Month: June 2022

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A fire at a prison in southwestern Colombia has killed at least 51 people and injured a dozen more, prison authorities…

LONDON (AP) — Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told lawmakers in Edinburgh that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scottish…

By JILL LAWLESS and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981 apologized for his actions Tuesday and said he doesn’t remember what he…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Farmers are protesting around the Netherlands as lawmakers vote on proposals to slash…

AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Jordan has promised an investigation into the deadly explosion of a chlorine tank at the Red Sea port of Aqaba, which killed…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made…

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press JOHNSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio families that have called rural land home for generations…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations says the first 10 years of Syria’s conflict, which began in 2011, killed more…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors granted former President Lee Myung-bak a temporary release…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of the Group of Seven major economies pledged Tuesday to create a new “climate…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet There are several things that can prevent you from getting therapy or other mental health treatment. A social stigma…

By AMY FORLITI and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal court Tuesday allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy,…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Tuesday announced that it was banning the wife and daughter of President Joe Biden from entering the country, in response…

SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says it will move gradually to combat soaring consumer prices with interest rate…

GENEVA (AP) — Two senior Libyan officials from the country’s rival camps have begun talks on constitutional arrangements for elections.…

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has stressed that her country’s security pact with the U.K. and the U.S. will…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Unions countries have approved extending the use of COVID-19 certificates by one year until the end of June 2023. Cases of…

By SYLVIAI HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal he signed…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on policemen escorting a team of…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian authorities have named a team of seven negotiators for possible peace talks with Tigray forces. The announcement…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Two people are missing after heavy rains and floods hit northwestern Turkey. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Tuesday that one…

BEIJING (AP) — China has announced an easing of its quarantine requirement for people arriving from abroad, but stopped short of lifting what…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have confirmed that Chinese president Xi Jinping will visit the city this week for…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States appear poised to start indirect talks in Qatar aimed…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Global stocks were mostly higher Tuesday after a wobbly day on Wall Street as markets cooled…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists and the U.S. military say a drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in…

By ZEKE MILLER and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press ELMAU, Germany (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest developed economies said Tuesday they would…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nine months after she stepped into the job of New York governor as a relative unknown,…

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the…