Auschwitz survivor Leon Schwarzbaum dies at 101 in Germany
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Leon Schwarzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and lifelong fighter for…
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Once a powerful symbol in Russia, McDonald’s withdraws
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a…
Continue ReadingMore Russians find ways around sweeping US asylum limits
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — More than 8,600 Russians have sought refuge in the U.S. on the Mexican border…
Continue ReadingGermany to buy US-made F-35s to replace aging bombers
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it will replace some of its aging Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35 Lightning II…
Continue ReadingNew this week: ‘Deep Water,’ Charli XCX and ‘WeCrashed’
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a Charli XCX album release, an erotic thriller on Hulu starring Ben Affleck…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy to deliver virtual address to US Congress
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to the U.S.…
Continue ReadingTurkish medical workers strike for better pay, safer work
ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of Turkish doctors and other medical workers began a two-day nationwide strike on Monday to demand better protection,…
Continue Reading‘Harrowing figures’: Yemen report says 161K to face famine
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — More than a dozen U.N. agencies and international aid groups say that 161,000 people in war-torn Yemen…
Continue ReadingDad faces gun charge after boy accidentally shot, killed mom
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Police say the father of a 3-year-old boy who accidentally shot his mother to death in a Chicago…
Continue ReadingGerman finance chief wants measures to curb fuel price hike
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s finance minister has proposed a “crisis discount” to dampen the impact of recent…
Continue ReadingJury seated in former NBA player’s murder trial in Memphis
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man charged with killing former NBA player Lorenzen…
Continue ReadingRep. Cori Bush’s ‘The Forerunner’ to be published Oct. 3
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri has a memoir coming out this fall. She’ll recount her personal…
Continue ReadingCongo freight train derailment kills 75 in south
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials in Congo say at least 75 people have died after a train derailed in ther…
Continue Reading‘I wish this war would end’: Ukrainian refugees reach 2.8M
By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — More than 2.8 million refugees fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine…
Continue ReadingIraqi PM inspects site of Iranian missile attack in north
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has visited the northern city of Irbil to meet with Kurdish officials and inspect the site of an Iranian…
Continue ReadingGerman prosecutors charge 3 with fraud in Wirecard collapse
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German prosecutors have charged the former CEO of payments company Wirecard and two other ex-managers with fraud and…
Continue ReadingRed Cross chief: Ukraine war ‘nothing short of a nightmare’
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Red Cross official says the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine has become…
Continue ReadingUK rights group threatened under China sweeping security law
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s foreign secretary has accused Chinese authorities of trying to silence free speech after a U.K.-based human rights group…
Continue ReadingUK court blocks gay marriage for Cayman Islands, Bermuda
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Activists supporting same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda have…
Continue ReadingUN gathering gears up for push to save planet’s biodiversity
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Nearly all the world’s countries have kicked off a U.N.-backed meeting aimed at preventing the…
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