North Macedonia starts monthlong presidential campaign season
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s presidential race has kicked off, with seven…
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Senior UK jurists have joined calls to stop arms sales to Israel. Other allies face similar pressure
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the U.K. Supreme Court, are…
Continue ReadingJailed former Malaysia premier Najib Razak seeks to serve remaining sentence under house arrest
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak is seeking to serve the rest of his prison term under house…
Continue ReadingAs fire season fast approaches, Greece’s planners look for an edge in response time
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press GLYKA NERA, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece are stepping up multi-agency fire drills in an attempt to…
Continue ReadingAs the world ages, cancer cases are projected to rise, hitting some countries like ‘a tidal wave’
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Around the world each year, tens of millions of people are told they have cancer, and millions die from the…
Continue ReadingTens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa
By Sarah Dean, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — More than 24 million people in southern Africa face hunger, malnutrition and water…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s president meets leader of doctors’ strike as he seeks to end their walkouts
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has met the leader of thousands of striking junior doctors…
Continue ReadingMyanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group says its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military…
Continue ReadingIsrael attacked aid workers ‘systematically, car by car,’ charity founder says, as fury builds over deadly strike
By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK) has accused Israel of targeting his aid workers “systematically, car…
Continue Reading5 things to know for April 4: Eclipse, US-Israeli relations, Taiwan earthquake, Trump, Immigration
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Egg prices are rising again, fueled by a short supply caused by an outbreak of bird flu. The cost of specialty…
Continue Reading5 things to know for April 4: Eclipse, US-Israeli relations, Taiwan earthquake, Trump, Immigration
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Egg prices are rising again, fueled by a short supply caused by an outbreak of bird flu. The cost of…
Continue ReadingBill Clinton reflects on post-White House years in the upcoming memoir ‘Citizen’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has a memoir coming out this fall about his years since leaving…
Continue ReadingCruise ship stuck in Spain will resume sailing after Bolivian passengers with visa problems removed
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say a cruise ship stuck in the northeastern port of Barcelona will be able to…
Continue ReadingLebanon’s billionaire prime minister denies allegations of money laundering in France
PARIS (AP) — Lebanon’s billionaire caretaker prime minister has denied allegations of money laundering after a complaint was filed in France…
Continue ReadingCleanup begins at Los Angeles ‘trash house’ where entire property is filled with garbage and junk
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass vowed that cleanup would happen at a home where mounds of garbage and debris had piled up several…
Continue ReadingNew rule strengthening federal job protections could counter Trump promises to remake the government
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Rep. James Comer is decrying a new rule making it harder to fire thousands of federal…
Continue ReadingEPA awards $20 billion in green bank grants for clean energy projects nationwide
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $20 billion in grants for clean energy…
Continue ReadingTonga’s prime minister says he’s open to Chinese help with security support at an upcoming summit
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tonga’s prime minister says he is open to Beijing’s offer of security support for…
Continue ReadingAustrian minister aims to tighten espionage law to ban spying against international organizations
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s justice minister says she plans to tighten the country’s rules on espionage, which currently is explicitly banned if…
Continue ReadingThe true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time
ERIKA KINETZ and SOLOMIIA HERA The Associated Press DOVHENKE, Ukraine (AP) — Yukov says the same thing to all the mothers. He tells them to talk…
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