
Lebanon’s Baalbek festival back, despite economic collapse
BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s renowned Baalbek festival is back and is being held in front of a live audience for the first time since 2019.…
Continue ReadingBAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s renowned Baalbek festival is back and is being held in front of a live audience for the first time since 2019.…
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Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France and the United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement on energy…
Continue ReadingBy BOB EDME and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers have promised another 500 millions euros in military aid to…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press ROME (AP) — European leaders have ramped up their push to secure alternative energy…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Netflix reports its second-quarter results Tuesday. The National Association of Realtors issues its June snapshot of U.S. home…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Across Europe, signs of distress are multiplying as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on. Food banks in Italy are feeding more…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials from 40 countries met Monday in Berlin to discuss how to stay focused on…
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s acting president has declared a state of emergency that gives him…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday, as investors weighed oil prices, inflation worries and…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BANGKOK (AP) — Cybersecurity researchers reported details Monday of cases where Thai activists…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say millions of dollars worth of gems and jewelry were stolen from an armored truck last week in Southern California.…
Continue ReadingHONG KONG (AP) — Action-packed police thriller “Raging Fire” won best film and three other awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards Sunday, beating…
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The tech industry’s latest artificial intelligence constructs can be pretty convincing if you ask them…
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Marvel sequel “Thor: Love & Thunder” dropped a hefty 68% in its second weekend of release…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Several hundred flights were canceled in Italy on a peak vacation travel day because of a four-hour strikes involving low-cost airlines…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pleas were piling up Sunday in Italy aimed at persuading Premier Mario Draghi to stay in…
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Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Dany Pérez had spent four days in a line of vehicles waiting to fill his truck with diesel he…
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities say anthrax has been confirmed in dozens of cattle found dead in a nature park southeast of the…
Continue ReadingBy MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press A judge in Tennessee has temporarily barred two federal agencies from enforcing directives issued by President Joe…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Financial leaders of the Group of 20 richest and biggest economies agreed on the need to…
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese gambling enclave of Macao has extended its lockdown by five days as it grapples with the…
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces fired missiles and shells at cities and towns across Ukraine on Saturday…
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers met Saturday to begin choosing a new…
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