Month: June 2023

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Racism, hatred and sometimes violence against Muslims in Germany are widespread and often part…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer France’s highest administrative jurisdiction says the country’s soccer federation is entitled to ban…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after it appeared claims had reached a modestly…

PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Officials say an Indiana state trooper was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle in suburban Indianapolis. Other officers…

By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new Human Rights Watch report is accusing Burkina Faso’s military of killing and…

By GRANT PECK and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former tech executive is joining the crowded 2024 U.S. Senate race to succeed retiring…

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is visiting communities hit by weeks of…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary and Poland have vetoed a statement by European Union leaders laying out their migration…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — LGBTQ+ rights activists and couples in Nepal on Thursday were celebrating an interim…

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims are casting stones at pillars representing the devil during the final days of the annual Hajj pilgrimage…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says a request for his country to temporarily…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — An Amsterdam prosecutor says that a 13-year sentence a Canadian court imposed on a Dutch…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has adopted a new law that changes how people count their ages. The…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Critics of the planned redevelopment of a beloved centuries-old Tokyo park and historic sports…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras has announced his decision to…

By PAUL WISEMAN, MARK STEVENSON and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To President Donald Trump, America’s trade relationship with…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Smaller meat and poultry operators in 17 states will receive $115 million in grants.…

By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The 29th annual Essence Festival of Culture is revving up in New Orleans. Most of…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A woman’s leg had to be amputated in a Thai airport after it was trapped by a movable…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British court has ruled that a government plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A committee of British lawmakers has slammed allies of Boris Johnson in Parliament for trying to…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fender, the guitar of choice for some of the world’s biggest stars from Jimi Hendrix to Eric…

CAIRO (AP) — The Red Cross says it has facilitated the release of 125 Sudanese army soldiers held captive by the country’s rival paramilitary…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and South Korea have agreed to revive a currency swap agreement for times of crisis. The move is the latest sign of warming ties…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank may have to tighten its…

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities said Thursday they they have seized large amounts of drugs, cash and a vast arsenal of firearms in a raid on a…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — On the verge of tears, Nathan Nkunzimana recalled watching a video of a…

PARIS (AP) — UNESCO’s 193 members states are gathering for a two-day meeting in Paris aimed at voting on the United States’ plans to rejoin the…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took center stage at…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after China reported slower factory activity in June due to…