Icelanders vote with climate change on everyone’s mind
By EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Icelanders are voting in a general election dominated by climate change, with an…
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Hong Kong June 4 vigil organizers to disband amid crackdown
HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong group that had organized annual vigils in remembrance of victims of the Chinese military’s crushing of the…
Continue ReadingUK looks abroad to ease trucker shortage amid run on gas
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a U-turn, Britain says it will issue thousands of emergency visas to foreign truck drivers to…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s vaccine train takes doses to poor areas
By SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press SWARTKOPS, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has sent a train carrying COVID-19 vaccines into one of its…
Continue ReadingSecurity troops kill 6 separatists in raid in SW Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The military says Pakistani security forces have killed six militants of a separatist group in a raid at their hideout in…
Continue Reading3 children killed in Croatia; Suspect thought to be father
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Authorities in Croatia’s capital say a 56-year-old man is suspected of killing three young children. Local media…
Continue ReadingMajor hurricane expected with Sam; Teresa dwindling
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters expect Hurricane Sam to intensify into a major storm on Saturday. No coastal watches or warnings are in effect for the…
Continue Reading‘Marriage for all’? Swiss voters to decide same-sex marriage
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Voters in Switzerland are set to decide on Sunday whether to allow same-sex marriages. The wealthy…
Continue Reading‘Then the killing started’: Witnesses accuse Tigray fighters
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One man said he counted 55 corpses as he escaped from his town in northern Ethiopia. Another asserted he was rounded up with…
Continue ReadingHuawei executive returns as China releases 2 Canadians
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — An executive of Chinese global communications giant Huawei Technologies has returned from Canada following a legal…
Continue ReadingRefugees in fear as sentiment turns against them in Turkey
By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria once were welcomed in neighboring…
Continue ReadingIs it a bluff? Some in Hungary and Poland talk of EU pullout
By JUSTIN SPIKE and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An uptick in anti-European Union rhetoric in Hungary and Poland has some…
Continue ReadingGerman election to set direction after 16 years under Merkel
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s closely fought election on Sunday will set the direction of the European Union’s most…
Continue ReadingIsrael says US booster plan supports its own aggressive push
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is pressing ahead with its aggressive campaign of offering coronavirus boosters to almost…
Continue ReadingBiden: Budget talks hit ‘stalemate,’ $3.5T may take a while
By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have…
Continue ReadingNationalizing her governor run? ‘You bet I am,’ Sanders says
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press CABOT, Ark. (AP) — Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders might be running for governor of Arkansas,…
Continue ReadingUS police departments clamoring for de-escalation training
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press SACO, Maine (AP) — Since the death of George Floyd and the protests that followed, police departments around the…
Continue Reading10 years after ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ cadets see progress
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Military academy students say that 10 years after the end of “don’t ask, don’t…
Continue ReadingUS, Pakistan face each other again on Afghanistan threats
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul has deepened the mutual distrust between the U.S. and…
Continue ReadingBodies of 9 suspected migrants found in eastern Panama
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Nine bodies of suspected migrants have been found near a remote community in the Panamanian jungle close to the border with…
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