Sweden charges man arrested last year in predawn raid with spying for Russia
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Russian-born Swedish citizen has been charged with collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service GRU…
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Greece reinforces firefighting forces to tackle massive blaze in the country’s northeast
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have reinforced firefighting forces in the northeastern part of the…
Continue Reading Chinese Australian writer fears dying in Beijing detention after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun has told his family he…
Continue Reading Jacksonville killings refocus attention on the city’s racist past and the struggle to move on
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press By some measures, Jacksonville was making strides to emerge from its racist past. But the killing of three…
Continue Reading Libya’s foreign minister suspended after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival prime ministers says he has suspended his foreign minister after Israel revealed…
Continue Reading China won’t require COVID-19 tests for incoming travelers in a milestone in its reopening
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a…
Continue Reading 5 dead, including 4 children, in 2 migrant boat sinkings off Greek islands near Turkish coast
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Five people, including four children, have died and dozens have been rescued in two…
Continue Reading A Russian who worked at a US consulate is accused of collecting information for US diplomats
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top domestic security agency says a detained former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok is accused of collecting…
Continue Reading Typhoon Saola lashes northern Philippines and heads toward Taiwan, southern China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A typhoon has dumped heavy rain in the northern Philippines but didn’t make landfall as it moves toward southern Taiwan and…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise as attention turns to earnings, economies
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday as markets shift their attention from the U.S. Federal Reserve to…
Continue Reading An evacuation order finds few followers in northeastern Ukraine despite Russia’s push in the region
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KUPIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The thunder of mortar fire echoes in the distance as 5-year old David approaches his…
Continue Reading Reported Israeli strike damages Aleppo airport and puts it out of service
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has hit the international airport in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria,…
Continue Reading 8 US Marines remain in a hospital after a fiery aircraft crash killed 3 during drills in Australia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Eight U.S. Marines remained in a hospital in the Australian north coast city of Darwin…
Continue Reading Illegal logging thrives in Mexico City’s forest-covered boroughs, as locals strive to plant trees
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In the forest-covered mountains of Mexico City a brigade of farmers and forest rangers plant…
Continue Reading The Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The movie centers around a violinist from Belgium arriving to Kyiv to perform. It is…
Continue Reading The Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The movie centers around a renowned violinist from Belgium arriving in Kyiv to perform.…
Continue Reading Trial starting for suspect in Des Moines school shooting that killed 2 students
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A trial is beginning this week for the first of two teens charged with murder in a…
Continue Reading Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The library at Houston’s Lockhart Elementary had been a refuge for 8-year-old Sydney, who has…
Continue Reading Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Climate activists have spraypainted a superyacht, blocked private jets from taking off and…
Continue Reading Biden says action needed against ‘hate-fueled violence’ after racist shooting in Florida
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling for action to end the type of “hate-fueled violence”…
Continue Reading Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years
By NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Hola, Mama.” What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in…
Continue Reading Many big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with civilian teams — not police
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Christian Glass was a geology geek, a painter and a young man…
Continue Reading Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Mark Meadows testified in court Monday that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment that accuses…
Continue Reading Trump trial set for March 4, 2024, in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election
By ERIC TUCKER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has set a March 4, 2024, trial date for Donald…
Continue Reading Many big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with civilian teams — not police
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Christian Glass was a geology geek, a painter and a young man…
Continue Reading Biden is widely seen as too old for office, an AP-NORC poll finds. Trump has problems of his own
By CALVIN WOODWARD and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds rare agreement across partisan lines and in this case…
Continue Reading Foxconn’s Terry Gou will seek Taiwan presidency as an independent, but he’ll need signatures to run
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Terry Gou, who founded Apple supplier Foxconn, said Monday he will run as an independent…
Continue Reading What to stream this weekend: Indiana Jones, ‘One Piece,’ ‘The Menu’ and tunes from NCT and Icona Pop
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from the 20-member K-pop super group NCT, ”Indiana Jones and the…
Continue Reading US, China agree to discuss export controls as commerce secretary visits to warm up chilly ties
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she and her Chinese counterpart agreed Monday to exchange…
Continue Reading Florida shooting victim planned to spend Saturday with his daughter. He was killed before he could.
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jerrald Gallion planned to spend the weekend with his 4-year-old daughter but the devoted…
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