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Surveys show Chinese economy growing but at modest pace
AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Surveys of Chinese factory managers show a mixed outlook for the world’s No. 2 economy, with growth steady…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Surveys of Chinese factory managers show a mixed outlook for the world’s No. 2 economy, with growth steady…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 17-year-old Chinese badminton player has died after collapsing on court during an Asian tournament…
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has reached a deal with its mechanics to end a strike that had disrupted the travel…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli army ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from much of Khan Younis on Monday, a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Renowned Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in the country’s…
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian authorities arrested two journalists for publishing a video showing businesswomen protesting how they were treated…
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae and Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Monday might have had an…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan, an ethnic Tamil leader and lawmaker who became the face of the minority…
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Deadly flash flooding due to sudden heavy rains has inundated India’s capital, replacing one of the worst heat…
Continue ReadingMUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say eighteen inmates, including some on death row, have escaped from a prison in the disputed…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Japan has revised earlier estimates to show that its economy contracted at a 2.9% annual pace in the first…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Signs reading “I’m buying dollars” line the doors of Víctor Vargas’ shoe shop in the heart of…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after stocks advanced on Wall Street and yields jumped in the U.S. bond market as…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed…
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing announced plans to acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion, a move that it says will improve plane…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Top California Democrats have announced their backing for a ballot measure targeting retail theft. The…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARTLEPOOL, England (AP) — A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance sharply criticized Donald Trump during the 2016 election cycle, before…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine team helped him…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has succesfully deployed an upgraded Earth observation satellite for disaster response and security after it…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become…
Continue ReadingThis week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album from country music star Zach Bryan, Eddie Murphy reprising his role as Axel Foley…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST BATH, Maine (AP) — A man who confessed to killing his parents and two of their friends and wounding three people in a highway…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has appointed Sam Mostyn as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial…
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific…
Continue ReadingAP National Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — They all had a reason to come back. Every single one of them. Simone Biles to move past those wrenching two…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) — Dimly lit and stuffy classrooms stir with life every morning as children file in. Rays of sunlight stream…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has named a new Cabinet after his African National…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Toronto police are searching for a motorcycle rider wanted in connection with two suspected…
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer A man on Florida’s northeast coast was bitten by a shark this weekend but is now recovering, authorities said Sunday, in the third…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could see the…
Continue ReadingAP Hockey Writer Four current members of the National Hockey League charged with sexual assault in Canada will become free agents after not receiving…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Izso and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — Protests in Jerusalem against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli military…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has test-launched two ballistic missiles in a northeastern direction.…
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — A strike by plane mechanics forced Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, to cancel hundreds more flights Sunday, upending…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. Justice Department is pushing Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud in connection with two deadly plane crashes…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Former Bolivian President Evo Morales is accusing his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of…
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities say a propane tank explosion at a restaurant in the western city of Izmir has left five people dead and 63…
Continue ReadingCNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Christian Edwards, Niamh Kennedy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party led…
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — An officer in Utica, New York, shot and killed a 13-year-old on Friday night after police say he fled and pointed…
Continue ReadingBy Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — Several people have been injured by an acid attack in a cafe in the west German city of Bochum. “A man entered…
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan, Stephanie Halasz and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — At least four people have died and another is missing due to flooding this…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a…
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A group of more than 100 pro-LGBTQ+ protesters have gathered in Istanbul in an impromptu demonstration for Pride after the local…
Continue ReadingWATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Two police officers were wounded and a suspect was killed in a shooting on Sunday morning near a park in Waterloo, Iowa. The…
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A new law requiring many California bars and nightclubs to offer common date-rape drug test kits will take…
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, Christian Edwards, Niamh Kennedy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party led the…
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Evacuation orders in Arizona have been lifted for some residents of northeast Scottsdale who have been out of their homes…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Police Department responded to a fight that broke out Sunday morning, shortly after midnight, which resulted in a shooting.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s family used a gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep…
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A judge in Ecuador has ordered that more than a dozen suspects including judges, attorneys and government officials be held…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli troops carried out an airstrike in the northern West Bank on Sunday, killing a…
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN (CNN) — Five former corrections officers are facing a combination of assault, manslaughter and…
Continue ReadingKMOV, CNN By Omar Jimenez and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN (CNN) — Five former corrections officers are facing a combination of assault,…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Recent high school graduate Suborno Isaac Bari, 12, plans to start studying math and physics at New York…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has dismissed suggestions that his party is heading to defeat in Thursday’s general election. Sunak…
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Leigh Waldman, CNN (CNN) — More than two years after the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde left 19 children and…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press On Wednesday, Nyah Mway finished middle school in the central New York city where his family moved about a decade ago as refugees…
Continue ReadingBy Fred He, Duarte Mendonca and Steven Jiang, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese rocket crashed after being accidentally launched during a ground test…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Long-serving Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has urged his country to support Ukraine and…
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer “ A Quiet Place: Day One ” is making noise at the box office. The prequel earned an estimated $53 million in its first weekend in…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two large wildfires are burning Sunday near Greece’s capital of Athens, and authorities have sent…
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church has elected a bishop considered to be pro-Russian as its new leader in a vote that reflected…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Some Venezuelans have cast mock votes in a rehearsal less than a month before the highly anticipated…
Continue ReadingDORTMUND, Germany (AP) — German police say they believe a man who scaled the roof of the stadium as Germany played Denmark at Euro 2024 was a…
Continue ReadingTwo people are dead after a shooting at a Virginia gym. Alexandria police say they responded to reports of shots fired at a OneLife Fitness gym at…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is on track to secure a second mandate, provisional…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The parade last June to honor the NBA champion Denver Nuggets was a day the city and 750,000 fans won’t soon…
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Among life’s biggest decisions, choosing where to call home ranks near the top. If you are just…
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, Eugenia Yosef and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israel has sparked condemnation after the finance minister announced plans to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in northern Nigeria say female suicide bombers have targeted a wedding, a funeral and a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The English bulldog had never been featured prominently in West Virginia history, until now. Republican…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With summer having gotten off to a scorching start, workers across the country may be dreaming of a seaside…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Throughout Tim Scott’s life, people have offered him a hand to help him get ahead. Now the South…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban is saying the West should look past their harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls to improve relations. No country…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Beryl has restrengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane. The National Hurricane…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Residents say fighters from Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group have looted homes and shops and taken over the…
Continue ReadingBy Maria Kostenko and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — At least 7 people, including children, were killed and at least 31 injured after Russia…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Drone footage from Ukraine’s military released Sunday has shown what appears to be bodies in a…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities say weekend storms in Switzerland and northern Italy caused extensive flooding and landslides, leaving at least four…
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The predawn silence was shattered by heavy banging on the doors of the US Army barracks in West Germany that…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron appeared on the political stage in 2017 as a bold, young leader offering to revive…
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — When someone tried – and failed – to burn down a bus garage in Prague earlier this month, the unsuccessful…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — When Hungary takes over the helm of the European Union on July 1, many politicians in Brussels will have…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its exuberant grand finale on Sunday, bringing rainbow-laden revelers to the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DARTFORD, England (AP) — British and American voters are going to the polls the same year for the first time in more than three…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DARTFORD, England (AP) — Distrust has settled over the campaign trails in the United States and United Kingdom ahead of July 4…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has an affordable housing problem. The government plans to build 250,000 houses each year, with the…
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer Usher accepted the lifetime achievement award at the 2024 BET Awards — even if the superstar mused it might be a bit early. The…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — As Florida’s ban on “lab-grown” meat is set to go into effect, one manufacturer hosted a last hurrah with a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The far-right National Rally leaped into a strong lead Sunday in France’s first round of legislative elections,…
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Eleven people were injured when an escalator malfunctioned at American Family Field in Milwaukee following the Brewers’ loss to…
Continue ReadingAP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of concern is growing inside the top ranks of the Democratic Party that leaders of Joe…
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