AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Texas primary runoffs
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two prominent Texas Republicans are looking to settle political scores within their own party in…
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Hungary will seek to opt out of NATO efforts to support Ukraine, Orbán says
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says that he will seek to opt his country out of any NATO…
Continue Reading Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away
By JERRY HARMER Associated Press LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, has…
Continue Reading Harris announces plans to help 80% of Africa gain access to the internet, up from 40% now
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has announced the formation of a new partnership to help provide…
Continue Reading A British neonatal nurse convicted of killing 7 babies loses her bid to appeal
LONDON (AP) — A British neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has lost her bid to…
Continue Reading UK Parliament breaks up ahead of election day with pomp, ceremony and hard-nosed politics
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s lawmakers left Parliament on Friday for the last time before an election is held in six…
Continue Reading King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks amid election campaign
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks — and it’s not because of…
Continue Reading UN countries adopt treaty to better trace origins of genetic resources under global patent system
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. member countries have concluded a new treaty to ensure that genetic resources used in inventions, like new medicines derived…
Continue Reading Singapore Airlines tightens cabin safety measures after turbulence killed one, injured dozens
BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines said Friday it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as…
Continue Reading A police officer is held in deadly shooting in riot-hit New Caledonia after Macron pushes for calm
By ALEX TURNBULL and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French prosecutor for riot-hit New Caledonia says a police officer has shot…
Continue Reading North Korea appears to be preparing to launch its 2nd spy satellite, South Korean military says
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea appears to be preparing to launch its…
Continue Reading Excess weight on terrace of Spanish building may have led to collapse that killed 4, officials say
By CARLOS HERRERA PÉREZ Associated Press PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — Officials in Spain say excess weight on a first-floor terrace may have…
Continue Reading Sydney judge says US ex-fighter pilot accused of training Chinese aviators can be extradited to US
SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney judge has ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations he…
Continue Reading US pushes for Ukraine aid, united front against China’s trade practices at G7 finance meeting
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. is seeking to build support for squeezing more money for Ukraine out of…
Continue Reading Philippines says it will forge security alliances and stage combat drills despite China’s opposition
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense secretary says it will continue to build security alliances and…
Continue Reading Iran’s military says Raisi’s helicopter caught fire soon after crash and there was no sign of attack
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s military says the helicopter carrying late President Ebrahim Raisi caught fire soon after it crashed into a…
Continue Reading Egypt agrees to send aid trucks through Israeli crossing to Gaza but impact is unclear
By SAM MEDNICK, LEE KEATH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Egypt said Friday it has agreed to send United Nations…
Continue Reading Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah, though Israel is unlikely to comply
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Nasdaq sets another record as Wall Street wins back earlier losses
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Friday in a bounce back from Wall Street’s worst day since April. The S&P…
Continue Reading Security Council approves resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers and demanding protection
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution that strongly condemns…
Continue Reading Australian judge rules that social media platform X must answer to hate speech complaint
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge has ruled that the social media platform X is subject to a…
Continue Reading Pakistan to pay $2.58 million in compensation to families of 5 Chinese who died in suicide bombing
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says it will pay $2.58 million in compensation to the families of five Chinese engineers who were killed in March when a…
Continue Reading Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa’s cholera crisis is worse than ever
By SEBABATSO MOSAMO, FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press LILANDA, Zambia (AP) — Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa…
Continue Reading More severe weather moves through Midwest as Iowa residents clean up tornado damage
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Several tornadoes were reported in Iowa and Illinois as…
Continue Reading Fire at chemical factory in India kills at least 9, with searchers looking for more victims
THANE, India (AP) — Rescuers combed through piles of debris and wreckage Friday searching for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical…
Continue Reading Mexico’s poorest receiving less government funds under president who brought poor to the fore
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a…
Continue Reading Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening?
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press It began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. Then the head of the ministry’s…
Continue Reading Self-deploying officers and a leaked bulletin complicated Maine mass shooting response, police say
By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The state’s top police leader says officers arriving without…
Continue Reading Over 100 feared dead in landslide in remote part of Papua New Guinea, with rescue efforts underway
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide Friday that buried…
Continue Reading Trump swaps bluster for silence, and possibly sleep, in his hush money trial
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t known for letting slights pass. Yet for weeks, the famously combative…
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