Taliban break promise on higher education for Afghan girls
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers won’t reopen schools to girls above the sixth…
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Amid Russia’s new crackdowns, small signs of defiance emerge
NEW YORK (AP) — Russia has unleashed a harsh crackdown on dissent over the past year by imprisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny and silencing…
Continue ReadingA new fund directs its support to Ukraine’s long-term needs
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer The humanitarian needs of more than 10 million displaced Ukrainians have quickly become staggering. Yet Mark…
Continue ReadingAsian shares track Wall St lower as oil prices press higher
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks have fallen in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply. Tokyo, Hong…
Continue ReadingNBA at 75: From MJ to LBJ, Jamison saw ‘greatness’ in 2000s
By ANTAWN JAMISON For The Associated Press Antawn Jamison knows what it’s like to play basketball with Michael Jordan in a pickup game while in…
Continue ReadingSilence replaces old folk tunes in historic quarter of Kabul
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The songs are silent in the traditional musicians’ quarter of Kabul’s Old…
Continue ReadingChina’s ZTE says probation ends after clash with Washington
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. says a U.S. judge has allowed a probation period to end after the company was nearly…
Continue Reading11 dead, 4 injured in fire at scrap warehouse in India
By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A major fire in a scrap warehouse has killed at least 11 people and injured four others in…
Continue ReadingRights group denounces violence against LGBT people in Iraq
By MARIAM FAM and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A report by Human Rights Watch, in collaboration with an Iraqi LGBT rights…
Continue ReadingAirline offers 17-hour flights from New York to New Zealand
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s flagship airline says it has started selling tickets for direct…
Continue ReadingLouisiana twister carved destruction in mere moments
By GERALD HERBERT and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ARABI, La. (AP) — Residents of a south Louisiana community say a powerful tornado splintered…
Continue ReadingUN council defeats Russia humanitarian resolution on Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has overwhelmingly defeated a Russian…
Continue ReadingYuval Noah Harari working on middle grade book series
NEW YORK (AP) — The Israeli historian, philosopher and million-selling author Yuval Noah Harari has begun work on a planned four-volume middle…
Continue ReadingJackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics
By PETER SMITH Associated Press The latest nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, has stressed the importance of…
Continue ReadingBiden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — As war rages on in Ukraine, President Joe Biden will huddle with key allies in…
Continue ReadingGreitens accusations revive GOP worries about Senate bids
By STEVE PEOPLES, BRIAN SLODYSKO and JOHN HANNA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Accusations that Missouri Senate Republican candidate Eric…
Continue ReadingJackson heading for likely confirmation despite GOP darts
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican…
Continue ReadingNATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine
By NEBI QENA and CARA ANNA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO is estimating that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in a…
Continue ReadingRalph Lauren returns to runway in a show of relaxed luxury
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In his first show since 2019, Ralph Lauren transformed a long room at the Museum of Modern Art…
Continue ReadingVoice recorder found in wreckage of China Eastern plane
By NG HAN GUAN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press WUZHOU, China (AP) — Investigators have found what they believe to be the cockpit flight recorder…
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