New wave of Ethiopian detentions of Tigrayans includes kids
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Small children are among those held amid a new wave of detentions of ethnic Tigrayans suspected…
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Greek wildfires: Big blaze threatens village outside Athens
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major wildfire burning northwest of the Greek capital is devouring large tracts of pine forest for a third day and…
Continue ReadingBelgium: Teenager seeks to break women’s solo flight record
By MARK CARLSON Associated Press KORTRIJK, Belgium (AP) — A Belgian-British teenager has started the first leg of her quest to become the youngest…
Continue ReadingSpecial repatriation flight takes Australians home from Bali
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — More than a hundred Australian citizens have left the Indonesian tourist island of…
Continue ReadingUK’s Johnson accused of complacency over Afghanistan retreat
By PAN PYLAS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced accusations of needlessly abandoning…
Continue ReadingTaliban militants violently disperse rare Afghan protest
By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants have attacked protesters…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks retreat on lack of direction from Fed, pandemic
By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are retreating after U.S. central bank policymakers made no firm decision…
Continue ReadingGerman minister criticizes Vatican stance on gay couples
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has criticized the Roman Catholic Church for its refusal to bless same-sex unions but says his religious…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Khmer Rouge defendant guilty of regime’s crimes
By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Prosecutors are arguing the former head of the Khmer Rouge shared…
Continue ReadingHardline coup set the stage for Soviet collapse 30 years ago
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The world held its breath 30 years ago when a group of top Communist officials ousted Soviet…
Continue ReadingUzbekistan not keen to admit Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban
By AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA Associated Press TERMEZ, Uzbekistan (AP) — As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans…
Continue ReadingThe Latest: Food agency warns of hunger in Afghan conflict
By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The head of the U.N. food agency in Afghanistan says a humanitarian crisis is unfolding with 14…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police arrest 4 from university student union
HONG KONG (AP) — Police say four members of a Hong Kong university student union have been arrested for allegedly advocating terrorism by paying…
Continue ReadingChina’s Communist Party expels censor accused of corruption
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled a leading internet censor and accused him of a range of crimes and rule breaking from…
Continue Reading‘Heartbroken’ Florida town has ties to Haiti’s quake zone
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida suburb holds deep ties to the town in southwestern Haiti that…
Continue ReadingGeorgia inches toward possible takeover of Fulton elections
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s State Election Board has taken a step toward a possible eventual takeover of elections…
Continue ReadingYears in the making, R. Kelly sex abuse trial gets underway
By TOM HAYS and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has introduced a jury to the sex abuse claims against R&B star R.…
Continue ReadingCambodian labor union leader convicted over border comments
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian labor union leader has been sentenced to two years in prison for inciting social unrest with…
Continue ReadingFires harming California’s efforts to curb climate change
By BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (AP) — California’s top fire official says blazes raging across…
Continue ReadingHouse Dems plan budget vote next week, defying moderates
BY ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats are planning House votes next week on a budget resolution that would clear a path for…
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