Month: June 2022

By VALENTINA PETROVA, STEPHEN MCGRATH and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has voted to lift a veto…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department says an Afghan prisoner held in U.S. custody for nearly 15 years has…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state media is reporting that authorities have detained five people accused of organizing a…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A day after endorsing Ukraine’s candidacy to join the European Union, the bloc’s leaders turned their attention to the severe…

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss customs authorities are tracking about 3 tons of gold of Russian origin that entered Switzerland from Britain last month to…

By SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Macron appears weakened at home after parliamentary elections forced him…

BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for killing five people and wounding four others in southern…

By DAVID KEYTON, JOHN LEICESTER and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Leaders of Commonwealth nations are meeting in Rwanda’s capital  to tackle climate…

By EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is sending family tents, blankets and other relief supplies for a team to distribute in…

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years…

By HARUKA NUGA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s top commander in the Pacific and the Japanese defense minister say that close…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s no plaque on the gate of the U.S. ambassador’s new residence in Jerusalem, no Stars…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — LGBTQ Pride commemorations that sometimes felt like victory parties for civil rights gains are…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership of the Conservative party has suffered a heavy…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — He was the uncle I never met. But in my family’s origin story, Emmanuel “Manny” Yap…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two days after losing a bitter primary to a rival she once deemed a “sellout” for…

By KEN RITTER, GABE STERN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding…

By ZEINA KARAM and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China’s ambassador to Australia says the then-Australian government fired the…