Trump’s social media app launches year after Twitter ban
By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s new social media app has launched. He’s seeking a new…
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US Fed governor opens door to half-point rate hike in March
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman says she’s open to lifting interest…
Continue ReadingBig ol’ treehouse creates backyard battle royal on Seacoast
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A treehouse is causing trouble on New Hampshire’s Seacoast. The parents of an 8-year-old boy checked with neighbors…
Continue ReadingGerman officials condemn climate protests at roads, port
BERLIN (AP) — German officials have condemned protests by climate activists who blocked roads including near the country’s biggest port. Members…
Continue ReadingSlovaks unveil monument to slain journalist and his fiancee
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has marked the anniversary of the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee by unveiling a…
Continue ReadingCyclone-hit Madagascar braces for another ‘big one’
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The island of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa is bracing for yet another cyclone…
Continue ReadingMount Etna roars again, sends up towering volcanic ash cloud
ROME (AP) — Mount Etna has roared back to spectacular action after a few months of relative quiet. Eruptions sent a 12-kilometer (7.5-mile)…
Continue ReadingUN expert in Sudan to verify rights violations after coup
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert is in Sudan to verify allegations of human rights violations after an…
Continue ReadingStorm helps Poland hit wind energy record: 30% of power
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s power distribution operator says the deadly high winds that struck last…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How fake electors tried to throw result to Trump
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — State attorneys general and the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the…
Continue ReadingUS Navy plans launch of Mideast drone force alongside allies
By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet is planning the…
Continue ReadingNorthern Europe battered by 3rd major storm; deaths hit 14
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Europe has been battered by the third major storm in five days. Storm Franklin, which hit…
Continue ReadingDanish police seek info on apparent escaped kangaroo
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police in southeastern Denmark have appealed for public help to track down what appears to be a kangaroo that was filmed…
Continue ReadingFoundation named for late civil rights pioneer John Lewis
ATLANTA (AP) — A foundation named for U.S. Rep. John Lewis and his wife has been established to further the work of the late civil rights pioneer.…
Continue ReadingLike in Arizona, botched baptisms roiled Michigan church
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of Arizona Catholics recently learned they may have been improperly baptized with the wrong…
Continue ReadingUkraine-Russia crisis: What to know in the escalating crisis
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Efforts by world leaders to head off a Russian invasion of Ukraine have been dealt a serious…
Continue ReadingWith all eyes on Ukraine, Putin to send his envoy to Balkans
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — With all eyes on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir…
Continue ReadingPortugal’s drought worsens, rainfall down to 7% of average
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s winter drought is getting worse. The national weather agency reported Monday that 91% of the country is…
Continue ReadingEU Commission: von der Leyen unconcerned by missed handshake
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission is downplaying as a “storm in a teacup” an incident last week at a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Ukraine crisis tests China-Russia partnership
BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s military buildup along its border with Ukraine is testing the possibility of a Moscow-Beijing axis lining up against the…
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