Month: September 2021

BEIJING (AP) — An Air France-KLM flight has returned to Beijing shortly after takeoff after smoke filled the cabin. The airline said Saturday the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is urging Somalia’s feuding government leaders to resolve…

By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s military says security forces have killed the country’s most…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press New commissions approved by voters to reduce partisan gamesmanship in redistricting are instead splitting along…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a tough reelection battle against his Conservative…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A survivor of an errant U,S. drone strike that killed 10 members of his family has…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Prince Philip died nearly six months ago at 99, the tributes poured in from far and wide, praising…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A disaster relief organization founded by actor Sean Penn is boosting Georgia’s drive to…

By BERNARD CONDON and JULIE WATSON Associated Press Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s leader has declared a three-day period of mourning for former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whose…

By MICHELLE LIU and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the past few weeks, South Carolina has set records for COVID-19…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press U.S. envoy John Kerry is on a diplomatic quest to stave off the worst scenarios of global warming, but…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Communist Party, the country’s second-largest political party, is…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a month ago, President Joe Biden and his health advisers announced big plans to soon deliver…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging European bishops to listen to survivors of clergy sexual abuse and consider…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The top U.S. military officer is in Greece meeting with NATO counterparts this weekend,…

PARIS (AP) — France’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it. It took more than two years…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s electricity minister says an attack with explosive devices laid along a natural gas pipeline southeast of…

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have executed nine people for their alleged…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers have set up a ministry for the “propagation of…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say two journalists and an environmental activist have been…

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters have announced Saturday night the formation of a new tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. National…

KHABAROVSK, Russia (AP) — In a story published on Sept. 18, 2021, about an ousted governor in Russia, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aluminum wraps designed to protect homes from flames are getting attention as wildfires burn in…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Robert Durst’s long, bizarre and deadly run from the law ended when a Los Angeles…

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats face a daunting assignment. They’re trying to complete a $3.5…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida searched a vast wildlife reserve near the Gulf Coast for 23-year-old…

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, driving…

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In one stunning afternoon, President Joe Biden was dealt a series of…

By COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO, NATHAN ELLGREN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Washington still on edge after…

Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida said they are working with the FBI to find 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend…