Month: August 2022

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says more than two dozen people have been picked up from a sailboat in distress far off the…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For years, bombastic far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ranted to his millions of…

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Back-to-school shopping is extra expensive this year, due to inflation. But coordinating with people in your…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has ruled to transfer a university rector from jail to house arrest as he faces embezzlement charges. Some observers…

SAULIEU, France (AP) — French lawmakers are expected to approve a 20 billion-euro ($20.3-billion) package of measures meant to help struggling…

By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds Cars keep getting bigger and more expensive, but are there any small, affordable new cars left? As Americans continue to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party has delayed sending out ballots for the party’s…

BEIJING (AP) — Police in southern China are searching for a man who allegedly killed three people and injured six at a kindergarten in the…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CLAIRE SAVAGE NEW YORK (AP) — To understand the impact of surging inflation on this year’s back-to-school…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey soared to nearly 80% in July. The Turkish Statistical Institute said Wednesday that consumer prices rose…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has inspected a turbine at the center of a natural gas dispute and…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer The OPEC oil cartel and its allies have decided to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Friends of Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist detained in military-ruled Myanmar while covering a…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order aimed in part at making it…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors welcomed encouraging economic data and quarterly…

PARIS (AP) — Paris’ regional authorities have warned residents to be vigilant as temperatures soar to 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit). In a…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — After weeks of threatening rhetoric, China stopped short of any direct military confrontation with…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo’s profit in the April-June quarter rose 28% from a year earlier on healthy demand for…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has refused a request from the family of a comatose British boy…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Australian university students that China…

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has drawn bipartisan support at home and backing among the world’s…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Voters from the Navajo Nation will see familiar faces in the tribe’s general…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new president says his government is preparing a national policy…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese archbishop who carried more than $460,000 from Israel to Lebanon is at the center of…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In the shadow of a glossy, thousand-dollar campaign billboard, one of many across Kenya’s…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China blocked imports of citrus, fish and other foods from Taiwan in retaliation for a visit by a…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer This is quite a time to be a season ticket holder for the San Diego Padres. Great weather, a jewel of a ballpark…

CAIRO (AP) — Authorities say a vehicle collision in southern Egypt has killed at least 17 people, and left four others injured. The crash took…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief is warning that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine…

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Everyone who moves through downtown Atlanta today passes places where innocent Black men and…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Top Southeast Asian diplomats meeting in Cambodia’s capital are intensifying efforts…

By JOHN LEICESTER and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government says it is confident its greenhouse gas reduction target will…

BANGKOK (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Myanmar for an official visit that Moscow says will include discussions with…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Richard Seymour’s winning start in New England is a good starting point for how the defensive lineman…

By BERNIE WILSON and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto from the…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Voters on the country’s largest Native American reservation have advanced…

By The Associated Press Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully called thousands of games involving the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers during his 67…