Daddy Yankee’s memoir, ‘ReaDY! The Power To Change Your Story,’ will be out in April
NEW YORK (AP) — Latin music superstar Daddy Yankee, the Grammy winning “King of Reggaeton,” hopes his memoir will inspire others to believe in…
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A Greenland court extends an anti-whaling activist’s custody as Japan seeks his extradition
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland has again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s report on JD Vance and the Catholic postliberals in his circle of influence
Associated Press Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism helped shape his political worldview, he has written. It has also put him in…
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JD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers
Associated Press By his own account, Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn’t find in his…
Continue Reading Former Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three judicial officials have told the Associated Press that Lebanon has charged its embattled former central bank…
Continue Reading Filipino politician wanted over killings likely to be returned home soon, East Timor president says
Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor’s president says a former Filipino congressman who sought asylum in East Timor after…
Continue Reading South Korea says North Korea has again launched trash-carrying balloons across the border
Associated Press PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is flying more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in the latest round of Cold…
Continue Reading Which cousin SUV is better? Edmunds compares the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2025 Kia Sorento
Edmunds The Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento are two popular SUVs with a lot of similarities. Both can seat up to seven people, both share roots from…
Continue Reading EU chief says she’s pushing full steam ahead for gender parity in EU’s executive office
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen is doubling down to achieve gender parity in her executive Commission…
Continue Reading After the king’s endorsement, Thailand has a new Cabinet but with some familiar faces
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has new a Cabinet after King Maha Vajiralongkorn approved the appointment of 35 members to serve under…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: East Timor’s president says the pope’s visit isn’t time to dwell on past sins
Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — The president of East Timor sees Pope Francis’ upcoming visit as a prime opportunity to promote…
Continue Reading US-sanctioned Serbia official meets Putin, says Belgrade is an ally and won’t join Western penalties
Serbia’s deputy prime minister has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and vowed that his country will remain an ally of Moscow despite…
Continue Reading US envoy to Taiwan declares ties ‘rock solid’ amid military threats from China
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The top U.S. envoy to Taiwan has declared support for the island as “rock-solid, principled, and…
Continue Reading Cambodia says China gifting 2 warships as it finishes work expanding strategically important port
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Defense Ministry says China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked…
Continue Reading She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. And TikTok…
Continue Reading British hiker found dead after a flood on the Spanish island of Mallorca
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police say that a British woman has been found dead while emergency services search for a man of the same…
Continue Reading Indonesia arrests a fugitive former Filipino town mayor wanted for illegal online gaming scams
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A dismissed town mayor who fled the Philippines after being accused of helping establish an illegal…
Continue Reading A day after 12 deaths, other migrants risk their lives trying to cross the English Channel
Associated Press WIMEREUX, France (AP) — The deaths of a dozen migrants on the English Channel hasn’t stopped more boats from attempting to…
Continue Reading Egyptian President el-Sissi makes his first visit to Turkey as relations thaw
Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is making his first official visit to Turkey after the two…
Continue Reading A lightning strike damages Rome’s ancient Constantine Arch
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Workers mounted a crane Wednesday to secure Rome’s Constantine Arch near the Colosseum after a lightning strike…
Continue Reading Rights group alleges Lebanon and Cyprus violated refugees’ human rights and EU funds paid for it
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Kuleba resigns as Russian strikes kill 7 people in Lviv
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine’s most recognizable faces on the international stage,…
Continue Reading Leaders of South Korea, New Zealand strongly condemn expanding North Korea-Russia military ties
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and New Zealand have strongly condemned the deepening military ties between North Korea and…
Continue Reading Hope for recovery emerges for a Ukrainian soldier who suffered a severe brain injury 2 years ago
Associated Press MODRYCHI, Ukraine (AP) — A devoted father has stayed by the side of his bedridden son for two years. Vitalii Shumei is a Ukrainian…
Continue Reading 2 Phoenix officers shot with 1 listed in critical condition, police say
PHOENIX (AP) — Two police officers have been shot and wounded by a man suspected of breaking into a vehicle, and one of the officers was likely…
Continue Reading Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say
Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just…
Continue Reading Cocaine trade in the rugged Micay Canyon threatens Colombia’s peace efforts
Associated Press EL PLATEADO, Colombia (AP) — In the rugged Micay Canyon of southwestern Colombia, rebel groups have beefed up their presence over…
Continue Reading Timeline of events surrounding the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in West London that killed 72
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The inquiry into Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II is releasing its final report on failings…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street extends losses as technology and energy stocks fall
AP Business Writers U.S. stock indexes lost more ground Wednesday, with declines in the technology, energy and other sectors adding to Wall…
Continue Reading Grenfell Tower was a ‘death trap’ due to failures by UK government and industry, inquiry finds
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government,…
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