Month: August 2022

By SEUNG MIN KIM, JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s legislative victories have aimed to…

By DAKE KANG, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT Associated Press The birds no longer sing. The fish no longer swim in rivers that have turned a murky…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower Wednesday ahead of U.S. inflation data that traders worry…

By YURAS KARMANAU and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a growing challenge to Russia’s grip on occupied areas of…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Parliament has returned Prime Minister James Marape to power…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Tarek Younes was once solidly middle class and felt he helped contribute to society as an…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket on Tuesday successfully launched an Iranian satellite into orbit. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 8:52…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States is doubling down on its investment in the Pacific. That’s…

By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press PINGTUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan warned Tuesday that Chinese military drills aren’t just a rehearsal for an…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class,…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki is paying tribute to the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing 77 years ago Tuesday. The…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has asked China to defer a port call of a scientific research ship after…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After Russia invaded Ukraine last February, the European Union moved to block RT and Sputnik,…

By DAKE KANG, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT Associated Press The birds no longer sing, and the herbs no longer grow. The fish no longer swim in…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos has been laid to rest in a state funeral. Ramos…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nearly 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many pieces of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda have been jettisoned over the last…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign into law a bill that aims to help military veterans exposed…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota won a closer-than-expected Democratic primary race against a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings…

By SARA BURNETT and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tim Michels, a wealthy businessman endorsed by former President Donald Trump,…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Republican challenger Scott Jensen scored easy…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is seeing lower voter turnout in an unusual presidential election as some voters cite…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter and a Puerto Rico fishing boat collided Monday in an incident that killed one person and…

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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican Joe Kent, who challenged incumbent Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler over…

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a main roadway into Death Valley National Park will remain closed into next week as crews…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States says the return of 30 antiquities to his country…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The driver suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, near Los Angeles has been…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. Mideast envoy is warning that the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture in her back during a hard…

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an…