Leaders of Turkey, Greece hold talks in rare meeting
ISTANBUL (AP) — Greece’s prime minister has met with Turkey’s president over lunch in Istanbul in a rare meeting between the neighbors. Greece…
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Invasion jolts Russia’s friends in tiny West-leaning Moldova
By HELENA ALVES Associated Press COMRAT, Moldova (AP) — Across the border from war-engulfed Ukraine, tiny, impoverished Moldova — an ex-Soviet…
Continue ReadingBus full of Ukrainian refugees overturns in Italy; 1 dead
ROME (AP) — A bus carrying about 50 refugees from Ukraine has overturned on a major highway in northern Italy, killing one passenger and injuring…
Continue ReadingRussia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Russia has escalated its attacks in western Ukraine, hitting a military base near the border with Poland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Continue ReadingW. Virginia Senate blows deadline to pass teaching race bill
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Republican supermajority in the West Virginia Legislature has failed to pass a…
Continue ReadingRussia’s war idles some European mills as energy costs soar
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — Italian paper mills that make everything from pizza boxes to furniture packaging have ground to a…
Continue ReadingReport: Iran suspends talks with Saudi after mass execution
By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news website close to the country’s leadership says Iran has decided to…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s only woman rabbi among the many Jews fleeing war
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Many Jews are among the more than 2.5 million refugees leaving Ukraine. International Jewish…
Continue ReadingChina shuts business center of Shenzhen to fight virus surge
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has responded to a spike in coronavirus infections by shutting down its southern business…
Continue ReadingAtlanta: Tribute to victims on anniversary of spa shootings
ATLANTA (AP) — More than 150 people came together to remember the victims of the mass shooting at several Atlanta area massage businesses that…
Continue ReadingPolice: Woman stabbed date in revenge of Iranian’s killing
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a woman stabbed her date whom she had met online in retaliation for the 2020 death of an Iranian military leader…
Continue ReadingMalaysia’s ruling party wins big again in state polls
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri’s Malay party has defeated its allies in the…
Continue Reading‘French Laundry’ restaurant founder Sally Schmitt dies at 90
PHILO, Calif. (AP) — Sally Schmitt, who founded The French Laundry restaurant in California wine country and helped launch the region’s…
Continue ReadingIran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S.…
Continue ReadingEx-tennis pro Stakhovsky in Ukraine ‘with a gun in my hands’
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Sergiy Stakhovsky is a recently retired professional tennis player from Ukraine who has left his wife and three…
Continue ReadingVideo shows man stabbing 2 workers at New York’s MOMA
By MARINA VILLENUEVE and BRYAN GALLION Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Video from the Museum of Modern Art shows the moment a man leaped over a…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Bank robbery suspect dies after police chase, crash
NASHVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of robbing banks in North Carolina and South Carolina has died in a car crash after a police…
Continue ReadingUber charging customers new fuel fee for rides, delivery
The Associated Press Citing record-high prices for gasoline, Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and…
Continue ReadingMississippi: Assistant principal fired over book choice
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An assistant principal in Mississippi has been fired after he read a children’s book to 2nd graders that district leaders…
Continue ReadingIn Ethiopia, a video of civilians burned alive sparks anger
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian authorities say they will prosecute individuals seen in a gruesome video in which armed men appear to burn…
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