Lebanese troops rescue 27 migrants from sinking boat off Lebanon’s coast
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army and the country’s civil defense have recused 27 migrants whose boat was sinking off the coast of north Lebanon.…
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Pope Francis insists Europe doesn’t have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports
By NICOLE WINFIELD, SYLVIE CORBET and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Pope Francis challenged French President Emmanuel…
Continue Reading New Jersey house explosion hospitalizes 5 people, police say
WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Police in New Jersey say five people were transported to hospitals by helicopters after an explosion at a New Jersey…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is ‘absolutely absurd’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s interim prime minister says he expects elections to take place in the new…
Continue Reading A court in China sentences a famed Uyghur scholar to life in prison, foundation says
By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A human rights foundation says a prominent Uyghur scholar specializing in the study of her people’s…
Continue Reading Taiwan factory fire leaves at least 5 dead, more than 100 injured
BEIJING (AP) — A fire and subsequent explosions at a golf ball factory in southern Taiwan have killed at least five people and injured more than…
Continue Reading India-Canada tensions shine light on complexities of Sikh activism in the diaspora
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press The shocking accusation this week by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the…
Continue Reading Southern East Coast hit by flooding as Ophelia weakens to tropical depression and moves north
By BRIAN WITTE and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced…
Continue Reading A Venezuelan man and his pet squirrel made it to the US border. Now he’s preparing to say goodbye
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — During the weeks it took Yeison and Niko to migrate from Venezuela toward the U.S.,…
Continue Reading With temporary status for Venezuelans, the Biden administration turns to a familiar tool
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — From a White House podium in May, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary…
Continue Reading League of Legends, other esports join Asian Games in competition for the first time
By DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — The world of online gaming takes its place this year at the Asian Games as an official…
Continue Reading Bribery case against Sen. Menendez shines light on powerful NJ developer accused of corruption
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In late 2020, Sen. Bob Menendez met with Philip Sellinger, a private practice lawyer and former…
Continue Reading A government shutdown is averted for now with a temporary funding bill. What happens in a shutdown?
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government shutdown would have disrupted many services that Americans rely on and…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley’s approach to abortion is rooted in her earliest days in South Carolina politics
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As a state representative running a longshot campaign for South Carolina governor, Nikki…
Continue Reading As the world’s problems grow more challenging, the head of the United Nations gets bleaker
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm…
Continue Reading A month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy
By The Associated Press Why Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private jet plummeted into a field northwest of Moscow is still a mystery. The Russian military…
Continue Reading Cracks in Western wall of support for Ukraine emerge as Eastern Europe and US head toward elections
By JAMEY KEATEN, MATTHEW LEE and VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once rock-solid, the support that Ukraine has gotten from its…
Continue Reading Meet Lachlan Murdoch, soon to be the new power behind Fox News and the Murdoch empire
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business and Technology Writer For Lachlan Murdoch, this moment has been a long time coming. Assuming, of course, that his…
Continue Reading Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers…
Continue Reading Louisiana folklorist and Mississippi blues musician among 2023 National Heritage Fellows
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are…
Continue Reading Mexico pledges to set up checkpoints to ‘dissuade’ migrants from hopping freight trains to US border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials pledged Friday to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S.…
Continue Reading Britain uses UN speech to show that it wants to be a leader on how the world handles AI
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain is pitching itself to the world as a ready leader in shaping an international…
Continue Reading UNGA Briefing: Nagorno-Karabakh, Lavrov and what else is going on at the UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New…
Continue Reading Canadian police officer slain, two officers injured while serving arrest warrant in Vancouver suburb
COQUITLAM, British Columbia (AP) — Authorities in British Columbia say a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer has been shot to death and two other…
Continue Reading Seattle police officer put on leave after newspaper reports alleged off-duty racist comments
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz says he has taken steps to place an officer on administrative leave after Diaz listened to an audio…
Continue Reading Arizona’s sweltering summer could set new record for most heat-associated deaths in big metro
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — America’s hottest metro area is on track to set an annual record for heat-associated deaths…
Continue Reading Mexican president wants to meet with Biden in Washington on migration, drug trafficking
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, says President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in…
Continue Reading Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history,…
Continue Reading Fatal collision that killed 2 pilots brings a tragic end to the Reno air show and confounds experts
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aviation experts say it was likely a visibility issue that caused two racing pilots to collide…
Continue Reading FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the ‘Brave Cave’
By JIM MUSTIAN and LEA SKENE Associated Press The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that…
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