Thousands of protesters rally in Brussels for better wages and public services
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of protesters have rallied in the capital of the European Union for better public…
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US says Congo and rebel groups agree to a 3-day cease-fire ahead of key election, but cracks emerge
By JUSTIN KABUMBA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The White House says Congo’s security forces and rebel groups have agreed…
Continue ReadingWill declaration on fossil fuels at UN climate talks lead to action? Consider 5 previous decisions
By GAURAV SAINI, Press Trust of India and SIBI ARASU, Associated Press Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — United Nations climate…
Continue ReadingRishi Sunak gets a respite after UK lawmakers vote in favor of the Rwanda migration bill
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have voted in favor of the government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a…
Continue ReadingAustralians prepare for their first cyclone of the season
BRISBANE, Australia: (AP) — Residents have begun evacuating and battening down homes and businesses as the first tropical cyclone of Australia’s…
Continue ReadingProminent Gaza professor and writer killed in airstrike, weeks after telling CNN he and his family had ‘nowhere else to go’
CNN By Sana Noor Haq and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — In October, Refaat Alareer was deliberating whether to stay at his home in the heart of…
Continue ReadingJapan court convicts former soldiers in landmark sexual assault case that gripped social media
By Helen Regan, Saki Toi and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A Japanese court on Tuesday found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexual…
Continue ReadingPoland’s new prime minister vows to press the West to continue helping neighboring Ukraine
By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s newly elected prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed that…
Continue ReadingIsrael and US show sharp divisions over mounting casualties and future of war against Hamas
By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and the United States on Tuesday showed their…
Continue ReadingA bronze top hat has disappeared from a larger-than-life sculpture of Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky
By Carma Hassan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a large bronze top hat has rested next to a stately statue of Abraham…
Continue ReadingA court sets aside the South African president’s recognition of the Zulu king
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize…
Continue ReadingTurkish club president arrested and league games suspended after referee is punched at match
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested the president of top-flight soccer club after he…
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New book chronicles retired Bend couple’s creation of Ugandan orphanage
Retired Bend teachers Bob and Carol Higgins moved to Uganda as missionaries and developed an orphanage, and now, Bob has written a book about their…
Continue ReadingA court in Japan convicts three former soldiers in groundbreaking sexual assault case
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had…
Continue ReadingPoor countries need trillions of dollars to go green. A long-shot effort aims to generate the cash
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major, long-shot effort is gearing up to mobilize money to save Planet Earth…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares are mixed ahead of the Fed’s decision on interest rates
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street rose to its highest level since early…
Continue ReadingCommissioners in a Montana county remove election oversight from fellow Republican
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A clerk and recorder who expressed doubt about the integrity of the election process during her 2022 campaign…
Continue ReadingChina’s homegrown C919 aircraft arrives in Hong Kong in maiden flight outside the mainland
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese C919 commercial passenger jet has arrived in Hong Kong in the Chinese-made…
Continue ReadingAs COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what’s at stake
By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As this year’s global climate talks reach a conclusion, activists are…
Continue ReadingHere’s what we know about a Texas woman’s battle for an abortion
By Zoe Sottile, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — In one of the most high-profile abortion cases since the fall of Roe V. Wade, a…
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