American player for Polish women’s basketball team attacked, left with injured eye socket
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials and media are reporting that an American basketball player with a professional Polish women’s club has…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is traveling to China to talk climate change
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is kicking off a weeklong visit to…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s leading presidential hopeful picks Widodo’s son to run for VP in 2024 election
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s leading presidential hopeful has named outgoing President Joko…
Continue ReadingHezbollah and Israel exchange fire and warnings of a widened war
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah announced the deaths of five more militants as clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border…
Continue ReadingNorway’s 86-year-old king tests positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms
HELSINKI (AP) — Norway’s 86-year-old King Harald V has tested positive for the coronavirus and has mild symptoms. The king has been in frail…
Continue ReadingA 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Nepal damages dozens of homes and causes a landslide
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A 5.2 magnitude earthquake and some aftershocks have damaged nearly two dozen houses near Nepal’s capital. An…
Continue Reading‘Horrific’ Russian attack on postal depot kills six in eastern Ukraine
By Rob Picheta, Catherine Nicholls and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — At least six people were killed and 16 others injured after a Russian…
Continue ReadingNo evidence of hate crime, police say as slain Detroit synagogue president mourned as devoted leader
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press Family, friends and some of Michigan’s top elected officials paid respects Sunday to a Detroit synagogue…
Continue ReadingEuropean cities see vigils to oppose antisemitism and rallies seeking relief for Gaza
By SYLVIE CORBET and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people joined vigils in Berlin and London on Sunday to oppose…
Continue ReadingSoccer fans flock to Old Trafford to pay tribute to Bobby Charlton following his death at age 86
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Old Trafford is a scene of mourning and commemoration as soccer fans of Manchester United and other teams flocked to the…
Continue ReadingRestricted rights put Afghan women and girls in a ‘deadly situation’ during quakes, UN official says
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.N. official says Afghan women and girls are in a “not only difficult … but deadly” situation following…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Israel, Norma, Synagogue stabbing, House speaker, Trump
By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — E.T. phone home? Astronomers have detected a mysterious blast of radio waves that has taken 8 billion years to…
Continue ReadingTurnover has plagued local election offices since 2020. One swing state county is trying to recover
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — The polls had just opened for last year’s midterms in Pennsylvania when the…
Continue ReadingTurnover has plagued local election offices since 2020. One swing state county is trying to recover
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Local election offices have been understaffed for years. But the 2020 election…
Continue ReadingAuthor Salman Rushdie calls for defense of freedom of expression as he receives German prize
BERLIN (AP) — Author Salman Rushdie called for the unconditional defense of freedom of expression as he received a prestigious German prize. The…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea, US and Japan hold first-ever trilateral aerial exercise in face of North Korean threats
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese militaries have held their first-ever trilateral…
Continue ReadingBiden walks a tightrope with his support for Israel as his party’s left urges restraint
By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told a crowd of Democratic donors over the weekend about a…
Continue ReadingGerman leaders voice outrage and thousands rally in Berlin in reaction to rising antisemitism
BERLIN (AP) — German leaders are strongly denouncing a rise in antisemitism in Germany in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. Both the chancellor and…
Continue ReadingUK records a fourth death linked to a storm that battered northern Europe
LONDON (AP) — A fourth person has died in Britain during a storm that pounded the U.K. and northern Europe with gale-force winds and torrential…
Continue ReadingNorma downgraded to a tropical storm in Mexico as Hurricane Tammy leaves Barbuda
By IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ and FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Norma strengthened slightly and dumped heavy rain after…
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