Month: June 2024

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union envoys have reached agreement on a “powerful and substantial” new series of sanctions that are part of its…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Authorities in Chile say at least two rail workers were killed and nine others injured Thursday when a freight train…

LONDON (AP) — Two climate activists have been arrested after cutting through a fence at a London area airport and spray-painting private jets…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Diaphanous origami-like sculptures that floated like spring seeds caught in the wind captured the…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers have called off a search for a Japanese mountaineer who went missing a week ago while trying to scale one of the…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A new mutual-defense pact signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israel Antiquities Authority says a company drilling for natural gas off the coast…

MOSCOW (AP) — The trial of a Russian American dual citizen whom Russia accuses of treason opened on Thursday as tensions rise between Washington…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say an Iraqi man who is accused of standing by to carry out attacks for the Islamic State group after he arrived in…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish court has acquitted a former Syrian army general accused of playing a role…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Fifteen people were shot after an illegal “sideshow” took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in Oakland,…

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police say an explosion in central Montenegro’s historical capital, Cetnje, has killed two people and seriously…

By TERESA MEDRANO and JAMES BROOKS Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Things are looking up for the Iberian lynx. Just over two decades ago, the…

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss National Bank says it has lowered its main policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point, citing a drop in “underlying…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has resumed its aerial attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again…

By RYAN PEARSON AP Entertainment Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Not content with merely taking a victory lap after winning his battle against…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says anyone involved in using inside information to bet on the…

BERLIN (AP) — A state-owned Dutch company that is the biggest electricity grid operator in Germany says talks on selling its German business to the…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim rejects the notion that China’s dominance is to be feared. He called China a…

By ZELIPHA KIROBI Associated Press MWINGI, Kenya (AP) — Antivenom for snakebites can be hard to find in Kenya, where about 4,000 snakebite victims…

By DITA ALANGKARA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press TANJUNGPINANG, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of refugees are living in community housing on an…

By NICOLAS GARRIGA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has joined African leaders to kick off a planned…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this…

By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia will provide a further $1.3 million to support reconstruction efforts in…