Palestinian Olympic team greeted with cheers and gifts in Paris
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Palestinian Olympic athletes have been greeted with a roar of a crowd and gifts of food and roses as they arrived in…
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Argentina coach slams chaotic ‘scandal’ at Olympic soccer match vs Morocco
AP Soccer Writer The head of Argentina’s soccer federation said the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco on Wednesday…
Continue Reading NATO member Romania says more Russian drone debris from the Ukraine war has landed on its territory
Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s Defense Ministry says debris from what is believed to be a Russian drone has landed on…
Continue Reading UN cultural agency decides against placing Lumbini, Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal, on endangered list
Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency has decided against putting the Buddhist pilgrimage destination of…
Continue Reading Croatia declares 3 Montenegrin officials persona non grata over WWII camp genocide statement
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia has declared three senior Montenegrin government officials persona non grata after they led a declaration in…
Continue Reading Head of Cambodia’s top opposition party hit with $1.5 million judgement for defaming government
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The lawyer for the president of Cambodia’s main opposition party says his client has been found…
Continue Reading UN-backed independent experts urge Pakistan to end discrimination, violence against minority Ahmadis
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed independent experts has expressed grave concern about increased discrimination and violence against…
Continue Reading Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition
AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Goodbye, cattle call. Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used…
Continue Reading Israelis watched Netanyahu’s Congress speech closely. For many, it was both uplifting and depressing
Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech to Congress may have been delivered in…
Continue Reading UK police officer suspended after video appears to show a man being kicked in head
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British police officer has been suspended from all duties after a video was posted on social media that appeared…
Continue Reading Carmaker Stellantis pledges to tackle problems in North America as profits plunge
MILAN (AP) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares pledged action to tackle problems in North America and elsewhere after reporting a plunge in first-half…
Continue Reading Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir, ‘Melania,’ scheduled for this fall
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, “Melania,” billed as “a powerful and…
Continue Reading Macron aims to sidestep political concerns and regain prestige with the Paris Olympics
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Macron has pledged to make France shine during the Olympics. Weaker than ever at home after recent…
Continue Reading More than a dozen African migrants dead, over 150 missing after their boat capsized on way to Europe
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says more than a dozen migrants died and at least 150 others…
Continue Reading UN cultural agency calls for Laos, Cambodia to invite monitoring teams to contentious UNESCO sites
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency is recommending that Laos invite a monitoring mission to the historic city of…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly advance after Wall St comeback from worst loss since 2022
AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Friday, with major markets apart from Shanghai and Taiwan logging modest…
Continue Reading Japanese automaker Nissan lowers its profit forecast amid incentive, inventory woes
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has lowered its full fiscal year outlook after the Japanese automaker reported a 73% decline in profit in…
Continue Reading Takeaways from an investigation into deaths of over 50 Ukrainian POWs in a barracks 2 years ago
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion ripped through the Russian-controlled Olenivka prison barracks two years ago, killing more than…
Continue Reading Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising fears of a possible major spill near the capital
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine oil tanker has sunk in Manila Bay after encountering huge waves. The coast guard is…
Continue Reading 2 years after Ukrainian POW deaths, survivors and leaked UN analysis point to Russia as the culprit
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The former prisoners of war still puzzle over the strange events leading up to the night now seared into…
Continue Reading Russia’s Putin hosts Syria’s Assad in the Kremlin as tensions rise in the Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Kremlin. The Kremlin press service says the meeting took place on…
Continue Reading How to watch the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is set for Friday. Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on…
Continue Reading 270 flights canceled in Frankfurt as environmental activists target airports across Europe
Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A total of 270 flights were canceled at Germany’s busiest airports after environmental activists…
Continue Reading Chinese and Russian bombers patrolling off Alaska raise concerns about growing military cooperation
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Russian and Chinese bombers flying together for the first time in…
Continue Reading A year has passed since Niger’s dramatic coup. Life has become more dangerous and desperate
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — One year has passed since a dramatic coup in Niger. Coup leaders said they deposed the West African…
Continue Reading UN asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as ‘extreme heat epidemic’ breaks records
Associated Press The United Nations is calling for a flurry of efforts to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures in what it…
Continue Reading Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
Associated Press PIPER CITY, Ill. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of county tax data across three states — Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska —…
Continue Reading Wind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
Associated Press Complex and confusing taxation systems make it easier for wind’s opponents, some citing misinformation, to say that wind has…
Continue Reading Noncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study says
Associated Press Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from…
Continue Reading Africa’s demand for cooling systems is expanding. But regulating the industry is a struggle
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Due to warmer temperatures and increasing urbanization, the market for cooling systems is expanding in…
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