Spanish inflation up 9.8% in March, biggest rise since 1985
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say inflation hit a 37-year high in March, rising to 9.8%. That provisional figure released Wednesday is the…
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Number of Ukraine refugees passes worst-case U.N. estimate
By BASSAM HATOUM and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says more than 4 million refugees have fled…
Continue ReadingIndia police: Ex-journalist among 2 rebels killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Two suspected rebels have been killed in a shootout with government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city.…
Continue ReadingGerman economic advisers slash 2022 growth forecast to 1.8%
BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers has slashed its 2022 growth forecast for Europe’s biggest economy…
Continue ReadingCalls renewed for release of Chinese-Australian journalist
BEIJING (AP) — Journalist groups are renewing calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on the eve of her trial in…
Continue ReadingSudan’s leader in Cairo for talks with Egyptian president
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top general has held talks with the Egyptian president in Cairo as Sudan remains locked in a…
Continue ReadingBritain withdraws its judges from Hong Kong top court
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it’s withdrawing its judges from Hong Kong’s top court because…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand airline plans to raise $1.5 billion to rebuild
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s flagship airline has announced a plan to raise $1.5 billion to hire…
Continue ReadingS. Korea conducts rocket launch days after North’s ICBM test
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it has conducted its first successful launch of a solid-fuel rocket in…
Continue ReadingAfter Israel attacks, sidelined Palestinian issue reemerges
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Three deadly attacks in Israel in a week are raising doubts over Israel’s approach to…
Continue ReadingPoland to end Russian oil imports; Germany warns on gas
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has announced steps to end all Russian oil imports by…
Continue ReadingRussia bombards areas where it pledged to scale back
By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country is at a “turning…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks fall after Wall St breaks 4-day winning streak
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are lower after Chinese manufacturing weakened and Russian shelling around…
Continue ReadingMilitants attack troops in northwestern Pakistan, killing 6
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The military and police say militants have attacked a headquarters of the paramilitary security forces in northwestern…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor rejects parole for Manson family member
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday blocked parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, reversing a…
Continue ReadingCelebrities: Monkeys near Florida airport delight visitors
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For 70 years a group of non-native monkeys has made their home next to a South Florida…
Continue ReadingInto the wild: Animals the latest frontier in COVID fight
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. (AP) — Wildlife experts are searching for the virus that causes COVID-19 in deer, bears,…
Continue ReadingFor climate migrants in Bangladesh, town offers new life
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press MONGLA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladeshi town stands alone to offer new life to thousands of climate migrants.…
Continue ReadingSingapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions
SINGAPORE (AP) — A Singaporean man on death row for drug trafficking has been hanged in the first execution in the city-state in over two years.…
Continue ReadingCalif. group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants
By JANIE HAR Associated Press California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the…
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