Evacuations ordered as remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People have been moved to shelters and nearly 2,000 boats recalled to port as the remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern…
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Afghans reel from the earthquake that killed thousands
By OMID HAQJO Associated Press ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — People dug through the rubble of the quake in western Afghanistan for their few…
Continue ReadingLeading Polish candidates meet for debate on state TV six days before a national election
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s opposition leader Donald Tusk tells viewers of state TV that he is a regular…
Continue ReadingNobel economics prize goes to Harvard’s Claudia Goldin for research on the workplace gender gap
By PAUL WISEMAN, DAVID KEYTON and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, was awarded the…
Continue ReadingUK’s Labour Party says it will invest for growth, as violence in Israel hangs over its conference
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party says it will focus on economic growth rather…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Rate hopes push Asian shares higher while oil prices edge lower
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have climbed after Wall Street advanced on potentially encouraging news about…
Continue ReadingIndian rescuers are flying into the region where a flood washed out bridges and killed at least 74
By WASBIR HUSSAIN and ANUPAM NATH Associated Press GANGTOK, India (AP) — Air force helicopters rescued scores of stranded tourists Monday in…
Continue ReadingUS Senate Majority Leader Schumer meets Xi and welcomes stronger Chinese statement on Hamas attack
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he is grateful for a stronger statement from China…
Continue ReadingLuxembourg’s coalition under Bettel collapses due to Green losses in tight elections
Luxembourg’s three-party coalition led by liberal Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has lost its decade-long hold on power in tight parliamentary…
Continue ReadingAid groups warn devastation from Afghanistan earthquake ‘worse than we imagined’
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — International aid groups in Afghanistan are scrambling to send help to survivors of an earthquake which has left…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Markets steady in Asia after Israel declares war following Hamas attack in Gaza
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices were mixed on Monday after the Israeli government declared war following deadly…
Continue ReadingIMF and World Bank pledge Africa focus at first meetings on the continent in 50 years
By SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the shadow of a deadly earthquake in Morocco that caused nearly $12 billion in damage,…
Continue ReadingIsrael strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel…
Continue ReadingDesert horror: Music festival goers heard rockets, then Gaza militants fired on them and took hostages
CNN By Paul P. Murphy, Allegra Goodwin, Benjamin Brown and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The rockets began around 6:30 a.m., Tal Gibly told CNN.…
Continue ReadingCivilian hostages in Hamas custody killed in Be’eri near Gaza border, CNN verified videos show
By Paul P. Murphy, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — At least four civilians were killed while in the custody of Hamas,…
Continue ReadingWhat went wrong? Questions emerge over Israel’s intelligence prowess after Hamas attack
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For Palestinians in Gaza, Israel’s eyes are never very far away. Surveillance drones…
Continue ReadingHow third-party and independent candidates could threaten Democrats and Republicans in 2024
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two political outsiders have taken steps to launch independent or third-party…
Continue ReadingHow third-party and independent candidates could threaten Democrats and Republicans in 2024
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and scion of the storied…
Continue ReadingSome in Congress want to cut Ukraine aid and boost Taiwan’s. But Taiwan sees its fate tied to Kyiv’s
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To Rep. Mike Collins, China is a bigger threat to the United States than Russia. So the Georgia…
Continue ReadingSchools’ pandemic spending boosted tech companies. Did it help US students?
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As soon as the federal pandemic relief started arriving at America’s schools, so did the…
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