Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day
By VALERIA FERRARO Associated Press LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is…
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China promotes economic ‘integration’ with Taiwan while militarily threatening the island
By SIMINA MISTREANU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is promoting new economic opportunities for Taiwanese people while…
Continue Reading France sends the army to ensure water to drought-stricken Indian Ocean island of Mayotte
PARIS (AP) — France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. The cluster of islands is…
Continue Reading World Cup referee Yoshimi Yamashita among first women match officials at Asian Cup
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Referee Yoshimi Yamashita will return to Qatar to make more soccer history at the men’s Asian Cup in January after…
Continue Reading Chevron reports LNG outage at Australian plant as strike action escalates
SYDNEY (AP) — A Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas plant has reported a production outage as workers escalated a strike action against its…
Continue Reading An Airbnb, Vrbo or other rental host ghosted you. Now what?
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Sometimes hosts offering to rent their vacation home, RV or car through peer-to-peer sharing sites don’t show up at…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia executes 2 soldiers convicted of treason as it conducts war on Yemen’s Houthi rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has executed two soldiers who were convicted of treason as the kingdom conducted its war on…
Continue Reading Germany retests its emergency warning system but Berlin’s sirens don’t sound
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Warning messages have sounded on cellphones and alarms have blared across Germany as part of a…
Continue Reading Venice and its lagoon again escape inclusion on UNESCO list of heritage sites in danger
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The storied Italian lagoon city of Venice has escaped inclusion on UNESCO’s list of world…
Continue Reading UK police pay damages and express regret to protesters arrested at London vigil for murdered woman
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police have paid damages to two protesters who were arrested while attending a vigil for a…
Continue Reading Spain records its third hottest summer since records began as a drought drags on
MADRID (AP) — Spain has recorded its third hottest summer since official records began 62 years ago. Authorities said Thursday that summer…
Continue Reading Moroccans whose homes were destroyed by last week’s earthquake face daunting rebuilding decisions
By SAM METZ and MOHAMED BOUKDIRE Associated Press AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — The building where Naima Ait Brahim Ouali lived in a third-story…
Continue Reading Spain’s women’s soccer league players call off strike after reaching a deal for higher minimum wage
MADRID (AP) — The players in Spain’s women’s soccer league have called off a strike after reaching a deal to increase minimum wage. The first…
Continue Reading Offshore wind energy plans advance in New Jersey amid opposition
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey. The…
Continue Reading American explorer says he thought he would die during an 11-day ordeal in a Turkish cave
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — An American researcher who spent 11 days stuck in a Turkish cave after falling ill said Thursday…
Continue Reading China says EU probe into Chinese electric vehicle exports, subsidies is protectionist
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry has protested a decision by the European Union to investigate exports…
Continue Reading Feds spread $1 billion for tree plantings among US cities to reduce extreme heat and benefit health
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of communities around the country will share more than $1 billion in federal…
Continue Reading NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to understand UFOs
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA said Thursday that the study of UFOs will require new scientific techniques,…
Continue Reading Lauren Boebert kicked out of a ‘Beetlejuice’ show in Denver
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was kicked out of a “Beetlejuice” musical play in…
Continue Reading Witnesses say victims of a Hanoi high-rise fire jumped from upper stories to escape the blaze
By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police in Vietnam say that 10 children are among the 56 people killed in a blaze in a Hanoi…
Continue Reading Former firearms executive Busse seeks Democratic nomination for Montana governor
By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Former firearms executive Ryan Busse says he’s seeking the…
Continue Reading Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says
DERNA, Libya (AP) — The Libyan Red Crescent says that the death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300. The…
Continue Reading Serbia and Kosovo leaders hold long-awaited face-to-face talks as the EU seeks to dial down tensions
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have held long-awaited face-to-face talks that the European Union…
Continue Reading Stranded luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer is pulled free at high tide in Greenland
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was successfully pulled free on Thursday,…
Continue Reading Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst
By YOUSEF MURAD and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings,…
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un arrives in Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur for expected visit to fighter jet plant
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived Friday in Komsomolsk-on-Amur…
Continue Reading Niger’s junta released a French official held for 5 days
PARIS (AP) — France says a French official detained in military-led Niger last week has been released. The arrest heightened tensions between…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares gain, led by China after Beijing eases required bank reserves
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Friday, with solid gains for Chinese markets after the central bank eased…
Continue Reading Sweden’s figurehead king celebrates 50 years on the throne
By KARL RITTER and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden this week marks the 50th anniversary of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s accession…
Continue Reading Europe’s central bank hikes key interest rate to record high even as recession threat grows
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has hiked its key interest rate to a record high. It’s…
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