Tunisia sentences 4 to death over pivotal 2013 assassination
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A public prosecutor in Tunisia says four people have been sentenced to…
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Lawmakers in Thailand overwhelmingly approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage
BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill that would make the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares meander after S&P 500 sets another record
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after U.S. stocks broke out of a three-day lull to close…
Continue Reading Chinese leader Xi tells Dutch PM that restricting technology access won’t stop China’s advance
By KEN MORITSUGU and ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that…
Continue Reading ‘Women farmers are invisible’: A West African project helps them claim their rights — and land
By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) — Women play a crucial but underappreciated role in West African farming. One project in…
Continue Reading Indonesia’s top court hears appeals from losing presidential candidates who want a revote
By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court has heard appeals lodged by two losing…
Continue Reading Suspects plead not guilty in human smuggling case involving Indian family’s death on Canada border
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of human smuggling after he was accused of…
Continue Reading China wins WTO dispute with Australia over steel products
SYDNEY (AP) — China has won a nearly three-year-long dispute with Australia at the World Trade Organization over tariffs on steel products that…
Continue Reading Tiny, endangered fish hinders California’s Colorado River conservation plan
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District supplies water to farmers who grow most of the nation’s…
Continue Reading Should college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice
By COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the…
Continue Reading After a county restricted transgender women in sports, a roller derby league said, ‘No way’
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press SEAFORD, N.Y. (AP) — They zip around the rink, armed with helmets, pads and mouthguards. They push, bump and…
Continue Reading As those who fled Israel’s border villages weigh whether to return, what hangs in the balance?
By ADAM GELLER Associated Press KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — Months after Hamas killed 1,200 people in an early-morning assault, Israeli…
Continue Reading They fled kibbutzim after Hamas attacked. Now, many Israelis must decide whether to go back.
By ADAM GELLER Associated Press KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — For a few minutes on a recent afternoon, the sun-bathed silence that fills Nadav…
Continue Reading Trump slow to invest in states that could decide election as some in GOP fear ‘skeleton’ campaign
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In his bid to retake the White House, few states hold as much promise for Donald…
Continue Reading Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ask a US appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions
By KATE BRUMBACK and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Three white men are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out their hate crime…
Continue Reading Hurry up and wait: Trump’s classified documents case is mired in delays that may run past election
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The classified documents investigation of Donald Trump appeared to have clear momentum in 2022…
Continue Reading 50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat
By DARKO BANDIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men…
Continue Reading Cargo ship had engine maintenance in port before it collided with Baltimore bridge, officials say
By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent…
Continue Reading Trump evokes more anger and fear from Democrats than Biden does from Republicans, AP-NORC poll shows
By BILL BARROW and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Many Americans are unenthusiastic about a November rematch of the 2020…
Continue Reading The British royal family learns that if you don’t fill an information vacuum, someone else will
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A media frenzy was born on Feb. 27, when the hashtag #WhereIsKate exploded online with speculation…
Continue Reading Those Godzilla claw shoes on the Oscars red carpet are just one of Hazama’s ‘dark fantasy’ creations
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press URAWA, Japan (AP) — One Japanese creation grabbing attention on the Oscars red carpet wasn’t a movie: the…
Continue Reading The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to…
Continue Reading Famed American sculptor Richard Serra, the ‘poet of iron,’ has died at 85
By SUSAN HAIGH and TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press Famed American artist and sculptor Richard Serra, known for turning curving walls of rusting steel…
Continue Reading Children’s author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a…
Continue Reading In first, an Argentine court convicts ex-officers of crimes against trans women during dictatorship
By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina have convicted 11…
Continue Reading Struggling private Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama says it will close at end of May
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press The private liberal arts school Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama has announced it will close at the end of…
Continue Reading Schools to reopen in South Sudan after two weeks of extreme heat
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s government says schools will reopen next week following a two-week closure…
Continue Reading Endrick and Yamal shine as Vinícius Júnior’s Brazil draws 3-3 with Spain in ‘One Skin’ friendly
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Teenagers Lamine Yamal and Endrick took the spotlight and Vinícius Júnior had a quiet game as…
Continue Reading Book of kids’ drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiro’s Mare…
Continue Reading When will Trump pay his $175 million appeals bond? Here’s what’s next in his civil fraud case
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump got a break this week when an appeals court cut down the amount of…
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