Farm laborers to receive greater protections under Biden administration proposal
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant farm workers would receive new protections under a Biden administration…
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Poland calls on the EU to extend the embargo on Ukraine grain to prevent glut and protect farmers
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government has called on the European Union to extend the embargo on imports of Ukrainian grain beyond Friday…
Continue ReadingPutin says prosecution of Trump shows US political system is ‘rotten’
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted that the criminal cases against former U.S. President Donald Trump are…
Continue ReadingA rhino at an Austrian zoo kills a zookeeper and seriously injures her husband
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a rhinoceros at a zoo in Austria has attacked a married couple working as…
Continue ReadingNorway’s conservative opposition wins local elections with nearly 26% of the votes
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s center-right opposition party has won local elections, with the conservatives of former Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingHolocaust survivor Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, who warned of far-right populism in Europe, dies at age 97
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, a Holocaust survivor who spent the late years of her life warning of the…
Continue ReadingUN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase
ROME (AP) — The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food…
Continue ReadingA timeline of the complicated relations between Russia and North Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met President Vladimir Putin. at a cosmodrome in…
Continue ReadingThousands are feared dead and thousands more are missing in flood-ravaged eastern Libya
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna…
Continue ReadingNobel winner Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion though she faces 2 more legal cases
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa has been acquitted of a final tax evasion charge though she still faces two…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares slide after tech, rising oil prices drag Wall St lower
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks fell Wednesday in Asia after a slide for technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower ahead of a key…
Continue ReadingMore than 70 crocodiles set loose by heavy flooding in southern China
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Authorities in a southern Chinese city have launched an operation to recapture more than 70 crocodiles that…
Continue ReadingTaiwan says China is bolstering coastline military bases facing the self-ruled island
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says China is continuously bolstering its military bases along the coastline…
Continue ReadingAsahi stops ads with stars represented by a Japanese talent agency tainted by sexual assault
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Several Japanese companies have decided to stop using stars who are represented by Johnny &…
Continue ReadingIsraeli Supreme Court hears first challenge to Netanyahu’s divisive judicial overhaul
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has heard the first challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
Continue ReadingIn Iran, snap checkpoints and university purges mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protests
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Snap checkpoints. Internet disruptions. University purges. Iran’s…
Continue ReadingAt impeachment, lawyer recounts Texas AG Ken Paxton supervising his investigation into FBI and judge
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A junior lawyer testifying at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s…
Continue ReadingEscaped Pennsylvania prisoner now armed with a stolen rifle and ‘extremely dangerous,’ police say
By Eric Levenson, Celina Tebor, Kristina Sgueglia and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The convicted killer who escaped from an eastern…
Continue ReadingThis green armored train has carried the Kim family for decades
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — On Sunday afternoon, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped onto an old-fashioned green train that has by now…
Continue ReadingMalaysia’s Appeals Court upholds Najib’s acquittal in one of his 1MDB trial
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Court of Appeal has upheld the acquittal of former Prime Minister Najib Razak of audit tampering in…
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