Month: June 2023

MADRID (AP) — Three U.S. biologists who are pioneers in microbial and bacteria studies have won Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company which owns the popular short-video app TikTok,…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds As car shoppers continue to flock from economy cars to small SUVs, sales are booming for this budget-conscious…

BERLIN (AP) — Residents of a Swiss village under threat from a massive rockslide have been allowed back for the first time since they were…

MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Australian surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia’s deeply…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister has chided U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for speaking out against Prime Minister Benjamin…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When an increasingly fractious committee of Federal Reserve policymakers meets next…

MADRID (AP) — Spain registered its hottest spring on record this year, and its second driest ever, the state meteorological agency says. A…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira has tumbled to fresh record lows, extending its slide against the U.S. dollar. The lira weakened by around…

By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A woman accused of shooting and killing a mother in front of her kids last…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — United Nations judges have declared an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and DESMOND TIRO Associated Press MBIRIKANI, Kenya (AP) — Parkeru Ntereka lost almost half of his goat herd to hungry lions that…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MARIA CHENG Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis underwent successful surgery Wednesday to repair a hernia in his…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The global economy is bouncing back from an an energy price spike fed by…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese writer Haruki Murakami says walls are increasingly built and dividing people and countries…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A real estate deal in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press As Mina gets increasingly sick, her body withering away, her husband dotes on her: He washes her hair, helps her…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell Thursday after heavy selling of big-name tech stocks pushed benchmarks lower on…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JACK DURA Associated Press North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia regulators have voted to advance Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to withdraw…

By BRITTANY PETERSON and DREW COSTLEY Associated Press As 30 environment and trade ministers, and 50 CEOs gather in Paris for the 8th international…

By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of supporting a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After a payment pause that has lasted more than three years, more than 40 million student…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican federal official says the Attorney General’s Office is investigating a possible…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Air India flight from New Delhi to San Francisco has been diverted to Russia after it…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Leaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and…

By ANNIE MA, CLAUDIA LAUER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first encounter with racism that Harmony Kennedy…

By JILL COLVIN and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence opened his bid for the Republican…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports fell 7.5% from a year earlier in May and imports were down 4.5%, adding to…

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Search crews on Mount Rainier have found and recovered the body of a man matching the description of an…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As many as eight young workers were confirmed dead Tuesday in Mexico after they apparently…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are using a grand jury in Florida as part of their investigation into the…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s leader indicated his nation is reconsidering its security ties with China at…

DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado state senator Mike Johnston claimed victory as opponent Kelly Brough conceded Tuesday night in a runoff election to…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will resign his position next week to dedicate himself to seeking the…

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — As shelling from Russia’s war on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an…