Missioni turns creative page; Liberatore mixes real, virtual
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — On this rainy Sunday morning, the fashion crowd filed into a richly upholstered movie theater for a…
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After captivity, Nigerian students seek overseas education
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — They spent weeks in the captivity of gunmen in forests ringing Nigeria’s troubled…
Continue Reading India’s eastern coast on high alert as cyclone hits land
NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in two Indian coastal states are on high alert with evacuations and preparations underway as a cyclone hit the eastern…
Continue Reading US has enough COVID-19 vaccines for boosters, kids’ shots
By TODD RICHMOND and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S.…
Continue Reading UK Labour politician defends calling government ‘scum’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The deputy leader of Britain’s main opposition party is refusing to apologize for calling the…
Continue Reading UN and Afghanistan’s Taliban, figuring out how to interact
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press The Taliban want a seat at the United Nations and international recognition of their rule over Afghanistan. The group…
Continue Reading In redistricting, big say for big cities in DC power balance
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As political muscle goes, big doesn’t automatically translate to power. That’s the…
Continue Reading Haitians returning to a homeland that’s far from welcoming
By ALBERTO ARCE and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — This is the Port-au-Prince that awaits Haitian deportees: An…
Continue Reading Rowdy celebrations erupt in Norway as COVID restrictions end
HELSINKI (AP) — Police in Norway have reported dozens of disturbances and violent clashes including mass brawls in the Nordic country’s big…
Continue Reading Nonprofit grants propel prosecutor push on racial injustice
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Many of the law enforcement changes enacted by states after George Floyd’s death have…
Continue Reading What’s the price of Biden’s plan? Democrats drive for zero
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — What will it cost to enact President Joe Biden’s massive expansion of social programs? Congress…
Continue Reading Airstrike kills, wounds Turkey-backed gunmen in north Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists and pro-government media say warplanes have attacked Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria,…
Continue Reading Volcanic ash cloud halts flights to and from Spanish island
LA PALMA, Canary Islands (AP) — A massive ash cloud from an erupting volcano has prevented flights in and out of the Spanish island of La Palma.…
Continue Reading So close! Iceland almost gets female-majority parliament
By EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland briefly celebrated electing a female-majority parliament Sunday — before a…
Continue Reading San Marino voters overwhelmingly back legal abortion
By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCESCO FEDELI Associated Press SAN MARINO (AP) — Residents in the tiny republic of San Marino have voted overwhelmingly…
Continue Reading South Korea urges North to restore hotlines for any talks
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is urging North Korea to restore dormant communication hotlines, a day…
Continue Reading Forecasters: Sam a major hurricane, but intensity to vary
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Sam is a Category 4 storm, but forecasters say the system could fluctuate in strength over the next day or so. The U.S.…
Continue Reading Police make ‘significant’ arrest in London teacher’s death
LONDON (AP) — British police have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering a primary school teacher killed as she walked in a London park. Sabina…
Continue Reading Copenhagen’s hippie, psychedelic oasis Christiania turns 50
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Copenhagen’s Christiania neighborhood is turning 50. The counter-culture enclave is…
Continue Reading Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinians in West Bank gunbattles
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say at least five Palestinians have been killed in shootouts with…
Continue Reading Turkey could buy more Russian missiles despite US warnings
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has said he would consider buying a second Russian missile system in defiance of strong objections by the…
Continue Reading ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ sashays home with 10 Tony Awards
By MARK KENNEDY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie,…
Continue Reading Swiss approve same-sex marriage by wide margin in referendum
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland has voted by a wide margin to allow same-sex couples to marry, bringing the Alpine nation into line with many others in…
Continue Reading UK counts on vaccines, ‘common sense’ to keep virus at bay
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government is hoping a combination of relatively high vaccination rates…
Continue Reading Police investigate fatal fall of mother, son at ballpark
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police are investigating the deaths of a woman and her 2-year-old son Saturday after they fell from the third level of…
Continue Reading Social Democrats narrowly beat Merkel’s bloc in German vote
By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The center-left Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in…
Continue Reading Concerned United Nations can only sidestep Myanmar crisis
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has bracketed Myanmar with Afghanistan and Ethiopia as…
Continue Reading German climate activists end hunger strike ahead of election
BERLIN (AP) — Two climate activists have ended their hunger strike after a leading candidate for chancellor of Germany agreed to a public meeting…
Continue Reading 1 killed, WSU football player hurt in shooting near campus
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed one person and critically injured another near…
Continue Reading Pelosi vows to pass $1T bill, move ahead on larger measure
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has moved a vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to later…
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