Month: August 2021

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal ocean regulators are considering new rules to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear. The…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it plans to build an undersea tunnel…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — From ube cakes to mochi muffins, bakeries that sweetly encapsulate what it is to grow up…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Military service members must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense…

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials have extended the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after Minnesota’s…

DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president says five people are dead, including three police officers, after a gun battle with an armed man…

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Four Thai police officers charged with murder in connection with the deadly…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s navy says it has seized an oil tanker that was wanted by Cambodian…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and JONATHAN LEMIRE HANOI (AP) — U.S. officials are continuing to investigate two possible cases of so-called Havana Syndrome…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has accused Iran of launching a deadly drone strike on an oil…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China went on the offensive ahead of the release of a U.S. intelligence report on the origins of…

MADRID (AP) — A group of at least 40 migrants has attempted to swim from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta. Local media…

By CECILIA CLARK of NerdWallet Parent student loan debt has skyrocketed to over $103 billion with more than 3.6 million borrowers. And for many…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An air base hosting Turkish drones in the breakaway…

By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny…

By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and Belgium ended their evacuations from Afghanistan, but other European nations…

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state news agency says an oil spill caused by leakage from a power plant inside…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker says he “can’t sit on the sidelines anymore” as he joins…

BERLIN (AP) — An insurance industry group says that devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Reports and officials say a Russian man from a Russian-held island claimed by both Tokyo and Moscow…

BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has declined for the second consecutive month as concerns about…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s foreign ministry said the country “regrets” the “completely unjustified” decision of neighboring Algeria…

By WAFA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have demonstrated near the Israeli border in the southern…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Australian cyclist Paige Greco has earned the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics. She won the…