Dutch coalition talks deadlocked 5 months after election
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands appears to be heading toward talks to form a minority coalition after efforts to piece together a…
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After leaked videos, Iran opens cases against prison guards
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s judiciary says that prosecutors have opened criminal cases against six guards at the country’s…
Continue ReadingMerkel: I would never govern with ex-communist Left party
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she would never govern with support from the Left party. That’s an option two of her…
Continue ReadingWisconsin school board reverses on opting out of free meals
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school district has reversed a decision to leave a federal free meals program following widespread criticism and…
Continue ReadingCypriot official: Pope Francis to visit Cyprus in December
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus official says Pope Francis will visit Cyprus in December, making him the…
Continue ReadingUK vets euthanize alpaca with bovine TB after public battle
LONDON (AP) — British government veterinarians have killed an alpaca whose sentence of death made international headlines and pitted animal…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s leader to talk with Biden on security, Russian gas
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president is visiting the United States in hopes of bolstering security…
Continue ReadingEstonia lawmakers elect museum chief as president on 2nd try
By JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s parliament has elected the chief of a major national museum as the Baltic…
Continue ReadingANALYSIS: China extends control with online gaming crackdown
By JOE McDONALD and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — Hugely popular online games and celebrity culture are the latest targets in the…
Continue ReadingJapan ministry seeks 2.6% defense hike amid China worries
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Defense Ministry is asking for a 2.6% increase over this year’s record budget.…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Be ready to work for Labor Day bargains
By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet One of the biggest sale weekends of the year is fast approaching. Labor Day weekend is traditionally filled with…
Continue ReadingEU backs helping Afghanistan’s neighbors cope with refugees
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and MIKE CORDER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union justice and home affairs ministers have pledged to support…
Continue ReadingChicago officer on desk duty after struggle with Black woman
CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer has been placed on administrative duty as the city’s police oversight agency investigates his…
Continue ReadingPoland seeks state of emergency along border with Belarus
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government has asked the president to declare a state of emergency along the…
Continue ReadingGoogle to invest $1.2B in Germany cloud computing program
BERLIN (AP) — Google has announced that it is investing $1.2 billion by 2030 to expand its cloud computing infrastructure in Germany and to…
Continue ReadingTransplant for mushroom-poisoned Afghan boy; brother in coma
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Doctors at Poland’s main children’s hospital say they will carry out a liver transplant on a 6-year-old Afghan…
Continue ReadingEurope sees inflation jump on temporary factors
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Consumers are seeing higher prices in Europe. Official figures released Tuesday show…
Continue ReadingIda collapses Mississippi road; kills 2, injures at least 10
LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured after a roadway collapsed in Mississippi on Monday night.…
Continue ReadingUSPS has shorted some workers’ pay for years, CPI finds
By ALEXIA FERNANDEZ CAMPBELL The Center for Public Integrity A Center for Public Integrity investigation finds that the U.S. Postal Service regularly…
Continue ReadingSaudi TV: Drone attack on airport wounds 8, damages plane
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi state TV says that a bomb-laden drone has targeted an airport in…
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