EU leaders push Ukraine diplomacy, show unity on sanctions
By RAF CASERT and SAM PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have held a short summit meeting to push the chances of diplomacy to unlock…
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EXPLAINER: Russia-backed rebels a thorn in Ukraine’s side
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, tensions have also soared in the country’s…
Continue ReadingNews agency loses landmark privacy case at UK Supreme Court
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s highest court says a business executive who was investigated over suspected fraud had a…
Continue ReadingIsraeli strawberry clocks in as world’s heaviest on record
KADIMA-ZORAN, Israel (AP) — After a year-long jam, a mammoth Israeli strawberry is entering the record books. Weighing a whopping 289 grams (over…
Continue ReadingGroup alleges US firm’s tanker illicitly traded Iran oil
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A tanker owned by a Los Angeles-based private equity firm likely took part in…
Continue ReadingWeekly US jobless claims rise for the first time in a month
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for employment benefits last week following three straight weeks of…
Continue ReadingSyrian helicopter crash-lands, leaving 2 crew members dead
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media says a military helicopter crash-landed in a rugged mountainous area during a training mission in the…
Continue ReadingStrip-search optional: Volunteers to test new Swiss jail
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Corrections officials in Switzerland say hundreds of people have jumped at the chance to stay in a…
Continue ReadingCanadian police arrest 2 leaders of protesting truckers
By ROB GILLIES, WILSON RING and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) —  Hundreds of truckers clogging Canada’s capital stood…
Continue ReadingFlorida police officer arrested on excessive force charges
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A white Florida police officer has been charged with aggravated battery during the arrest of a Black man accused of…
Continue ReadingFrench shipping company wins Beirut port containers contract
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s minister of public works says a giant French shipping company has won a 10-year contract to run the containers…
Continue ReadingSenate launches group to examine embattled US prison system
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan working group of lawmakers to…
Continue ReadingIndonesian cases hit record but less severe, fewer deaths
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic began have crossed 5…
Continue ReadingUkraine-Russia crisis: What to know as tensions hit new high
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Tensions over Ukraine have spiked anew. U.S. President Joe Biden warned Thursday that there is still…
Continue ReadingFugitive task forces examined in Ohio police shooting case
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fugitive task forces operated by the U.S. Marshals Service are a fixture of law…
Continue ReadingDespite high inflation, Turkey keeps interest rate unchanged
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged for a second consecutive month despite soaring inflation that…
Continue ReadingAfter 2 years of pandemic losses, a record profit for Airbus
The Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Airbus booked a record profit of 4.2 billion euros ($4.8 billion) last year as it delivered more planes with…
Continue ReadingDriver investigated over fatal train collision in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany are investigating whether one of the train drivers involved in a fatal collision this week ran a stop signal.…
Continue ReadingHow to protect your spending power from inflation
By HAL M. BUNDRICK of NerdWallet The rise in consumer prices, or inflation, is a slow erosion of your money over time. And supply chain issues are a…
Continue ReadingRussian man charged with espionage goes on trial in Germany
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A Russian man who worked as a research assistant at a German university has gone on trial for…
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