A lightning strike damages Rome’s ancient Constantine Arch
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Workers mounted a crane Wednesday to secure Rome’s Constantine Arch near the Colosseum after a lightning strike…
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Rights group alleges Lebanon and Cyprus violated refugees’ human rights and EU funds paid for it
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Foreign Minister Kuleba resigns as Russian strikes kill 7 people in Lviv
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine’s most recognizable faces on the international stage,…
Continue ReadingLeaders of South Korea, New Zealand strongly condemn expanding North Korea-Russia military ties
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and New Zealand have strongly condemned the deepening military ties between North Korea and…
Continue ReadingHope for recovery emerges for a Ukrainian soldier who suffered a severe brain injury 2 years ago
Associated Press MODRYCHI, Ukraine (AP) — A devoted father has stayed by the side of his bedridden son for two years. Vitalii Shumei is a Ukrainian…
Continue Reading2 Phoenix officers shot with 1 listed in critical condition, police say
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say two officers have been shot and wounded by a person suspected of breaking into a car. Interim police Chief…
Continue ReadingIraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say
Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just…
Continue ReadingCocaine trade in the rugged Micay Canyon threatens Colombia’s peace efforts
Associated Press EL PLATEADO, Colombia (AP) — In the rugged Micay Canyon of southwestern Colombia, rebel groups have beefed up their presence over…
Continue ReadingTimeline of events surrounding the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in West London that killed 72
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The inquiry into Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II is releasing its final report on failings…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street extends losses as technology and energy stocks fall
AP Business Writers U.S. stock indexes lost more ground Wednesday, with declines in the technology, energy and other sectors adding to Wall…
Continue ReadingGrenfell Tower was a ‘death trap’ after failures by UK government and industry, inquiry says
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government,…
Continue ReadingThe pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious…
Continue ReadingDrought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels
Associated Press KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the…
Continue ReadingHuman rights group implicates Venezuelan security forces in killings during post-election protests
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed…
Continue ReadingHarris visits New Hampshire to tout her small business tax plan
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has used a New Hampshire campaign stop to propose an expansion of tax incentives…
Continue ReadingRaise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the US economy
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts — and that growth will be so…
Continue ReadingLady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix bring ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Venice Film Festival
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Five years after “Joker” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, director Todd Phillips can’t help…
Continue ReadingJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ at Apollo Theater
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In one of her first public appearances on behalf of her newly published memoir, “Lovely One,” Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingDoug Emhoff says he’s ‘gutted’ after the hostage killings in Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says he is “gutted” after the killings of American Hersh…
Continue ReadingFrench rugby players accused of rape in Argentina set off for Paris as closely watched case drags on
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Two French rugby players are heading back to France nearly two months after their arrest in the South American…
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