Severe flooding in Greece leaves at least 6 dead and 6 missing, villages cut off
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Widespread flooding in central Greece left at least six people dead, six missing and…
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Presidential centers from Hoover to Bush and Obama unite to warn of fragile state of US democracy
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted the entities supporting…
Continue Reading The president of a Japanese boy band company resigns and apologizes for founder’s sex abuse
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of a powerful Japanese talent agency resigned Thursday and made an apology punctuated by…
Continue Reading Catholic-Jewish research backs reports Catholic convents sheltered 3,000-plus Roman Jews during WWII
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Researchers have discovered new documentation that substantiates reports that Catholic convents and…
Continue Reading Fiji is deporting leaders of a South Korean sect that built a business empire in the island country
By NICK PERRY and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fijian authorities say they are in the process of deporting six…
Continue Reading Police comb the UK and put ports on alert for an escaped prison inmate awaiting terrorism trial
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former British soldier awaiting trial on terror charges who appears to have escaped from a London…
Continue Reading Australian minister says invasive examinations were part of reason Qatar Airways was refused flights
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Transport Minister Catherine King says invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at…
Continue Reading Russia attacks port area of Izmail for 4th time in a week as Blinken visits Ukraine
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked the Ukrainian port city of Izmail for the fourth time in five days, Ukrainian…
Continue Reading Sudan’s army chief travels to Qatar for talks with emir as fighting rages in his country
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s state media say the country’s army chief has traveled to Qatar for talk’s with the emir. The visit is Gen.…
Continue Reading The UK is rejoining the European Union’s science research program as post-Brexit relations thaw
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is rejoining the European Union’s $100-billion science-sharing program. The news announced…
Continue Reading Australian police allege a man killed a work colleague before shooting himself
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Police in western Australia allege a man killed a work colleague at a grain siolo before fleeing and turning the gun on…
Continue Reading A unified strategy and more funding are urgently needed to end the crisis in Myanmar, UN chief says
By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The United Nations chief has renewed an urgent call on the international…
Continue Reading Tokyo’s threatened Jingu Gaien park placed on ‘Heritage Alert’ list by conservancy body
By STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park area has been placed on a “Heritage Alert” list by a conservancy body…
Continue Reading Australia and China open their first high-level dialogue in 3 years in a sign of a slight thaw
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Australia and China have started their first high-level dialogue in three years in a sign of…
Continue Reading 3 sailors reach land safely after sharks nearly sink their catamaran in the Coral Sea
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three round-the-world sailors have reached land safely after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea. Both…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares track decline on Wall St as Japan cuts GDP estimate for 2nd quarter
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares fell Friday in Asia after Japan reported its economy grew less than earlier estimated in the last…
Continue Reading In Southeast Asia, Kamala Harris is at the center of White House efforts to counterbalance China
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is headed back to Washington after her trip to Southeast…
Continue Reading Mexican Supreme Court’s abortion decision expands access to millions, stands in contrast to US
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court to invalidate all federal…
Continue Reading Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the…
Continue Reading ‘That ’70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge sentenced “That ’70s Show” show star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life…
Continue Reading What are biofuels and why is it so confusing whether they are a source of clean energy or not?
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India, the current president of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations, has…
Continue Reading Everyone’s talking about the Global South. But what is it?
By DAVID RISING Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is “becoming the voice of the Global…
Continue Reading USF is building a $340M on-campus football stadium despite concerns academics are being left behind
By CURT ANDERSON and LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The University of South Florida is looking for some big changes when the…
Continue Reading India’s rising geopolitical clout will be tested as it hosts the G20 summit
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Ahead of India’s hosting of the G20 summit of leading economies, its prime minister invited…
Continue Reading China’s exports and imports fall in August as weak global demand keeps its economy under pressure
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese exports and imports both fell in August, reflecting tepid global demand that is adding to…
Continue Reading Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as a Republican senator demands end to abortion policy
By KEVIN FREKING and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top defense officials are accusing Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville of…
Continue Reading The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Lined up like soldiers guarding a nation’s treasures, dozens of shelves…
Continue Reading Brazil cyclone, Europe flooding, another Earth heat record: What to know in extreme weather now
By The Associated Press Families perched atop houses pleading for help to escape the deadly flooding after a cyclone hammered southern Brazil in the…
Continue Reading A popular climbing area in Yosemite National Park has been closed due to a crack in a granite cliff
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A popular rock climbing area in Yosemite National Park has been closed because of a crack that has developed…
Continue Reading Turkey asks the EU to take bold steps to advance its membership bid, while the EU urges reforms
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s top diplomat has reaffirmed his country’s resolve to join the European Union and urged the 27-member bloc to…
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