Asian stocks rise as Ukraine peace talks appear to progress
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine…
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Volunteer vote-counters push for Hungary election integrity
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A grassroots civic initiative in Hungary has recruited more than 20,000 volunteer ballot…
Continue ReadingMany in Mideast see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Western countries have invoked international law within days of Russia’s invasion of…
Continue ReadingFrom Hollywood’s illusion factory, some unexpected reality
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer In the minutes and hours after Will Smith accosted and slapped Chris Rock before a live Oscars audience of…
Continue ReadingSaudi’s unilateral Yemen cease-fire offer rejected by rebels
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels holding Yemen’s capital plans a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What is law critics have dubbed ‘Don’t Say Gay’?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has come under intense national scrutiny over legislation that critics have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” law.…
Continue ReadingBrazilian president undergoing tests at military hospital
By DEBORA ALVARES BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A key Brazilian official says President Jair Bolsonaro has been taken to a hospital in the capital to…
Continue ReadingRelief for Kyiv? Russia vows to scale back near the capital
By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s military says it will “fundamentally” cut back operations near…
Continue ReadingWashington honors Alaska’s fiery, tireless defender in House
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are hailing Republican Rep. Don Young as a colorful but pragmatic…
Continue ReadingBiden budget has Manchin priorities: Tax rich, cut deficit
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s $5.8 trillion budget for next year would trim federal deficits and boost…
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…
Continue ReadingCivilian Army leader led child porn ring, risked US security
By MICHAEL REZENDES Associated Press SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — A civilian who held sensitive positions with the U.S. Army in Arizona and…
Continue ReadingDisabled Malaysian loses appeal, will be hanged in Singapore
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A lawyer and activists say a Malaysian man with a mental disability lost his final legal appeal against his death…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Bolsonaro in hospital after feeling discomfort
By DEBORA ALVARES BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A high Brazilian officials says President Jair Bolsonaro is being examined at an army hospital in the…
Continue ReadingUN envoy: Sudan could face economic and security collapse
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Sudan says the east African nation is heading toward “an economic…
Continue ReadingOttawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dies from illness at 62
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Ottawa Senators say owner Eugene Melnyk has died from an illness at age 62. The team announced the news with a statement…
Continue ReadingUConn reaches 14th straight Final Four, tops NC State in 2OT
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — UConn is heading to the women’s Final Four for the 14th straight time. The…
Continue ReadingBusch beer heiress Valentine enters Missouri US Senate race
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine is running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat. The daughter of the late…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s COVID toll leads some to eco-friendlier coffins
By ALICE FUNG and JANICE LO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is running short of coffins during its deadliest outbreak of the…
Continue ReadingPeru’s president survives 2nd impeachment effort in 8 months
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s embattled president has avoided joining the South American…
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