Month: February 2023

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s humanitarian aid and refugee agencies say they are seeking $5.6 billion to help…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan has unleashed the most turbulent debate in…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — At no time during his seven-decade career did renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim ever…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A defense lawyer says a court in northwest Pakistan has acquitted the parents of an exiled female human rights activist…

By PIYUSH NAGPAL and CHONCHUI NGASHANGVA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in India for a second…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck near the New Zealand capital Wellington as the…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Wednesday said that it’s still premature to determine whether the…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. forces had shot down an Iranian-made drone flying over a base housing American troops in northeastern Syria.…

By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers An Egyptian widow is struggling to afford meat and eggs for her five children. An exasperated…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A criminal court has imposed a $5.3 million fine on the Saudi BinLadin Group and sentenced seven people to…

BEIJING (AP) — The head of China’s national soccer federation has been arrested on corruption charges in the latest blow to the country’s…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to line the streets of downtown Kansas…

By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOST0N (AP) — An increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are using federal pandemic relief…

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and MARK PRATT Associated Press FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The sheer size of the vessel and the shoes were what struck Robert Ballard…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares edged higher Thursday, cheered by a stronger than expected reading on U.S. retail…

By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican Nikki Haley has kicked off her 2024 presidential campaign.…

By AAMER MADHANI and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Support among the American public for providing Ukraine weaponry and direct…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two California-based journalists won $100,000 in the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, announced on Wednesday. The Heising-Simons…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Browne’s fashion shows are nothing like a typical runway show. Rather, they are…

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (AP) — A guest at an oceanfront hotel in Florida has died after being run over by a forklift working on storm repairs,…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A cyclone that left a devastating wake of extensive flooding and landslides in New Zealand has claimed at least four…

By JOHN FLESHER and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One student was a fraternity chapter president. Another was a…

GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) — A former suburban Indianapolis daycare director is facing multiple charges after being accused of giving melatonin gummies…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who went on a deadly rampage with a U-Haul truck Monday in New…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province have released photos and…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The community of Parkland, Florida, has gathered to commemorate the fifth anniversary of…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors overwhelmingly passed the Idaho…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has expressed support for Iran during a visit by its president as Tehran tries to expand relations with…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Texas authorities say police in Nevada didn’t inform them when a suspect in a Las Vegas-area stabbing relocated…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Haitian woman has signed a tentative agreement to plead guilty to weapons charges more than…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer New Mexico State fired basketball coach Greg Heiar on Tuesday in the wake of hazing allegations within the team…