Month: July 2023

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Officials on the Orkney Islands, a corner of Scotland with Viking roots and an independent spirit,…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say three people were killed and eight others injured when several men fired…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Greece’s newly-appointed foreign minister says his country is ready to start…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says Swedish authorities’ failure to prevent Quran-burning…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Roger Federer and Andy Murray have provided the highlights on a rainy Day 2 at…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to support a claim by Syria that its forces were…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman at Afghanistan’s Vice and Virtue Ministry says the Taliban are banning…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Lawmakers in Hungary have passed a controversial bill affecting the country’s teachers.…

BERLIN (AP) — A helicopter has crashed during landing in the Swiss Alps, but all five people aboard were unharmed. Local media reported that the…

LONDON (AP) — Meta is poised to launch a new app that appears to mimic Twitter in a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by…

BEIJING (AP) — China has imposed export curbs on two metals used in computer chips and solar cells, expanding a squabble with Washington over…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has extended the mandate of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg for another year. The former…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A group of armed plainclothes officers assigned to protect South Africa’s deputy…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A strong storm in Slovenia has caused a train to derail, flooded roads, damaged buildings and slightly injured two…

By ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Russian people are “united as…

By MAJDI MOHAMMED and IMAD ISSEID Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military says it has withdrawn its troops from a militant…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Business travel for Indonesians to Australia will be made easier in a bid to boost the economic partnership between the…

PARIS (AP) — France has returned 35 people — 10 women and 25 minors — from a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people…

By The Associated Press Russian air defenses on Tuesday foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow that prompted authorities to briefly close one of…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday after Australia’s central bank kept its key…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s state media have reported that the government banned distribution of the popular “Barbie” movie because…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says eight pro-democracy activists who now live in the United States,…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — One year after a shooter terrorized July Fourth paradegoers in…

MOSCOW (AP) — The US embassy says its ambassador to Russia was allowed to visit Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been behind…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a story published July 4, 2023, about a deadly shooting in Philadelphia, The Associated Press erroneously reported the…

By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer REPRESA, California (AP) — The graduates lined up, brushing off their gowns and adjusting classmates’…