Column: Rahm goes back on his word. But circumstances changed
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm is the latest player to go back on his word by joining LIV Golf. He was among the early proponents of the…
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Ukraine faces heavy attack from air and cyberspace while Zelenskyy in US presses for more funding
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine came under heavy attack from the air and from cyberspace on Tuesday, local officials…
Continue Reading Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash
By STEVE LeBLANC and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious…
Continue Reading Singer Zahara, South Africa’s Afro-soul sensation and beloved ‘Country Girl,’ dies aged 36
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African singer Zahara, who rose from an impoverished rural background with no…
Continue Reading As more Rohingya arrive by boat, Indonesia asks the international community to share its burden
By EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it is appealing to the international community for…
Continue Reading MI6 chief thanks Russian state television for its ‘help’ in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for…
Continue Reading Chinese leaders consider next steps for economy as debt and deflation cloud outlook for coming year
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — State media say Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day annual meeting to set economic…
Continue Reading A Moldovan court annuls a ban on an alleged pro-Russia party that removed it from local elections
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — An appeals court in Moldova has annulled a decision that banned hundreds of candidates from an alleged pro-Russia…
Continue Reading At least $2.1 billion in new funds pledged at COP28, as foundations focus on health and agriculture
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1…
Continue Reading Court overturns conviction of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif ahead of parliamentary election
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has overturned the 2018 conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a…
Continue Reading In Florida farmland, Guadalupe feast celebrates, sustains 60-year-old mission to migrant workers
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NARANJA, Fla. (AP) — Martin Monjaraz takes special pride in helping to organize the Guadalupe festival…
Continue Reading As Navalny vanishes from view in Russia, an ally calls it a Kremlin ploy to deepen his isolation
MOSCOW (AP) — The loss of contact with Alexei Navalny at the prison colony where the opposition leader was being held likely signals a Kremlin…
Continue Reading DeSantis attorneys ask federal judge to dismiss Disney’s free speech lawsuit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis are asking a federal judge to dismiss a free speech lawsuit filed by Disney after the…
Continue Reading Ranked choice voting bill moves to hearing in front of Wisconsin Senate elections committee
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan bill that would dramatically rework how Wisconsin residents choose…
Continue Reading Prosecutors want a former Albanian prime minister under house arrest on corruption charges
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors have asked lawmakers to strip former Prime Minister Sali Berisha of…
Continue Reading Police and customs seize live animals, horns and ivory in global wildlife trafficking operation
PARIS (AP) — Interpol and the World Customs Organization say they seized 53 primates, four big cats and more than 1,300 birds in their sweeping…
Continue Reading An asylum-seeker in the UK has died onboard a moored barge housing migrants
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British officials say an asylum-seeker on board a barge housing migrants off the south coast of…
Continue Reading Kenya marks 60 years of independence, and the president defends painful economic measures
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA AND BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is defending the high taxes the government recently…
Continue Reading A Jordanian soldier is killed in a clash with drug smugglers along the border with Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Jordanian troops have clashed with dozens of drug smugglers along the country’s northern border with Syria, leaving several…
Continue Reading EU remembers Iranian woman who died in custody at awarding of Sakharov human rights prize
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament is remembering a young woman who died in Iranian police custody during a ceremony at which she and a…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Would your documents survive a disaster? What to protect and how to do it
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Floods, fires, historic storms — severe weather events are on the rise. If your home was hit by high water or a fire…
Continue Reading Choice Hotels goes hostile in $8 billion takeover bid for Wyndham after being repeatedly rebuffed
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Choice Hotels is launching a hostile takeover offer for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts after repeated attempts…
Continue Reading Tricia Tuttle appointed as the next director of the annual Berlin film festival
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s culture minister has announced that Tricia Tuttle, a former director of the London Film Festival, will become the new…
Continue Reading Thousands of protesters rally in Brussels for better wages and public services
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of protesters have rallied in the capital of the European Union for better public…
Continue Reading Congo and rebel groups agree a 3-day cease-fire ahead of the presidential vote, US says
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The White House says Congo’s security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour…
Continue Reading Will declaration on fossil fuels at UN climate talks lead to action? Consider 5 previous decisions
By GAURAV SAINI, Press Trust of India and SIBI ARASU, Associated Press Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — United Nations climate…
Continue Reading Rishi Sunak gets a respite after UK lawmakers vote in favor of the Rwanda migration bill
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have voted in favor of the government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a…
Continue Reading Australians prepare for their first cyclone of the season
BRISBANE, Australia: (AP) — Residents have begun evacuating and battening down homes and businesses as the first tropical cyclone of Australia’s…
Continue Reading Poland’s new prime minister vows to press the West to continue helping neighboring Ukraine
By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s newly elected prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed that…
Continue Reading Israel and US show sharp divisions over mounting casualties and future of war against Hamas
By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and the United States on Tuesday showed their…
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