Germany’s Steinmeier on course for 2nd term as president
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens have come out in favor of a second term for President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. That leaves the…
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Anti-coup protests in Sudan amid turmoil after PM resigns
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese have flooded the streets in the capital of Khartoum and other cities in anti-coup protests as…
Continue Reading Landslide in southwestern China kills 14 people, injures 3
BEIJING (AP) — A landslide at a construction site in southwestern China has killed 14 people and injured three others. Official reports say the…
Continue Reading US-led coalition: Attack with 2 armed drones foiled in Iraq
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S.-led coalition official in Iraq says two explosives-laden drones that targeted a…
Continue Reading In locked down Chinese city, some complain food hard to get
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Residents of the Chinese city of Xi’an are enduring a strict coronavirus lockdown, with business…
Continue Reading Canada court: Iran should pay families over plane shootdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Canada has ruled that Iran should pay 107 million Canadian dollars — about $84 million — in…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly fall as tech stocks slump on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks have slipped after technology shares in the region echoed a similar drop in the…
Continue Reading Will Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction sober up Silicon Valley?
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The fraud conviction of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could do more than…
Continue Reading A surge of evangelicals in Spain, fueled by Latin Americans
By ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press SALAMANCA, Spain (AP) — The Catholic church has been the dominant religious force in Spain for centuries. It’s…
Continue Reading Police: 3 killed after SUV crashes into back of snowplow
BURTONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say two women and a man were killed and another person is in serious condition after an SUV crashed…
Continue Reading A surge of evangelicals in Spain, fueled by Latin Americans
By ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press SALAMANCA, Spain (AP) — The Catholic church has been the dominant religious force in Spain for centuries.…
Continue Reading Suspects held after fake online sale of Indian Muslim women
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India have detained a man and a woman alleged to be involved in the offering for sale…
Continue Reading China denies US report it’s rapidly growing its nuclear arms
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A senior Chinese arms control official has denied that his government is rapidly expanding its…
Continue Reading ‘Our time now’: 1st Cambodian American mayor in US sworn in
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A refugee who survived the Khmer Rouge’s brutal regime has become the first Cambodian American…
Continue Reading Future of prayer site in doubt under Israel’s fragile govt
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new government had offered early indications that it would press ahead on an…
Continue Reading Activists urge Tesla to close new Xinjiang showroom
BEIJING (AP) — American activists are appealing to Tesla Inc. to close a new showroom in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, where officials…
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s Lam: Media closures unrelated to press freedom
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says the recent closure of two media outlets in the city does not indicate…
Continue Reading Correction: China-Evergrande story
BEIJING (AP) — In a story published January 4, 2022, about Chinese real estate developer Evergrande Group, The Associated Press erroneously…
Continue Reading Insurrection prompts year of change for US Capitol Police
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police were ill-prepared for the thousands of protesters who…
Continue Reading Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 education
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Teachers have found themselves on the front lines of the culture wars as the…
Continue Reading Crews box in Colorado wildfire as investigators seek cause
By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes has been boxed in by firefighters to…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 attack posed loyalty test for Indiana Rep. Greg Pence
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Indiana congressman Greg Pence watched the Jan. 6 insurrection unfold from an extraordinary…
Continue Reading Panel hears dueling versions of Marine tank’s fatal sinking
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — An attorney for a Marine Corps officer says his client takes responsibility for the…
Continue Reading Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? A couple of factors are at play, starting with the…
Continue Reading Cambodia activist briefly detained after protest in shackles
By SOPHENG CHEANG and JERRY HARMER Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian security forces have briefly detained a…
Continue Reading Manchin wary of changing Senate rules to advance voting bill
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is sounding a skeptical note about the…
Continue Reading Roethlisberger, Steelers top Browns to stay in playoff mix
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger threw for 123 yards and a touchdown in likely his final start at Heinz Field…
Continue Reading Nurses ratify new contract, end nearly 10-month strike
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Nurses at a Massachusetts hospital have voted to ratify a new four-year contract with management that ends what their union…
Continue Reading Mexican activist begs drug lords to let her search for sons
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The volunteer activists who search for the bodies of their missing relatives have long been under threat in Mexico. But this…
Continue Reading Hawaii upholds order requiring Navy to drain fuel tanks
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Department of Health is upholding the governor’s order requiring the Navy to drain…
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