Report: Afghan staff details left behind at UK Kabul embassy
LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s defense chief is promising to investigate a security lapse that saw documents identifying Afghan staff members and…
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3 endangered Sumatran tigers found dead in Indonesia
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers, including two cubs, have been found…
Continue ReadingFire at chemical factory kills 10 in southern Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A government spokesman says a massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi,…
Continue ReadingChinese regulators to exercise more control over algorithms
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese regulators will exercise greater control over the algorithms used by Chinese technology firms to personalize and recommend…
Continue ReadingSouth African photojournalist John Parkin dies at age 63
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African photographer John Parkin has died at the age of 63. During his years as a…
Continue ReadingUK lawyer accused of injecting blood into supermarket foods
LONDON (AP) — A 37-year-old lawyer accused of injecting food items with syringes of blood at three London supermarkets has made a court appearance.…
Continue ReadingBulgaria’s presidents invites 3rd party to form government
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has handed a mandate to form a government to the third-largest political party in parliament…
Continue ReadingMontenegro police report finding 1 ton of cocaine in bananas
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro say they have seized over 1 ton (2,000 pounds) of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas.…
Continue ReadingPolish art show defies ‘cancel culture’ but some see racism
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A new exhibition at a Polish state museum features the works of provocative artists in what…
Continue ReadingParalympic Classes: A confusing maze in search of fairness
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo and each one has unique differences that have…
Continue ReadingUN asks N Korea to clarify alleged shoot-on-sight orders
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.N. human rights investigators have asked North Korea to clarify whether it has…
Continue ReadingAlbania gets 1st Afghan evacuees after deadly Kabul blasts
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Abania (AP) — Albania is housing its first group of Afghan evacuees who made it out of their country…
Continue ReadingAmerican forces keep up airlift under high threat warnings
By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, LOLITA C. BALDOR, KATHY GANNON and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American forces working…
Continue ReadingStocks rally to records amid relief rates will remain low
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to records Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it’s still far…
Continue ReadingAfghans stuck in Bosnian camp aghast at Taliban takeover
By KEMAL SOFTIC Associated Press BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of migrants, including many Afghans, are stranded in Bosnia and other…
Continue ReadingMalaysia’s new leader keeps largely same Cabinet, no deputy
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The new Malaysian prime minister has retained mostly familiar faces in his Cabinet. But Ismail Sabri Yaakob vowed…
Continue ReadingThe Latest: Italy says its last flight from Kabul in hours
By The Associated Press Italy’s foreign minister has confirmed that the last Italian military flight evacuating people from Afghanistan will depart…
Continue ReadingFamily, friends gather to remember slain New Orleans officer
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Family and friends of a New Orleans police officer who was shot and killed while vacationing with friends in…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan’s top high school graduate fears for her future
By TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Salgy Baran got the highest score in all of Afghanistan on her university entrance exams this…
Continue ReadingA struggle to prevent suicides at soaring NYC sculpture
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials are evaluating the future of a 150-foot-tall piece of public art in New York City known…
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