Norway reports first cases of bluetongue disease in livestock since 2009
AAS, Norway (AP) — Norway has reported dozens of confirmed and suspected cases of bluetongue disease in livestock for the first time in the country…
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Jimmy Carter receives Holbrooke award from Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Less than two weeks before his 100th birthday, former President Jimmy Carter is receiving an award from the…
Continue ReadingBank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big US Fed rate cut
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is keeping its main interest rate unchanged at 5% despite a big cut from the U.S. Federal…
Continue ReadingFruit and seafood are the latest front in escalating Taiwan-China tensions
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says China’s ban on imports of its fruit, vegetables, seafood and other goods violate trade rules,…
Continue ReadingSpain arrests suspect in February speedboat crash that killed 2 police officers
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities arrested a 32-year-old man for the death of two police officers in February when a speedboat suspected to belong…
Continue ReadingLawyer for American charged in Japan’s trial of ex-Nissan exec Ghosn appeals for ‘justice’
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The six-year-old criminal case of Greg Kelly, an American ensnared in the scandal of Nissan’s former boss Carlos…
Continue ReadingMalaysian police detain CEO and other leaders of Islamic group as probe into child sex abuse widens
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police on Thursday detained the CEO and other top leaders of an Islamic business group that is under…
Continue ReadingFirst people are sentenced under Hong Kong’s tough new security law
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has sentenced the first two people under a tough new Hong Kong national security law, including…
Continue ReadingAt least 1000 people evacuated as flooding hits northern Italy
ROME (AP) — About a thousand residents were evacuated in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna after it was hit by torrential rains and…
Continue ReadingThailand’s adorable pygmy hippo Moo Deng has the kind of face that launches a thousand memes
Associated Press CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Only a month after Thailand’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame…
Continue ReadingVatican gives green light to devotion at a site in Bosnia where the Madonna reportedly appeared
Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has given the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where…
Continue ReadingA news site that covers Haitian-Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they’ve been harassed…
Continue ReadingRelentless fighting is devastating Sudan and escalating in Darfur’s capital, UN says
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Relentless violence is devastating Sudan, and large-scale fighting has escalated in and around El Fasher.…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s presidential election a test for current leader, 2 years after its economy hit bottom
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans who usually vote along religious and ethnic lines will be keeping another factor in mind…
Continue ReadingVietnamese real estate tycoon, already sentenced to death for fraud, faces trial on new charges
Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese state media say the second trial for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan — who was sentenced to…
Continue ReadingAdoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families, AP finds
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some…
Continue ReadingWidespread adoption fraud separated generations of Korean children from their families, AP finds
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As the plane descended into Seoul, Robert Calabretta swaddled himself in a blanket, his knees tucked…
Continue ReadingA gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Associated Press KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The…
Continue ReadingThreats and assassination attempts come with the office Donald Trump once held and is seeking again
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, following an apparent assassination attempt on him on Sunday, claimed that…
Continue ReadingResidents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over
Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and…
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