IMF to hold crucial talks with Pakistan over release of final $1.1B tranche of $3B bailout
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say the International Monetary Fund will hold a crucial round of talks with…
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Hunter Biden rebuffs Republicans’ invitation to appear for a public hearing
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has rejected an invitation from House Republicans to appear for a public hearing…
Continue Reading‘The Girls on the Bus’ takes you on a soapy ride with reporters following presidential campaigns
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press A new narrative series on Max follows female journalists on the campaign trail for the presidential election.…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Scholz defends his refusal to send Ukraine Taurus missiles, says prudence is a virtue
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended his refusal to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case
By KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on…
Continue ReadingPalestinian soccer federation says former national team player killed in an Israeli airstrike
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian soccer federation says former national team member Mohammed Barakat was killed in an Israeli airstrike in…
Continue ReadingThis Ramadan, starving Gazans will break their fast with scraps found in the garbage
By Sana Noor Haq, Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder and Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — A toddler wearing a red jumper plays with fairy lights…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts governor to pardon those convicted of misdemeanor cannabis possession
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says she’ll issue pardons for tens of thousands of people…
Continue ReadingAn Israeli drone strikes a car in southern Lebanon and kills a member of Hamas’ military wing
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli drone strike targeting a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre has…
Continue ReadingUS and Japanese forces to resume Osprey flights in Japan following fatal crash
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOMIOKA, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials say the U.S. and Japanese militaries will resume flights of Osprey…
Continue ReadingMexican journalist says he was abducted, beaten and questioned by armed men about his reporting
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prominent journalist in western Mexico says he was abducted, beaten and questioned by an armed gang because of what he wrote.…
Continue ReadingBiden and Trump are now their parties’ presumptive nominees. What does that mean?
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially secured the requisite…
Continue ReadingPolice search for a University of Missouri student in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee are searching for a University of Missouri student who was last seen by friends at a Nashville bar…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean held in Russia on espionage allegation is missionary helping the needy, his group says
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean Christian aid group says that a South Korean national held in Russia on…
Continue ReadingJelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, Cody Johnson lead CMT Music Awards noms
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, and Cody Johnson are the leading…
Continue ReadingA US envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to make tough decisions to restart talks on normalizing ties
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A senior U.S. official has urged Kosovo and Serbia to make tough…
Continue ReadingLebanese, French officials float a plan to rebuild Beirut port nearly 4 years after huge explosion
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three and a half years after hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate ignited at the…
Continue ReadingVirgin of Charity unites all Cubans — Catholics, Santeria followers, exiled and back on the island
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press EL COBRE, Cuba (AP) — Ramon Nieblas fixed his tearful eyes on the small golden…
Continue ReadingChris Wallace looks back at Nixon-Kennedy election in the book ‘Countdown 1960
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime newsman Chris Wallace isn’t only thinking about this year’s presidential election. The CNN anchor has written a book…
Continue ReadingNative groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth
By MEGAN JANETSKY, VICTOR R. CAIVANO and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along…
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