Traders observe a daylong strike across Pakistan to protest rising costs and new taxes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Traders in Pakistan are observing a daylong strike by shutting down their businesses in all major cities and urban areas to…
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Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing
AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Three times in the past four months, William Stein, a technology analyst at Truist Securities, has taken Elon Musk up…
Continue Reading Nvidia stock slips even after earnings top Wall Street estimates and demand for AI chips surges
AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nvidia may have exceeded Wall Street estimates as its profit jumped — buffeted by the chipmaking…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s children should see themselves as ‘generation of winners’ not war victims, first lady says
Associated Press UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady wants her country’s children to view themselves not as a generation enduring a…
Continue Reading Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants
Associated Press AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into…
Continue Reading Typhoon Shanshan begins dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving 1 dead and several injured
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A typhoon moving at a bicycle speed has begun dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving one person dead and several…
Continue Reading As the far right rises in eastern Germany, companies struggle to attract skilled foreign workers
Associated Press JENA, Germany (AP) — When electrical engineer Preetam Gaikwad first moved to Jena in 2013, she was smitten by what the eastern…
Continue Reading Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive
Associated Press NEA SILATA, Greece (AP) — A severe drought in northern Greece, worsened by successive heat waves and low rainfall, is causing…
Continue Reading Women in Chad defy discrimination and violence to assert their rights to own and control land
Associated Press BINMAR, Chad (AP) — When Milla Nemoudji, a 28-year-old from a village in southern Chad, divorced her husband following years of…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s report on clergy abuse scandal in East Timor ahead of Pope Francis’ visit
Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — When Pope Francis makes his trip to Asia’s youngest country, East Timor, it will make him the second…
Continue Reading Having Orbán in charge of EU’s presidency raises key question: Is Hungary for or against the EU?
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — As soon as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán assumed Hungary’s presidency of the European Union in July, one…
Continue Reading Church sex abuse scandals in East Timor met by silence, but Pope Francis’ visit brings new attention
Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero…
Continue Reading Dalai Lama returns to Indian headquarters after knee replacement surgery in the US
Associated Press DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan…
Continue Reading Having a family is expensive. Here’s what Harris and Trump have said about easing costs
AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The high cost of caring for children and the elderly has forced women out of the workforce, devastated family…
Continue Reading Town officials shut down a boy’s ice cream stand. Fundraisers and death threats followed
Associated Press NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Bored and looking for something to do this summer, Danny Doherty hatched a plan to raise money for his…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris’ election would defy history. Just 1 sitting VP has been elected president since 1836
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope…
Continue Reading Two sworn enemies hold the key to ending the war in Gaza. Does either man want a deal?
Associated Press The latest flurry of Gaza cease-fire talks — the back-and-forth over now-familiar sticking points and appeals from around the…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania ammo plant boosts production of key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia
Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania ammunition plant that makes a key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia has…
Continue Reading Bikinis, surfboards and battle-axes? Hawaii loosens long-strict weapons laws after court ruling
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s tourist hotspot of Waikiki is known for bikinis, shopping and surfboards. But resident Andrew…
Continue Reading Haiti’s army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The announcement that Haiti’s military wanted recruits crackled through a small radio perched…
Continue Reading ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ stars Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton attend Venice Film Festival opening
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival kicked off in Hollywood style with the world premiere of…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s daring offensive intensifies pressure on US to ease cautious approach to the war
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s daring ground offensive has taken the fight to Russia, but not nearly as much as its leaders would…
Continue Reading A proposed UN resolution on Myanmar condemns military attacks on civilians and urges peace efforts
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain is circulating a United Nations resolution on Myanmar urging renewed peace efforts. It also condemns…
Continue Reading Powerful Chilean lawyer ordered detained on corruption charges in case shaking the country’s elite
Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — One of Chile’s most powerful lawyers has been ordered detained pending trial after being indicted on…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Losses for Big Tech companies lead Wall Street lower
AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street closed lower Wednesday, as a pullback in big technology companies outweighed gains elsewhere in the market.…
Continue Reading Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report from a government watchdog says President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to…
Continue Reading What’s at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on…
Continue Reading Police in Washington city banned from personalizing equipment in settlement over shooting Black man
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The city of Olympia, Washington, will pay $600,000 to the family of a Black man shot and killed by police in a settlement…
Continue Reading Captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily declines to respond to prosecutor questions, lawyer says
ROME (AP) — The captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, has decided not to respond to…
Continue Reading US Navy shipbuilder Austal USA agrees to pay $24 million to settle accounting fraud probe
Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A shipbuilder for the U.S. Navy has agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay $24 million to settle an accounting…
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