Ukrainian maternity ward moves to basement for shelter
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A hospital basement in Ukraine’s coastal city of Mariupol has transformed into a…
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Sad, not shocked: MLB fans take gut-punch of canceled games
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Baseball fans reacted with a mix of resignation, dismay, sadness and anger when MLB Commissioner…
Continue Reading‘Minister No’: Lavrov embodies Moscow’s steely posture
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture during…
Continue ReadingGermany to give $720 million to Holocaust survivors globally
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand police make huge meth bust at airport, arrest 6
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police say they have seized more than half a ton of methamphetamine at the border and…
Continue ReadingNew Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s White House is outlining a strategy it says will allow Americans to…
Continue ReadingSenate hearings for high court nominee to begin on March 21
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee says hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown…
Continue ReadingKuwait’s pardoned dissidents return to a country in crisis
By ISABEL DEBRE and MALAK HARB Associated Press KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Dissidents still languish in prison or exile and authorities have snuffed out…
Continue ReadingSpace junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon is about to get walloped by a big piece of space junk. The leftover rocket…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks rise after Fed chair supports smaller rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have rebounded and oil prices climbed after the head of the Federal Reserve…
Continue ReadingRefugee count tops 1 million; Russians besiege Ukraine ports
By JIM HEINTZ, YURAS KARMANAU, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says 1 million…
Continue ReadingMother of 3 girls slain by father feared for their safety
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Court documents say a mother of three children who were killed by…
Continue ReadingUN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions but has suffered some of the…
Continue ReadingPeace in Taiwan Strait a global concern, says Mullen
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen says maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait…
Continue ReadingUN: Climate change to uproot millions, especially in Asia
By VICTORIA MILKO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A United Nations report says a staggering 143 million people will…
Continue ReadingEconomic dangers from Russia’s invasion ripple across globe
By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Moscow’s war on Ukraine and the ferocious financial backlash it’s…
Continue ReadingUN Assembly votes to demand that Russia stop war in Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has voted to demand that Russia stop its…
Continue ReadingSydney braces for flash floods as rain disaster moves south
SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney is preparing for dangerous flash flooding as population centers farther north begin a massive cleanup operation. Record floods…
Continue ReadingAnalysis: Biden seeks ‘reset’ on pandemic and his presidency
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in his State of the Union address, embraced his role as an international…
Continue ReadingBoebert outburst on Afghanistan jolts State of the Union
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A moment about the death of President Joe Biden’s son during the State of the Union…
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