US Treasury official pushes Lebanon to halt the flow of funding to Hamas
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top U.S. Treasury official has pressed Lebanese authorities to prevent funds from being funneled to…
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Intense rainfall sweeps across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates, disrupting flights
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Intense rainfall has swept across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates, causing localized flooding and…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire troopers fatally shoot armed man during foot pursuit with a police dog, official says
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says police shot and killed a man during a foot chase after he was taken down by a police…
Continue ReadingSenegal’s presidential candidates kick off campaigns after violent protests over a delay of the vote
By BABACAR DIONE and JACK THOMPSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Presidential candidates in Senegal have kicked off their election…
Continue ReadingPoland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is ‘not unthinkable’
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and…
Continue ReadingRomania wins legal battle against a Canadian miner over failed plans to open a gold mine
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Romanian government has won a yearslong legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking damages over failed…
Continue ReadingScientists inch forward in efforts to resurrect an extinct giant
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A bold plan to genetically engineer a version of the woolly mammoth, the tusked ice age giant that disappeared 4,000…
Continue ReadingRobertson’s 22 lead Portland past Loyola Marymount 78-70 in West Coast tournament
By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tyler Robertson scored 22 points and sixth-seeded Portland knocked off seventh-seeded Loyola Marymount,…
Continue ReadingItaly grapples with its patriarchal history as femicide cases shock the nation
CNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN. Video by Alessandro Gentile (CNN) — Some are stabbed, some are shot, some are strangled.…
Continue ReadingItaly grapples with its patriarchal history as femicide cases shock the nation
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN. Video by Alessandro Gentile (CNN) — Some are stabbed, some are shot, some are strangled. But…
Continue ReadingSenate passes key government funding bills hours ahead of shutdown deadline
By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The Senate passed a package of six government funding bills Friday evening just…
Continue ReadingViolence is battering Haiti’s fragile economy and causing food and water shortages
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left…
Continue ReadingWho are the Russian dissidents still serving time after Alexei Navalny died behind bars?
By DASHA LITVINOVA and KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to secure his fifth…
Continue ReadingPortugal is electing a new parliament and government. Here’s what to know about the major issues
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered…
Continue ReadingA cleaner finds 2 dead babies in glass bottles in a vacated Hong Kong apartment. Police arrest 2
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say a cleaning person found two dead baby boys in glass bottles in the living room of a vacated apartment.…
Continue ReadingJalen Green scores 27 points, the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers 123-107
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jalen Green had 27 points, including two statement dunks in the third quarter, and the…
Continue ReadingKenyan activists are on a mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on women surge
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Njeri Migwi’s phone buzzes incessantly. Phone calls and messages keep coming in from women…
Continue ReadingThe US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it’s a time of confusion
By TERRY TANG Associated Press TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday. “I’m dreading it. I just…
Continue ReadingA lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin’s crackdown sweeps up ordinary Russians
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted…
Continue ReadingItaly’s migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center…
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