Year: 2024

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three days before his communist government turns 75, China’s foreign minister is warning fellow leaders against an “expansion of the battlefield” in Russia’s war with Ukraine. Wang Yi says the Beijing government is committed to shuttle diplomacy and efforts to push the conflict toward its end. He warns other

PRAGUE (AP) — The main Czech opposition group led by former populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis has won an election for a third of the seats in the Senate. The ruling coalition still retained a majority in the house. Babis’ ANO, or YES in English, has won eight of the 27 seats up for grabs in

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. That’s according to Iranian media reports Saturday. The killing of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan marks the latest casualty suffered by Iran as the nearly yearlong Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend a football game between the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota. The Minnesota governor met supporters outside the stadium before going on the field to see Minnesota’s coach, P.J. Fleck. The appearance was

AP Health Writer Shopping season for Medicare coverage is about to begin and with it comes the annual onslaught of TV ads and choices to consider. People eligible for the federal government’s Medicare program will have from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 to sign up for Medicare Advantage plans, which are privately run versions of

Associated Press Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025. More than a million people will probably have to find new coverage as major insurers cut costs and pull back from markets for Medicare Advantage plans, the privately

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who transformed the Lebanese militant group into a potent paramilitary and political force in the Middle East, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the group said. He was 64. Nasrallah, who spearheaded Hezbollah’s war against Israel in 2006 and got the group heavily involved in neighboring

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police say the death toll in Poland from recent floods has risen to nine after two more bodies were found. One person is still missing, police chief Marek Boron told a government meeting on the the effects of the floods that hit southwestern Poland earlier this month. The floods following

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dr. Felipe Paullier is quick to say he doesn’t speak for the world’s roughly 2 billion tweens, teens and young adults. But as the United Nations’ first assistant secretary-general for youth affairs, he’s tasked with advocating for young people and their concerns to be incorporated into the organization’s work

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — NATO members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will seek European Union funding to build a network of bunkers, barriers, distribution lines and military warehouses along their borders with Russia and Belarus. The three Baltic countries initially announced the plan for a “Baltic Defense Line” in January. In May, Poland announced