Climate activists spray Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate with orange paint
BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have sprayed orange paint onto Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to urge the German government to take more urgent action…
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Fire engulfs an 18-story tower block in Sudan’s capital as rival forces battle for the 6th month
CAIRO (AP) — An 18-story building in the center of Sudan’s capital is engulfed in flames as fighting between the miliary and a rival paramilitary…
Continue Reading A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps
By GARY FIELDS and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama…
Continue Reading After castigating video games during riots, France’s Macron backpedals and showers them with praise
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games to rioting that…
Continue Reading Dozens are injured at an Eritrean event in Germany, including 26 police officers
BERLIN (AP) — German police say dozens of people including at least 26 officers were injured during unrest at an Eritrean cultural festival in the…
Continue Reading EU pledges crackdown on ‘brutal’ migrant smuggling during visit to overwhelmed Italian island
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of “irregular” migrants…
Continue Reading Chinese police detain wealth management staff at the heavily indebted developer Evergrande
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Police in a southern Chinese city say they have detained some staff at China Evergrande Group’s wealth management unit in…
Continue Reading Israel criticizes UN vote to list ruins near ancient Jericho as World Heritage Site in Palestine
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — A U.N. committee has voted to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site…
Continue Reading Poland imposes EU ban on all Russian-registered passenger cars
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has begun enforcing an entry ban on all Russian-registered passenger cars seeking to…
Continue Reading Texas AG Ken Paxton is back on job after acquittal but Republicans aren’t done attacking each other
By PAUL J. WEBER and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Newly acquitted of impeachment charges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton…
Continue Reading South Korea’s Yoon warns against Russia-North Korea military cooperation and plans to discuss at UN
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said the international community “will unite more…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe’s reelected president says there’s democracy. But beating and torture allegations emerge
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Barely a week after being elected as a local councilor for Zimbabwe’s main…
Continue Reading For a divided Libya, disastrous floods have become a rallying cry for unity
By HAZEM TURKIA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Zahra el-Gerbi wasn’t expecting much of a response to her online…
Continue Reading Low Mississippi River limits barges just as farmers want to move their crops downriver
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge…
Continue Reading Atlantic storm Lee delivers high winds and rain before forecasters call off all warnings
By ROBERT F. BUKATY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee — which made landfall at near-hurricane…
Continue Reading $250K reward offered as detectives search for assailant who shot Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are asking for the public’s help and offering a $250,000 reward as investigators search for the assailant who…
Continue Reading Yoga in a basement helps people in a Ukrainian front-line city cope with Russia’s constant shelling
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — In a basement in one of the front-line cities in Ukraine’s Donetsk region,…
Continue Reading New York employers must include pay rates in job ads under new state law
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Help-wanted advertisements in New York will have to disclose proposed pay…
Continue Reading North Korea’s Kim Jong Un heads home after Russian journey that raised concern about weapons deals
By KIM TONG-HYUNG, HYUNG-JIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way home…
Continue Reading Small plane crashes in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, killing all 14 people on board
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities say a small passenger plane has crashed in the Amazon rainforest, killing all 14 people on board. The…
Continue Reading Armed man accused of impersonating officer detained at Kennedy campaign event in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An armed man accused of impersonating a federal officer was taken into custody outside a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign event in…
Continue Reading Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of the Rock…
Continue Reading Relative of slain Black teen calls for white Kansas teen to face federal hate crime charges
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A family member of a slain Black 14-year-old is calling for a white Kansas teen to be tried on federal hate crime charges in…
Continue Reading California lawsuit says oil giants deceived public on climate, seeks funds for storm damage
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The state of California filed a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil and gas…
Continue Reading Brazilian leader Lula rekindles ties with Cuba at G77 summit in Havana
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associate Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with his Cuban counterpart in…
Continue Reading Twins manager Rocco Baldelli goes on leave to be with his wife for the birth of twins
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli spends most of his life around a bunch of Twins. His future is…
Continue Reading Caught in a lie, CEO of embattled firm caring for NYC migrants resigns
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The chief executive officer of a firm hired by New York City to house and care for hundreds…
Continue Reading UN nuclear agency slams Iran for barring ‘several’ inspectors from monitoring its program
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog has harshly criticized Iran for effectively barring several of its…
Continue Reading Timeline leading to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s acquittal in his impeachment trial
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A timeline of events that led to the acquittal of three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton during his…
Continue Reading Texas AG Ken Paxton was acquitted at his impeachment trial. He still faces legal troubles
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — For years, the powers and protections that come with being Texas’ top lawyer have helped Ken…
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