A court sets aside the South African president’s recognition of the Zulu king
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize…
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A court in Japan convicts three former soldiers in groundbreaking sexual assault case
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had…
Continue Reading Poor countries need trillions of dollars to go green. A long-shot effort aims to generate the cash
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major, long-shot effort is gearing up to mobilize money to save Planet Earth…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed ahead of the Fed’s decision on interest rates
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street rose to its highest level since early…
Continue Reading Turkish club president arrested and league games suspended after referee is punched at match
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested the president of top-flight soccer club after he…
Continue Reading Commissioners in a Montana county remove election oversight from fellow Republican
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A clerk and recorder who expressed doubt about the integrity of the election process during her 2022 campaign…
Continue Reading China’s homegrown C919 aircraft arrives in Hong Kong in maiden flight outside the mainland
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese C919 commercial passenger jet has arrived in Hong Kong in the Chinese-made…
Continue Reading As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what’s at stake
By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As this year’s global climate talks reach a conclusion, activists are…
Continue Reading Australia credits improving relations with Beijing after China lifts some meat export bans
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China has lifted import bans on three Australian meat suppliers in another sign of…
Continue Reading Malaysian leader appoints technocrat as second finance minister in Cabinet shuffle
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed a technocrat as second finance minister in a Cabinet shuffle…
Continue Reading Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32
By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy pleads for Ukraine aid at Capitol and White House, says to US: Our fight is yours
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his…
Continue Reading Backlash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The university presidents called before a congressional hearing on antisemitism last week…
Continue Reading Battle over creating new court centers on equality in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The constitutional right of equal treatment under the law is at the center of a…
Continue Reading Hong Kong leader praises election turnout as voter numbers hit record low
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday praised the 27.5% voter turnout in the city’s weekend…
Continue Reading Florida school board recommends ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school board has recommended the resignation of one of its members who is…
Continue Reading Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear denounces politics of division at start of 2nd term in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear railed against the politics of division as he launched his…
Continue Reading Journalists tackle a political what-if: What might a second Trump presidency look like?
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even before anyone has cast a vote in a 2024 presidential primary, the attention of many political…
Continue Reading Early, often and unequivocally: How Whitmer’s fight for abortion rights helped turn Michigan blue
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that repealed a law requiring…
Continue Reading How the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia’s interference in the 2016…
Continue Reading How rising prices for restaurants, car repair and other services kept inflation up last month
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Held down by sinking gas prices, U.S. inflation was mostly unchanged last month. But…
Continue Reading Sharp disagreements over future of planet-warming fossil fuels at UN climate talks in Dubai
By JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN, SIBI ARASU and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hopes for finishing a critical…
Continue Reading Miss Nicaragua pageant director announces her retirement after accusations of ‘conspiracy’
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, on Monday announced her…
Continue Reading War-wracked Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of world’s…
Continue Reading Heart of Hawaii’s historic Lahaina, scene of deadly wildfire, reopens to residents after 4 months
By LINDSEY WASSON and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The heart of the historic town of Lahaina that burned in a deadly…
Continue Reading NBA star Ja Morant describes punching teen during a pickup basketball game last year
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — NBA star Ja Morant testified in court Monday that a teenager hit him in the face with a…
Continue Reading Palestinians hope a vote in the UN General Assembly will show wide support for a Gaza cease-fire
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians are hoping that a vote Tuesday in the U.N. General Assembly on a…
Continue Reading As few details are released, fatal stabbing of Catholic priest rocks small Nebraska community
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has rocked…
Continue Reading A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strikes a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a Norwegian-flagged…
Continue Reading Groups want full federal appeals court to revisit ruling limiting scope of the Voting Rights Act
By ANDREW DeMILLO and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas are asking a full federal…
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