Poland 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…
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Google 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 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…
Continue ReadingGreece struggles to shake up safety agency after huge fires
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government replaced top public security officials following the…
Continue ReadingBangladesh court sentences 6 militants to death in slayings
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh anti-terrorism tribunal has sentenced six Islamist militants to death in the…
Continue ReadingGerman unemployment slips in August as recovery progresses
BERLIN (AP) — Official statistics show that the number of unemployed people in Germany declined slightly in August, unusually for the summer month,…
Continue ReadingGerman unemployment slips in August as recovery progresses
BERLIN (AP) — Official statistics show that the number of unemployed people in Germany declined slightly in August, unusually for the summer month,…
Continue ReadingPakistan says 11 Islamic State militants killed in raid
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s counter-terrorism police say 11 militants of the Islamic State group were killed in a raid in restive…
Continue ReadingChina’s manufacturing sector slows as export demand weakens
BEIJING (AP) — A survey shows China’s factory activity decelerated in August as export demand weakened. The numbers released Tuesday showed that…
Continue ReadingPolish court delays EU law case for motion to exclude judge
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s constitutional court has reopened but then recessed its proceedings in a case over whether Polish or European…
Continue ReadingTwo dead and 10 injured after Mississippi highway washed away by heavy rain
By Joe Sutton, CNN Two people were killed and 10 others injured after part of a highway washed away Monday night near the town of Lucedale,…
Continue ReadingCaldor Fire prompts states of emergency in Nevada and California, with more than 50,000 told to evacuate the Lake Tahoe region
By Kelly McCleary, CNN The governors of California and Nevada declared states of emergency Monday as the fast-moving Caldor Fire, now the 17th…
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NW fire bosses’ pre-Labor Day warning: Danger still high, despite cooler temps
While there is some relief from this summer’s extreme heat, high fire danger will likely continue into September because of the ongoing drought.…
Continue ReadingTurkish, UAE leaders talk on phone as tensions seem to ease
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish president the United Arab Emirates’ de-facto leader have spoken by telephone, in a sign of easing tensions between…
Continue ReadingNo stranger to plagues, Venice opens film fest with caution
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Venice’s central place in the history of battling pandemics provides the backdrop to this…
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