Month: December 2023

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he’s “much better” after a two-week bout of bronchitis but says…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it sent a capsule into orbit carrying animals as it prepares for human missions in coming years. A report by the…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Marking his first anniversary of coming to power, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahm admitted he was still…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Wednesday after most stocks slipped on Wall Street following a…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. citizen has been charged in Arizona over online posts that allegedly incited what…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces battled Hamas militants across Gaza on Wednesday…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press VERONA, Italy (AP) — Western officials say sanctions against Russia’s billionaires are meant to isolate…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the outside world viewed “Russian oligarchs”…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America’s secular Santa…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — The release of Palestinian prisoners under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement last…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — The release of Palestinian prisoners under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement last…

By SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators at a critical United Nations climate conference prepared…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Andy Hoang eagerly began her first nursing job this year in New Hampshire, with a desire…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s siblings topped a Yale list of 2023’s most notable…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Texts and emails sent by Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania have emerged publicly in a court…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s center of gravity on immigration has shifted demonstrably to…

By BILL BARROW and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The shrinking field of Republican presidential hopefuls are…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit both Saudi Arabia and the United…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Four more members of the K-pop supergroup BTS are to begin their mandatory South Korean military duties soon. Their…

By ROD McGUIRK Associatedc Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government hopes to rush legislation through Parliament that could place…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Members of Hollywood’s actors union have voted to ratify the deal with studios that…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The European climate agency calculates that for the sixth month in a row,…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is declining to rule out abusing power if he again wins the…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis is asking a court to let her have…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China has intensified a crackdown on online scams operated in border areas of Myanmar. The drive has…

By ADAM BEAM and KEN RITTER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration said it will give more than $6 billion to a pair of…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A rights group says the Taliban’s education policies are harming boys as well as girls in…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers and family members of three Black people who were fatally shot during a racially motivated attack at a north…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is ordering the country’s state-owned companies to “immediately” begin to…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight has been indicted on 83 charges…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would underwrite the creation of a strategic new source of water by buying treated…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has reaffirmed her ruling this summer that state law permits consensual…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a Black man fatally shot by a Georgia deputy during a traffic stop…

By MEG KINNARD and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The number of candidates on stage is shrinking, but the fundamentals of…

LONDON (AP) — British police say a woman has died and two people have been wounded in a shooting in east London. The Metropolitan Police force said…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say at least 16 people have been killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus lost control…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Donald Trump ally who worked in his Justice Department says that if the former president is…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency says it’s stopping food distribution in areas of…

REFORM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer is on leave after video circulated on social media showing her appearing to shock a handcuffed man…

NEW YORK (AP) — Denny Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says the world needs to…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawyer selected to be the Army’s first top prosecutor of sexual assaults under an…

DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling reports of sexual violence by Hamas militants against Israelis…