TikTok’s Irish data center up and running as European privacy project gets under way
LONDON (AP) — TikTok says operations have started at the first of its three European data centers, part of the popular Chinese owned app’s…
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Syria’s US-backed Kurdish forces hope to end weeklong clashes with militia in the ‘next 24 hours’
By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press DEIR EL-ZOUR, Syria (AP) — Syria’s U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces are pushing deeper into the last…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 5: Idalia, Burning Man, Covid-19, Maui, North Korea
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts have returned from a six-month stay on the International Space Station, splashing down off the…
Continue ReadingSome small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes
By TRISHA AHMED and JIM SALTER Associated Press GOODHUE, Minn. (AP) — America is in the midst of a police officer shortage. Agencies of all sizes…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: How to budget with a fluctuating income
By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Freelancers, service workers, people who work seasonal jobs and those who earn money based on tips, royalties or…
Continue ReadingUN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. food agency says it is forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food…
Continue ReadingProud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was…
Continue ReadingThailand’s new government takes office as Cabinet members take oath in front of king
By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s new government has officially taken office, almost four months after the country’s…
Continue ReadingSouth African government announces official inquiry into deadly Johannesburg building fire
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African government says a retired judge will lead an official inquiry…
Continue ReadingMyanmar won’t be allowed to lead Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2026, in blow to generals
By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Myanmar won’t take over the rotating leadership of the Association of…
Continue ReadingEgypt resumes commercial flights to war-torn Sudan for the first time in nearly five months
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has resumed direct commercial flights to Sudan for the first time since a devastating war broke…
Continue ReadingTrial opens in Japan in the 2019 animation studio arson that killed 36 people. Suspect pleads guilty
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The suspect in a 2019 arson attack at an animation studio in Japan has gone on trial, pleading…
Continue ReadingConservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — More libraries are cutting ties with the American Library Association as the professional…
Continue ReadingPolish official harshly criticizes film that explores migration crisis at Poland-Belarus border
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A leading member of Poland’s conservative government has sharply criticized a film that…
Continue ReadingHow US-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles helped Ukraine win the battle for Robotyne
By Melissa Bell, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Pierre Bairin, CNN Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine (CNN) — The T0408 was once a country lane that led…
Continue ReadingAfrica Climate Summit links ‘unfair’ debt burden with calls to make continent’s green assets pay off
By CARA ANNA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The host of the first Africa Climate Summit says climate change is…
Continue ReadingTrial starts in Sweden of 2 oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company have gone on trial in Stockholm for securing the company’s…
Continue ReadingAustrian security officials say they’ve broken up a terror cell suspected of links to Islamic State
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian security officials say they have broken up a suspected terror cell linked to the Islamic State group that consisted of nine…
Continue ReadingTurkey and Greece agree to revive talks and seek ‘new approaches’ to resolve decades-old disputes
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Greek and Turkish foreign ministers agreed to revive high-level contacts and seek “new approaches” to problems as…
Continue ReadingSevere rainstorm triggers flooding in central Greece, 1 man dies. Police order a traffic ban
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police ordered vehicles off the streets of three regions in Greece Tuesday as a severe storm hammered the center of the…
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