‘Save your species’: UN uses dinosaur in fossil fuel message
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations is summoning an unusual “witness” to testify to the dangers of burning fossil fuels that stoke global warming.…
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Gulf Arab states, squeezed by climate change, still tout oil
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian…
Continue ReadingUS says Assange could go to Australian prison if convicted
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government has asked Britain’s High Court to overturn a judge’s decision that WikiLeaks…
Continue ReadingVietnam starts vaccinating kids in effort to reopen schools
By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has started to vaccinate children as part of an effort to reopen schools after more than…
Continue ReadingBiden calls out China’s Taiwan actions as ‘coercive’
By EILEEN NG and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Joe Biden has told leaders at the East Asia Summit that…
Continue ReadingClamorous students participate in government — by suing it
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Students in Rhode Island are asking a federal appeals court to affirm that public school students have a…
Continue ReadingDefense says American charged in Ghosn pay case not involved
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The defense for former Nissan executive Greg Kelly has argued there is no evidence or motives…
Continue ReadingVirginia House Democrats aim to protect their majority
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic control of Virginia state government over the past two years has allowed lawmakers…
Continue ReadingAsian shares pull back, chilled by decline on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares have fallen after a retreat on Wall Street as banks and health care companies pulled the S&P…
Continue ReadingWashington orders Chinese phone carrier out of US market
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country’s three major state-owned carriers, from the…
Continue ReadingComing out: Cavallo’s key message before Australian season
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Soccer player Josh Cavallo has come out as gay in a public statement ahead of the A-League season. The 21-year-old…
Continue ReadingMany progressives grudgingly accepting smaller economic plan
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many progressives have started lining up behind an emerging social and environment bill that’s…
Continue ReadingSoler, Braves overcome Morton injury, top Astros in Game 1
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Making his first start since testing positive for COVID-19, Jorge Soler became the first player to…
Continue ReadingOpposition party to fight next Australia election on climate
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s opposition Labor Party says a looming election will be fought on…
Continue Reading$4.9M payout to family of man shot 9 times by California cop
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The family of a mentally ill man shot nine times by a police officer in a wealthy San…
Continue ReadingUS, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Brazil senators urge COVID charges for Bolsonaro
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Senate committee has recommended that President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of…
Continue ReadingBiden ties Republican in race for Va. governor to Trump
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden is framing the Virginia governor’s race as a repudiation of his…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Movie set showed ‘some complacency’ with weapons
By MORGAN LEE, SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Investigators say there was “some complacency” in…
Continue ReadingIn Haiti, the difficult relationship of gangs and business
By ALBERTO ARCE and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Youri Mevs is not starving, not struggling for survival — in so…
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