Social Democrats win Lithuania’s election, overcoming center-right government
Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s center-left opposition parties celebrated victory after prevailing over the center-right…
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Tens of thousands rally in Georgia to denounce the parliamentary election they say was rigged
Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside parliament, demanding the annulment of the weekend…
Continue Reading Borissov appears winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election
Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov appears to be the winner of Bulgaria’s…
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Voters in Liechtenstein withdraw state funding from the country’s public radio broadcaster
BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Liechtenstein have voted to withdraw state funding from the tiny country’s public radio broadcaster, a decision that…
Continue Reading Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party
Associated Press GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana will vote in a national election this week that will decide whether the ruling party extends a…
Continue Reading Pakistan begins another vaccination campaign after a worrying surge in polio cases
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in…
Continue Reading The trajectory of Ukraine’s fight against Russia hangs on the outcome of the US election
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — There is no doubt that the U.S. election will determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. The status of…
Continue Reading The leaders of India and Spain launch India’s first private military aircraft plant
Associated Press VADODARA, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez have inaugurated India’s…
Continue Reading France and Morocco announce high speed rail investments as Macron visits Rabat
Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco, kicking off a state…
Continue Reading Developers begin cutting trees in a Tokyo park that environmentalists want to protect
TOKYO (AP) — Tree-cutting has begun in the Jingu Gaien park district of central Tokyo, a flashpoint for more than a year between environmentalists…
Continue Reading Woman charged with assaulting Australian senator who shouted at the king
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A woman has appeared in an Australian court charged with assaulting the Indigenous senator who shouted…
Continue Reading In their own words: What it’s like in a ‘chaos’ Congress and why these lawmakers keep coming back
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Polarizing. Challenging. A lot of wasted time. That’s how six lawmakers described what it is like being in the…
Continue Reading US voters concerned about post-election violence and efforts to overturn the results: AP-NORC poll
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — American voters are approaching the presidential election with deep unease about what could follow, including…
Continue Reading The dispute around a women’s volleyball team touches on a broader question: How to define ‘fair’
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — They play on the same team, but they couldn’t be further apart. One member of the women’s volleyball team at…
Continue Reading Here’s what to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaign
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty reigns entering the final full week of the 2024 campaign with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s civil war reshaped in past year with coordinated offensive by powerful resistance groups
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a…
Continue Reading A French court postpones Gérard Depardieu’s sex assault trial because of his health
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A criminal court in Paris on Monday postponed French actor Gérard Depardieu’s trial on charges of sexually…
Continue Reading Resistance forces push military regime close to brink in Myanmar
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street climbs ahead of a big week for Big Tech as oil drops 6%
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed broadly higher Monday as gains by some Big Tech companies helped offset a skid in oil-and-gas…
Continue Reading Latin superstar Bad Bunny backs Harris for president after comedian’s racist jokes at Trump event
Associated Press Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee…
Continue Reading In storm and blackout, an AP photographer finds a fisherman in a sliver of natural light
Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Ramon Espinosa started working for The Associated Press in 2000 in Spain. Five years later, he was sent to the…
Continue Reading McDonald’s Quarter Pounder back on the menu after testing rules out beef patties as E. coli source
AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its…
Continue Reading Hallmark exec sought to replace ‘old talent,’ lawsuit alleges, naming actors like Lacey Chabert
Associated Press Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people”…
Continue Reading Brazilian soccer fan dies after ambush by rival supporters
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities say a Cruzeiro soccer fan has died after a roadside ambush by rival supporters in São Paulo state on Sunday…
Continue Reading California’s commercial Dungeness crab season delayed again to protect whales
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed for the seventh straight year to protect…
Continue Reading Timothée Chalamet crashes his own look-alike contest after police shut down crowded event
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in Lower Manhattan. The…
Continue Reading Shohei Ohtani set to play for Dodgers in Game 3 of World Series following shoulder injury
AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Concerns seemed to vanish and Los Angeles Dodgers players wore smiles at Yankee Stadium as they prepared for…
Continue Reading A member of British Parliament suspended from Labour Party after video of apparent assault
LONDON (AP) — A member of the British Parliament has been suspended by the Labour Party after a video appeared to show him punching and knocking a…
Continue Reading British chef Jamie Oliver urges followers to help solve the ‘grate cheese robbery’
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British chef Jamie Oliver is on the case of the stolen cheddar. Oliver, who rose to fame as “The Naked Chef”…
Continue Reading Destruction of Lebanon-Syria border crossings in Israeli airstrikes creates difficulties
Associated Press QUSAIR, Syria (AP) — A stream of refugees fleeing Lebanon to Syria crossed a narrow makeshift bridge on foot Sunday in the Qusair…
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