Ukrainian marines claim multiple bridgeheads across a key Russian strategic barrier
By ILLIA NOVIKOV and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s marine corps says it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the…
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These electric ferries may set a new standard around clean public transportation
By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Many cities around the world see clean and efficient public transport as a crucial way to lower…
Continue Reading Indian troops kill 5 suspected rebels in Kashmir fighting, police say
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir say government forces have killed five suspected militants in a…
Continue Reading Hungary issues an anti-EU survey to citizens on migration, support for Ukraine and LGBTQ+ rights
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has released a set of questions for an informal survey it will…
Continue Reading F1 off to rough Las Vegas start. Ferrari damaged, fans told to leave before practice ends at 4 a.m.
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Grand Prix had a bumpy opening when the first practice of the $500 million…
Continue Reading Russian lawmakers approve a budget with a record amount devoted to defense spending
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has approved a federal budget Friday that increases…
Continue Reading Greek authorities conduct search and rescue operation after dinghy carrying migrants capsizes
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have conducted a search and rescue operation off the coast of a small islet in the eastern Aegean Sea…
Continue Reading Explosion rocks university in Armenia’s capital, killing 1 person and injuring 3
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — An explosion has rocked a university building in Armenia’s capital, killing one person and injuring three others. The…
Continue Reading First person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws denies working for China
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Lawyers for the first person to be charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws have told a court that a…
Continue Reading Powerful earthquake shakes southern Philippines, causing ceilings to fall at malls
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful undersea earthquake has shaken the southern Philippines, causing ceilings in shopping malls to plunge to the…
Continue Reading More than 240 Rohingya refugees afloat off Indonesia after they are twice refused by residents
By RAHMAT MIRZA Associated Press ACEH UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Some 240 Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, are afloat off the coast of…
Continue Reading US and Philippines sign a nuclear cooperation pact allowing US investment and technologies
By AARON FAVILA and EILEEN NG Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States and the Philippines have signed a nuclear cooperation…
Continue Reading UN stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza as communications blackout hinders aid coordination
By WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United Nations was forced Friday to stop…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street closes its 3rd straight winning week with a tiny gain
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s third straight winning week came to a quiet close Friday, as stocks tacked a…
Continue Reading At a Global South summit, Modi urges leaders to unite against challenges from the Israel-Hamas war
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged leaders of developing nations to unite in the face of…
Continue Reading At talks on cutting plastics pollution, plastic credits are on the table. What are they?
By CARLOS MUREITHI and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As countries meet in Nairobi to negotiate a treaty aimed at…
Continue Reading Biden signs a bill averting a government shutdown for now, with Israel and Ukraine aid still stalled
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government…
Continue Reading Biden seizes a chance to refocus on Asia as wars rage in Europe and the Mideast
By AAMER MADHANI, DIDI TANG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sometimes it can be easy to forget that President Joe…
Continue Reading ‘Bring them home’: As the battle for Gaza rages, hostage families wait with trepidation
By DANICA KIRKA and SAM McNEIL Associated Press Abbey Onn lost her aunt and a young cousin when Hamas attackers rampaged through Kibbutz Nir Oz on…
Continue Reading Karol G wins best album at Latin Grammys, with Bizarrap and Shakira also taking home awards
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Karol G, Bizzarap, Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade, won big at the Latin Grammy Awards held Thursday. Karol G’s “Mañana…
Continue Reading Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The bullets began piercing the windows of the hospital as women…
Continue Reading Argentina’s Peronist machine is in high gear to shore up shaky votes before the presidential runoff
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press CIUDAD EVITA, Argentina (AP) — As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old…
Continue Reading Biden and López Obrador have talked fentanyl and US-Mexico migration. They pledged solidarity
By COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…
Continue Reading Turkish and German leaders air deep differences on the Israel-Hamas war
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have aired deep differences…
Continue Reading Taika Waititi on ‘Next Goal Wins’ and his quest to quit Hollywood
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Taika Waititi would really rather just go to the beach. In an interview, the 48-year-old Māori…
Continue Reading DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy get personal and friendly during ‘family discussion’ in Iowa
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republicans battling to be their party’s alternative to former President…
Continue Reading Missouri’s voter ID law is back in court. Here’s a look at what it does
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit has challenged the constitutionality of Missouri’s new law requiring voters…
Continue Reading A Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist ‘Mo’ Wilson is sentenced to 90 years in prison
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death…
Continue Reading Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell…
Continue Reading New drill bores deeper into tunnel rubble in India to create an escape pipe for 40 trapped workers
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India…
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