Month: October 2023

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than…

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Cameroon say that at least 15 people were killed and more than 50…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People have been moved to shelters and nearly 2,000 boats recalled to port as the remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban delegation was visiting western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Monday in the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Leading Polish candidates are gearing up for a debate seen as a chance to sway undecided voters six days before an election…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is set to be announced in Sweden. Monday’s announcement is the final prize of…

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party says that if it wins power, it will appoint a “COVID corruption…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Crude oil prices surged while stocks were mixed on Monday after the Israeli government…

By WASBIR HUSSAIN and ANUPAM NATH Associated Press GANGTOK, India (AP) — Air force helicopters have been able to land to rescue people in India’s…

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer has told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that he was very disappointed by China’s statement…

Luxembourg’s three-party coalition led by liberal Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has lost its decade-long hold on power in tight parliamentary…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices were mixed on Monday after the Israeli government declared war following deadly…

By SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are holding their annual meeting in Morocco,…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel intensified its bombardments of the Gaza Strip on Monday after declaring…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Assoated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s intelligence agencies have gained an aura of invincibility over the decades…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past week alone, two political outsiders have taken steps to launch…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and scion of the storied…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For some Republicans in Congress, Taiwan and Ukraine are effectively rivals for a limited pool of…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As soon as the federal pandemic relief started arriving at America’s schools, so did the…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include Offset’s sophomore solo album, the return of “Frasier” starring Kelsey…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians appear likely to reject a proposal that would create an advocate for the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants attacked a large music festival in the desert near the Gaza-Israel border, killing at least 260 people and causing…

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says members at Mack Trucks have voted down a tentative five-year contract agreement reached with the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has held an emergency meeting behind closed doors with the…

NEW YORK (AP) — The pilots’ union for American Airlines has directed its members to refuse to fly to Israel, citing the ongoing war between…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have made free condoms available to all public high school…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has declared war, bombarding the Gaza strip with airstrikes in retaliation for a major…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce left the game with a right ankle injury in the second quarter at Minnesota on Sunday…

ATLANTA (AP) — An autopsy has found that the death of a 62-year-old church deacon who was electrically shocked by an Atlanta police officer was a…

By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Nasser Abu Quta lost 19 members of his family in an instant when an Israeli airstrike blew…

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — European soccer’s governing body UEFA has postponed all matches scheduled to take place in Israel over the next two…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at limiting the price of insulin. The bill would…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The capture of dozens of Israeli soldiers and civilians — elderly women, children, entire…

By ALEX SANZ and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Supporters of Israel and backers of the Palestinian cause rallied in many American…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Exorcist: Believer” took possession of the weekend box office with a North…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oklahoma moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll and Miami’s late-game gaffe…

LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The Coast Guard says it has rescued three people without injury from a capsized vessel off the New Jersey…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. officials say the Pentagon has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the…

CHICAGO (AP) — Kelvin Kiptum set a world record in the Chicago Marathon. Kiptum finished in 2 hours, 35 seconds to shatter fellow Kenyan Eliud…

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — A 150-year-old beacon that helped guide ships through the treacherous Florida Keys coral reefs before GPS, sonar and other…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Alexander watches Paw Patrol with fervor, bowls his baby brother over with hugs…