Germany’s Merkel expresses support for Laschet as successor
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed full support for Armin Laschet, the center-right Union bloc’s candidate hoping to…
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Poland gives humanitarian visa to 2nd Belarus athlete
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A lawmaker in Poland says that a second Belarussian athlete, an equestrian who was excluded from the national Olympic team…
Continue ReadingWildfires, smoke snuff out outdoor adventures across US
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildfires burning in the U.S. this summer have upended plans for countless outdoor adventures.…
Continue ReadingUS supports 2 Canadians marking 1,000th day in Chinese cells
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that “people are not bargaining chips” and adds that the U.S. stands with…
Continue ReadingMerkel: Rebuilding of flood-hit areas will take a long time
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says “it will take a long time” until the regions damaged by devastating floods in July will be…
Continue ReadingBody of climber from Colorado recovered from Bolivian peak
By CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The body of an American man who died while climbing one of Bolivia’s highest peaks has…
Continue ReadingTaliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say at least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking…
Continue ReadingGirls Aloud star Sarah Harding dies at 39 after cancer fight
LONDON (AP) — Singer Sarah Harding of the British pop group Girls Aloud has died at 39 after a battle with breast cancer. Her mother announced the…
Continue ReadingGreek composer Theodorakis to be buried in Crete
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Communist Party says composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis will be…
Continue ReadingA hurricane-hardened city coping ‘the New Orleans way’
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS. (AP) — When Ida knocked out power and dumped buckets of rain in their streets, hurricane-hardened…
Continue ReadingTurkey says it ‘neutralized’ 18,500 militants over 6 years
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey says it has “neutralized” nearly 18,500 people whom it calls “terrorists” over the past six years. Defense MInistry…
Continue ReadingApple Daily parent company board resigns, plans to liquidate
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The parent company of a defunct pro-democracy paper in Hong Kong, Apple Daily, is liquidating…
Continue ReadingPope asks for prayers for pilgrimage to ‘heart of Europe’
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he’ll be traveling to the “heart of Europe” when he makes a pilgrimage to Hungary and Slovakia later…
Continue ReadingOil boom remakes N. Dakota county with fastest growth in US
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — The fastest-growing county in the U.S. is in the oil fields of North Dakota.…
Continue ReadingUntil 2023? Parts shortage will keep auto prices sky-high
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A shortage of computer chips that sent auto prices soaring had appeared, finally, to be easing…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand attacker radicalized by neighbors, mother says
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The mother of an Islamic State-inspired extremist who stabbed shoppers in a New…
Continue ReadingItaly police stop man suspected of snatching winning ticket
ROME (AP) — Police at Rome airport say they prevented a Naples tobacco shop owner suspected of running off with a customer’s winning game…
Continue ReadingTwo anchors of COVID safety net ending, affecting millions
By ASHRAF KHALIL and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads for millions of Americans. Two…
Continue ReadingBlinken and Austin to visit Gulf to address postwar stresses
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are heading to…
Continue ReadingSoldiers detain Guinea’s president, dissolve government
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea have detained…
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