Retired chair of Chinese state-owned Everbright Group indicted on bribery charges
BEIJING (AP) — A former chairman of the China Everbright Group and ex-central bank executive has been indicted on bribery charges, part of a wider…
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Stock market today: Wall Street falls sharply to close out its worst week since October
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks tumbled Friday following a mixed start to earnings reporting season. Worries about…
Continue ReadingGerman parliament votes to make it easier for people to legally change their name and gender
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation that will make it easier for transgender, intersex…
Continue ReadingSexual assaults rise in Central African Republic. Wagner, bandits and even peacekeepers are blamed
By SAM MEDNICK and JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based…
Continue ReadingMiddle class wiped out: Half of Myanmar’s people forced into poverty by civil war, UN report finds
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia with a growing middle class, Myanmar is now…
Continue ReadingSudan’s war began a year ago. Children are among its most fragile survivors
By PATRICIA SIMON and RICARDO GARCIA VILANOVA Associated Press METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — The war in Sudan began a year ago. Here in a camp for tens…
Continue ReadingThousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing the war in Ukraine but have nowhere to go
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A…
Continue ReadingRussian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A…
Continue ReadingArgentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing
By DÉBORA REY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s highest criminal court has reported a new development…
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Deschutes commission candidates share views at forum on issues from water to new landfill site and M. 110 fixes
The four candidates for Deschutes County commissioner on the May 21 primary ballot shared their views on a variety of top issues during their first…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the…
Continue ReadingStephen Curry has 22 points, Warriors rally to beat Trail Blazers 100-92
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 22 points and the Golden State Warriors rallied down the stretch for a…
Continue Reading20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers…
Continue ReadingIf O.J. Simpson’s assets go to court, Goldman, Brown families could be first in line
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — O.J. Simpson died Thursday without having paid the lion’s share of the $33.5 million…
Continue Reading‘I’m dying, you’re not’: Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her…
Continue Reading‘I’m dying, you’re not’: Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina welcomes a historic visitor in Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is cementing economic links and cultural amity with…
Continue Reading‘I’m dying, you’re not’: Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her…
Continue Reading‘I’m dying, you’re not’: Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her…
Continue ReadingManhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, a dozen are soon to become the first Americans…
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