Turkey’s Erdogan says he trusts Russia as much as he trusts the West
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he trusts Russia as much he trusts the West.…
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Australian wildfire danger causes fire ban in Sydney and closes schools
SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney has experienced its first total fire ban in almost three years and several schools along the New South Wales state coast to…
Continue Reading Germany bans neo-Nazi group with links to US, conducts raids in 10 German states
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has banned the neo-Nazi group Hammerskins Germany and is raiding homes of dozens of…
Continue Reading Palace of Versailles celebrates its 400th anniversary and hosts King Charles III for state dinner
By SYLVIE CORBET and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit at…
Continue Reading Germany went from envy of the world to the worst-performing major developed economy. What happened?
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer ESSEN, Germany (AP) — Germany racked up one economic success after another for most of this century. But the…
Continue Reading London’s historic blue plaques seek more diversity as 1,000th marker is unveiled
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — English Heritage has unveiled its 1,000th blue plaque, the famous discs that dot the walls of…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares decline ahead of Fed decision on rates
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Wednesday as markets awaited a decision on interest rates by the Federal…
Continue Reading Hong Kong to scrutinize cryptocurrency regulation after arrests linked to JPEX exchange
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says the territory will scrutinize the regulation of digital assets after…
Continue Reading President Gustavo Petro’s plan for ‘total peace’ in Colombia: Takeaways from AP’s report
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing…
Continue Reading The UN chief summons world leaders to action. But, he says, they seem ‘incapable of coming together’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Insisting that international cooperation is critical, the United Nations chief delivered…
Continue Reading Colombia’s president has a plan for ‘total peace.’ But militias aren’t putting down their guns yet
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Officers wade through rows of abandoned wooden homes teetering above a…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Lula pitches his nation — and himself — as fresh leader for Global South
By DAVID BILLER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — “Brazil is back.” That has been Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s refrain for the better…
Continue Reading North Korea says Kim Jong Un is back home from Russia, where he deepened ‘comradely’ ties with Putin
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has returned home from a trip to Russia where he…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against Republicans. That could be tricky for the president
By COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against his Republican critics.…
Continue Reading Florida jury pool could give Trump an advantage in classified documents case
By ERIC TUCKER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The classified documents indictment of Donald Trump would seem, on paper at…
Continue Reading Political divide emerges on Ukraine aid package as Zelenskyy heads to Washington
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington this week comes at a…
Continue Reading Most Americans view Israel as a partner, but fewer see it as sharing US values, AP-NORC poll shows
By MATTHEW LEE and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds…
Continue Reading Foreign firms in China say vague rules and tensions with Washington hurting business, surveys show
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Foreign companies operating in China say tensions with Washington over technology, trade and other issues and…
Continue Reading Democrats retain narrow control of Pennsylvania House after special election
By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats will retain their one-vote majority in the Pennsylvania…
Continue Reading Families upended by school shootings share trauma in push for gun law changes, but get mixed results
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For nearly a week, families whose lives were upended by a…
Continue Reading Atlantic nations commit to environmental, economic cooperation on sidelines of UN meeting
By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents have committed to bolster…
Continue Reading India expels Canadian diplomat, escalating tensions after Trudeau accuses India in Sikh’s killing
By KRUTIKA PATHI and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India expelled one of Canada’s top diplomats Tuesday, ramping up a…
Continue Reading Man who brought Molotov cocktails to protest at Seattle police union building sentenced to prison
SEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle man who pleaded guilty to bringing Molotov cocktails to a protest at the Seattle police union headquarters in…
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani sued by former lawyer, accused of failing to pay $1.36 million in legal bills
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani’s former lawyer sued him Monday, alleging the ex-New York City mayor has…
Continue Reading German ambassador’s attendance at Israeli court hearing ignites diplomatic spat
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has complained to Germany after the German ambassador attended a high-profile Supreme Court hearing last…
Continue Reading Phoenix racetrack to end live racing, which means its OTB sites will close
PHOENIX (AP) — Turf Paradise, a racetrack that has been a staple of horse racing in Arizona for decades, announced Monday it will cease live…
Continue Reading Rapper Travis Scott is questioned over deadly crowd surge at Texas festival in wave of lawsuits
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Rap superstar Travis Scott was questioned for several hours on Monday in a civil deposition he…
Continue Reading Russia has turned food, energy and even children into weapons against Ukraine, Zelenskyy says at UN
By JENNIFER PELTZ and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia is…
Continue Reading Man charged with hate crime after Seattle museum windows smashed in Chinatown-International District
SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been charged with a hate crime after the windows of the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s Chinatown-International…
Continue Reading Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? A glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here. And with it comes…
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