Indigenous leader to France’s Macron: Save the Amazon
By OLEG CETINIC Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Brazilian Indigenous leader is appealing to France’s president to use his sway to fight…
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Daughters of Carl Levin christen US warship bearing his name
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — A warship bearing the name of the U.S. Sen. Carl M. Levin has been christened at Maine’s…
Continue ReadingGunmen kill 2 Taliban, 2 civilians in eastern Afghan city
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban official says gunmen have shot and killed two Taliban fighters and two civilians in the eastern city of…
Continue ReadingParis Fashion Week channels humor, animated film for spring
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — As weary fashionistas made it to the final sprint of Paris Fashion Week’s 96 physical and…
Continue ReadingArizona city celebrates London Bridge’s 50th anniversary
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Lake Havasu City is playing up its roots with a month of celebratory events marking the 50th anniversary of the…
Continue ReadingDwindling Alaska salmon leave Yukon River tribes in crisis
By NATHAN HOWARD and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press STEVENS VILLAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two salmon species have all but disappeared from…
Continue ReadingUS private equity firm wins auction for Britain’s Morrisons
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American private equity group has narrowly won the battle to buy British supermarket chain Morrisons…
Continue ReadingNo winner: Biggest Powerball jackpot in months grows larger
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The biggest lottery prize in more than eight months is growing larger after no ticket matched all five numbers and the…
Continue ReadingEthiopia’s Oromo protest, demand freedom for jailed leaders
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, are protesting against the government and have called for the…
Continue ReadingIslamic State figure charged with supporting terrorist group
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A leading Islamic State media figure and foreign fighter has been charged in U.S. federal court in Virginia with conspiring…
Continue ReadingProminent Pakistani comedian dies on way to US for treatment
By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — One of Pakistan’s most beloved comedians, Umar Sharif, has passed away in Germany on the…
Continue ReadingWomen’s March targets Supreme Court, with abortion on line
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first big Women’s March of the Biden administration reached the steps of the U.S.…
Continue ReadingNATO troops patrol Kosovo-Serbia border after truck blockade
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press JARINJE, Kosovo (AP) — Soldiers with a NATO-led peacekeeping mission are keeping watch at the…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth reflects on ‘deep’ affection for Scotland
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has opened the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament, reflecting on the “deep…
Continue ReadingUS envoy says climate summit can yield ‘enormous progress’
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says he thinks “enormous progress” can be made at upcoming U.N.…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19-delayed Chopin piano competition opens in Poland
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A gala concert has opened the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin…
Continue ReadingA look at high court’s top cases in new term starting Monday
By The Associated Press Abortion, guns and religion top the Supreme Court term that begins Monday. A case from Mississippi presents a direct…
Continue ReadingGeorgia votes in election shadowed by ex-president’s arrest
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgians voted in municipal elections across the country that were seen as a test…
Continue ReadingAbortion, guns, religion top a big Supreme Court term
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The future of abortion rights is in the hands of a conservative Supreme Court that’s…
Continue ReadingPharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A bellwether trial is set to start Monday in federal court in Cleveland to determine whether…
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