US economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a solid 3% annual rate
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew last quarter at a healthy 3% annual pace, fueled by strong consumer spending and…
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Colman Domingo is practicing racial healing on and off the screen — and wants you to join him
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Colman Domingo has implicitly invited audiences to join his journey of racial healing across a Hollywood career…
Continue Reading AP PHOTOS: Partial reopening of the Rubens House in Antwerp gives glimpse of painter’s life
Associated Press ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — The city palace of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens is partly reopening this weekend. It allows Antwerp…
Continue Reading UK government mulling crackdown on outdoor smoking. Pubs are unhappy
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed that his government is looking at introducing tougher anti-smoking…
Continue Reading Alfonso Cuarón, Cate Blanchett bring series ‘Disclaimer’ to Venice Film Festival
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Alfonso Cuarón is the first to admit that he does not know how to make a television series. He might even be…
Continue Reading A former Russian defense official is detained in a fraud case, part of an ongoing military probe
Associated Press Russian news reports say a former Defense Ministry official has been detained in a fraud case, the latest high-profile arrest of a…
Continue Reading Woman found dead before police kill husband on I-95 bridge and discover boy’s body in vehicle
Associated Press KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A man being pursued in the killing of his wife in New Hampshire was shot by police and tumbled from the…
Continue Reading Hong Kong court convicts 1 person and acquits 6 others in landmark terrorism trial
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in…
Continue Reading Denmark has a record 25 government ministers after a major reshuffle
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has appointed six new ministers in a major reshuffle of her three-party centrist…
Continue Reading Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck may not have had a prenuptial agreement, but you should consider one
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime celebrity watchers may not have been shocked when Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, but…
Continue Reading US forces ready with a ‘range of options’ to deal with South China Sea aggression, US admiral says
Associated Press BAGUIO, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. admiral says American forces are ready with a “range of options” to deal with increasing…
Continue Reading Turkey hosts meeting with Iraq, Qatar and UAE on multibillion-dollar infrastructure hub
ISTANBUL (AP) — Transport ministers from Turkey, Iraq, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are meeting in Istanbul to discuss a multibillion-dollar…
Continue Reading EU urged to rethink ties with Israel over Gaza and impose sanctions against some ministers
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ireland and the European Union’s top diplomat have urged the bloc to review its relations with Israel as the…
Continue Reading Indonesia and Australia sign defense agreement
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Australia signed a defense agreement on Thursday that both sides described as a…
Continue Reading Serbia makes a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in a shift away from Russia
Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday announced a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in…
Continue Reading A sinkhole swallows an SUV in South Korea, injuring 2 people
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in South Korea’s capital on Thursday, injuring the two occupants,…
Continue Reading Lawyer blames psychiatric disorder shared by 3 Australian Christian extremists for fatal siege
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A lawyer has told a coroner that three Christian extremists would probably not have fatally shot two…
Continue Reading Ukraine says one of its Western-donated F-16 warplanes has crashed
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight…
Continue Reading The plot to attack Taylor Swift’s Vienna shows was intended to kill thousands, a CIA official says
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens…
Continue Reading Oasis adds 3 shows to its 2025 tour as fans clamor for tickets to Gallagher brothers’ reunion
LONDON (AP) — Oasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing “unprecedented demand” for tickets. The new…
Continue Reading EU’s top diplomat ramps up pressure on Ukraine’s backers to permit strikes on targets inside Russia
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat is pressing Ukraine’s international backers to lift restrictions on the…
Continue Reading A gas leak in an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center kills 2 and injures 10
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A gas leak caused the death of two people and injured 10 others at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center.…
Continue Reading One Tech Tip: How to get the most life out of your device
AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — If you want to use your shiny new iPhone for as long as possible, you better take good care of it. Most people are…
Continue Reading Court orders South Korea to specify plans to cut carbon emissions through 2049
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more…
Continue Reading 4 people including an army officer were kidnapped in northwest Pakistan
Associated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say suspected militants have kidnapped four people, including an army officer who was…
Continue Reading Far-right party aims for wins in 2 state elections as Germany’s government flounders
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party for the first time in two state elections…
Continue Reading Israel kills a top militant in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza war began
Associated Press TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it…
Continue Reading A Spanish YouTube chef gets life in prison for murder in Thailand
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of…
Continue Reading Why Russia has struggled to halt Ukraine’s incursion in the Kursk region
After three weeks of fighting, Russia is still struggling to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region, a surprisingly slow and low-key…
Continue Reading Mexico’s ruling party edges closer to a majority in both houses of Congress after 2 senators defect
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Following a pair of defections by opposition senators, Mexico’s ruling party is edging closer to a steamroller two-thirds…
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