Blinken wraps up Baltic assurance tour as Ukraine war rages
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a short tour of the three Baltic…
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On global holiday, a ‘terrible dream’ for Ukrainian women
By JUSTIN SPIKE and BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press ZAHONY, Hungary (AP) — International Women’s Day is a global day to celebrate women,…
Continue ReadingLibya’s oil company says production resumed at largest field
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s national oil company says it has resumed oil production from the country’s largest field three days after an armed group…
Continue ReadingRights group: 50 detained in east Libya after prison escape
CAIRO (AP) — A leading rights group says Libya’s east-based army rounded up at least 50 people in a coastal city following a prison escape…
Continue ReadingSatellite images show activity at North Korean nuclear site
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Commercial satellite images suggest a resumption of construction…
Continue ReadingRussia-Ukraine war: Some key developments in the conflict
By The Associated Press U.N. officials say 2 million people have fled Ukraine in the two weeks since Russia’s invasion as the humanitarian…
Continue ReadingBerliners open their hearts, homes to those fleeing Ukraine
By KERSTIN SOPKE and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been arriving in…
Continue ReadingIsraeli troops demolish homes of Palestinian attackers
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack in the…
Continue ReadingAsia stocks mixed after Wall St falls, US bans Russian oil
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street declined and China reported inflation edged higher.…
Continue ReadingUkraine war highlights internal divides in Mideast nations
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought up deep divisions in the…
Continue ReadingGhislaine Maxwell juror regrets not disclosing sex abuse
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A juror in the sex trafficking trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell says…
Continue ReadingUN and Yemen rebels agree to transfer oil from Yemen tanker
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations and Yemen’s Houthi rebels have signed a memorandum of understanding…
Continue ReadingAs virus cases go from 1 to 24,000, New Zealand changes tack
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Back in August, New Zealand’s government put the entire nation on lockdown after a…
Continue ReadingSuffering goes on in encircled Mariupol as evacuation fails
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Corpses lie in the streets of Mariupol, Ukraine. Hungry people…
Continue ReadingBoard tells 3 Arizona universities to sell Russian holdings
PHOENIX (AP) — The board that oversees Arizona’s three public universities has ordered their presidents to sell any Russian investments their…
Continue ReadingClimate change, nuclear war occupy Jerry Brown in retirement
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press WILLIAMS, Calif. (AP) — Former California Gov. Jerry Brown has retired to a rural stretch of Northern…
Continue Reading‘The best of us’: Biden promises improved care for veterans
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden says U.S. veterans are the “backbone, the spine, the sinew” of the…
Continue ReadingResilience Story: Forget about the leg, just watch him dance
By MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) — MacKale McGuire, a cancer survivor who lost a leg, recently took the stage in his small…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Charges in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Four members of anti-government groups are facing trial this week on federal charges…
Continue ReadingJury picked for alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
By MICHAEL TARM, ED WHITE and SARA BURNETT Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been selected for the trial of four men charged…
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