Month: March 2024

By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The third-highest ranking U.S. diplomat and frequent target of criticism for her hawkish views on…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s president says his government will wait for a Supreme Court ruling before taking…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East franchisee of Starbucks said Tuesday it has begun firing around…

ROME (AP) — Italian lawmakers have approved the country’s participation in an EU naval mission to protect cargo ship in the Red Sea from attacks…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama voters shook up the state’s congressional delegation Tuesday.  Republican Rep.…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “American Fiction” is an entertaining movie, authors and publishers say. And it has a lot…

By JOSEPH WILSON and RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Catalonia region rolled out this week a pioneering women’s…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto is the 2024 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the highest honor in…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press Uncrewed, remote-controlled boats have been around since the end of World War II. Late last century, technological…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court has sentenced a man to three-and-a-half years in prison for planning attacks. A Pristina court statement…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two high-ranking…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says Western Balkans countries joining the European Union is a “geopolitical…

By SAMY MAGDY, TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan headed to a primary runoff against challenger David…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government appears to have made an embarrassing mistake after it advertised that Kate, the…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, the mother of the country’s current president and the widow of an…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — What’s arguably the most famous wet shirt in television history sold for a tidy sum at auction —…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s blueprint for its economy in 2024 is replete with goals and promises, but…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish media say three unidentified objects looking like weather balloons have been found in northeastern Poland, and some of…

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet Becoming self-employed can be an exciting journey, but it’s also possible to make expensive mistakes. These…

BERLIN (AP) — Production at Tesla’s electric vehicle plant in Germany came to a standstill and workers were evacuated Tuesday after a power…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has outlined ambitious plans to boost its defense industry as the bloc responds…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister says a military officer used an unsecured phone line at a…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India have arrested three men in the alleged gang rape of a foreign tourist, in a case…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police have detained seven more people suspected of selling information to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, the latest…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two planes collided midair above the Nairobi National Park, sending the smaller plane crashing in the park and killing two…