China, Solomons ink draft of controversial security pact
BEIJING (AP) — China and the Solomon Islands have signed a draft version of a security pact that could see Chinese police and other forces take up…
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OPEC sticks to modest boost in oil despite war jitters
LONDON (AP) — OPEC and allied oil producers including Russia have decided to stick to a modest increase in the amount of crude it pumps to the…
Continue ReadingArmenia, Azerbaijan leaders to meet amid recent fighting
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels on April 6 to…
Continue ReadingProsecutor seeks end to Khashoggi murder trial in Turkey
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington…
Continue ReadingUkrainian president requests Australian armored vehicles
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed directly to Australian lawmakers…
Continue ReadingFed’s rate hikes threaten its goal of narrowing racial gaps
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s hiring boom of the past year has narrowed racial disparities in…
Continue ReadingHK chief slams resignation of UK court judges as ‘political’
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader has rejected claims that the city’s judiciary was losing its…
Continue ReadingNoam Shalit, father of captive Israeli soldier, dies at 68
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Noam Shalit, the father of a captive Israeli soldier who battled for five years to free…
Continue ReadingGermany repatriates women, children from Syrian camp
BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it has brought home 10 women and 27 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected members of the Islamic…
Continue ReadingSearch finds 49,000 pieces of plane in China Eastern crash
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials have said that the search for wreckage in last week’s crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 is basically done…
Continue ReadingIsrael raids West Bank, 2 Palestinians killed in gunbattle
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces have raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, setting off a gunbattle.…
Continue ReadingAsian shares slip as Japan ‘tankan’ shows weaker outlook
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have mostly fallen as a resurgence of Russian attacks dashed hopes for any quick end…
Continue ReadingSevere storms pummel South, killing at least 2 in Florida
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds are racing…
Continue ReadingSeafood biz braces for losses of jobs, fish due to sanctions
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The global seafood industry is preparing for major disruption due to new sanctions on…
Continue ReadingHermit a no-show at disputed woodlot hearing, faces fines
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former hermit in New Hampshire who went back to live on the wooded property he was…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi strongly backs Afghanistan at regional conference
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has issued strong backing for Afghanistan at a regional conference, while making no mention of human…
Continue ReadingChina manufacturing weakens as anti-virus controls tighten
BEIJING (AP) — An official survey shows China’s manufacturing activity fell to a five-month low in March after most of Shanghai and two smaller…
Continue ReadingRussians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere
By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant say Russian forces…
Continue ReadingUkrainian communities in US prepare to support refugees
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ukrainian communities in cities like Sacramento and Seattle are mobilizing in…
Continue ReadingNavy plane crash off Eastern Shore; 2 hospitalized, 1 dead
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Authorities say two crewmembers rescued from the midweek crash of a U.S. Navy aircraft in Eastern Shore waters near the…
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