Support grows for sustainable development, a ‘bioeconomy,’ in the Amazon
By DAVID BILLER Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian Amazon has long been home to small and mid-sized sustainable businesses that…
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The downed Russian jet carried Wagner’s hierarchy, from Prigozhin’s No. 2 to his bodyguards
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Continue Reading A Burmese hip-hop artist is jailed for 20 years for criticizing Myanmar’s military leaders
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Continue Reading Uber raises minimum age for most California drivers to 25, saying insurance costs are too high
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company…
Continue Reading Dominican officials inspect damage inflicted by Tropical Storm Franklin after heavy flooding kills 2
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic fanned out across the…
Continue Reading Air traffic controllers at Lebanon’s only civilian airport to go on strike over staffing shortages
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Continue Reading Court rejects appeal by German soldier convicted of plotting to attack politicians
BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court says it has rejected an appeal by a military officer who posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker and was convicted…
Continue Reading Ukraine says it landed troops on the shores of Russian-occupied Crimea
By Tim Lister and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces have carried out their most complex and ambitious operations to date against…
Continue Reading FIFA opens case against Spanish soccer official who kissed a player on the lips at Women’s World Cup
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA has opened a disciplinary case against the Spanish soccer official who kissed a player on the…
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Continue Reading Regulator’s review of over 30 Swiss banks finds shortcomings in money-laundering controls
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Continue Reading Turkey’s central bank raises interest rates again in another sign of normalizing economic policy
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by an aggressive 7.5 percentage…
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5 things to know for August 24: Trump, GOP debate, Wagner boss, Heat dome, Seafood ban
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Passengers flying with Korean Air in the next few weeks will be weighed anonymously before boarding their…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 24: Trump, GOP debate, Wagner boss, Heat dome, Seafood ban
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Passengers flying with Korean Air in the next few weeks will be weighed anonymously before boarding their…
Continue Reading Hospital services in the UK come to a standstill as thousands of senior doctors strike again
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hospital care across England is coming to a standstill as senior doctors launch another 48-hour strike…
Continue Reading Reports: NATO-member Norway to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming third country to do so
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO-member Norway will reportedly donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, whose forces are embroiled in a difficult…
Continue Reading Building collapse in Nigeria’s capital leaves two people dead while many are feared trapped
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Rescue crews are searching for survivors after a building collapse in Nigeria’s…
Continue Reading A Pakistani court delays ruling on ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan’s conviction appeal
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a top court in Pakistan’s capital is delaying a crucial ruling on an appeal from…
Continue Reading 10 dogs died when a Washington, DC doggy daycare flooded. Dog owners are outraged that a dispatcher called it a ‘water leak’
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Maple, Malee and Zeni didn’t have much of a chance when six feet of floodwater rushed into their…
Continue Reading Firefighters in Greece struggle to control wildfires, including the EU’s largest blaze on record
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters struggled Thursday against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame…
Continue Reading Winding road takes runner Abdihamid Nur from Somalia to the starting line at worlds for the US
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Continue Reading Palestinian authorities say an explosion at a Hamas site in Gaza has killed 1 militant
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Continue Reading Hopeful signs of an economic ‘soft landing’ emerge in Jackson Hole as Fed meets with world watching
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Continue Reading UK political watchdog says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘inadvertently’ broke ethics rules
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Continue Reading Niger junta’s 3-year transition plan is a ‘provocation,’ says West African regional bloc
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The West African bloc ECOWAS has rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a…
Continue Reading Iran and Saudi Arabia are among 6 nations set to join China and Russia in the BRICS economic bloc
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Continue Reading Rockslide near the Dead Sea in Israel kills 5-year-old boy and injures 6 others
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Continue Reading Moscow court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s pre-trial detention
By Sarah Dean, Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detention of Wall Street…
Continue Reading At least 7 people are dead after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims crashes in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims from India crashed in southern Nepal killing at least seven occupants and injuring others.…
Continue Reading Mercenary chief Prigozhin is presumed to have died in a plane crash seen as the Kremlin’s revenge
By The Associated Press Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash that was widely…
Continue Reading A man walked into a Southern California bar and shot his soon-to-be ex-wife and several others, killing 3 and injuring 6, authorities say
KABC By Jamiel Lynch, Taylor Romine, Josh Campbell and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A husband in the midst of divorce proceedings went to a…
Continue Reading Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s arrest is extended by a Moscow court, state news agency says
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court ruled Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail on espionage charges until the end…
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping on Wall Street Thursday, despite a blowout profit report from one of its most…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe police arrest 41 election monitors as votes are counted after widespread delays
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Continue Reading 3 small Palestinian villages emptied out this summer. Residents blame Israeli settler attacks
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Continue Reading Oklahoma schools head takes aim at Tulsa district. Critics say his motives are politically driven
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By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Vedika Sud, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Indians around the world have united with pride and excitement after the…
Continue Reading California may pay unemployment to striking workers. But the fund to cover it is already insolvent
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some California lawmakers want to make striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits.…
Continue Reading Petroleum asphalt remains in Yellowstone River, even after cleanup from train derailment
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Continue Reading Trump is on his way to surrender at a Georgia jail on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 loss
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Continue Reading World Cup plans in Okinawa unaffected by North Korean spy satellite launch attempt
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Continue Reading Cape Cod strands more dolphins than anywhere else. Now they’re getting their own hospital
By MARK PRATT Associated Press When members of the marine mammal team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare rush to a Cape Cod beach to help…
Continue Reading After a Vermont playhouse flooded, the show went on
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Continue Reading Biden policy allowing migrants from Venezuela and 3 other countries into the US is on trial in Texas
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Continue Reading Maui fires renew centuries-old tensions over water rights. The streams are sacred to Hawaiians
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Continue Reading Harsh penalties approved for Florida state college employees who use restrooms that don’t correspond with gender assigned at birth
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Continue Reading A former principal of an Australian Jewish school sentenced to 15 years for child sex abuse
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Continue Reading Correction: California-Biker Bar Shooting story
TRABUCO CANYON, Calif. (AP) — In a story published August 24, 2023 about a shooting at a Southern California bar that left three dead and six…
Continue Reading A man walked into a Southern California bar and shot his soon-to-be ex-wife and several others, killing 3 and injuring 6, authorities say
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By Emiko Jozuka, Jessie Yeung and Tara Subramaniam and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — China announced Thursday it was banning all seafood…
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Continue Reading Trial delayed for University of Idaho student killing suspect Bryan Kohberger
By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The murder trial of University of Idaho student killings suspect Bryan Kohberger –…
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By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — The family of a 26-year-old doctor in Japan who died by suicide last year after working…
Continue Reading PeaceHealth to shutter only hospital in Eugene, Oregon; nurse’s union calls it ‘disastrous’
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Members of the U.N. Security Council – minus China and Russia – are condemning the…
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Continue Reading Police detective shot in western Washington, 2 juveniles in custody, police say
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Continue Reading Southern Indiana egg farmer John Rust announces bid for Republican nod for US Senate in 2024.
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Continue Reading North Carolina woman facing false report charge in case where she reported her own killing, police say
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Continue Reading Arizona court to review ruling that abortion doctors can’t be charged under pre-statehood law
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Continue Reading Supporters of silenced Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr won’t face trespassing charges
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Continue Reading Mom gets life for stabbing newborn and throwing the baby in a river in 1992. DNA cracked the case
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Preliminary testing of wastewater in the United States has detected the new highly mutated coronavirus variant BA.2.86, according to a risk…
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The driver of a minivan involved in a crash with an Ohio school bus that left one student dead and more than a score of…
Continue Reading Argentina arrests dozens in looting attempts amid fear of growing violence ahead of October election
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Known as the Zorro Ranch, a high-desert property once owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been sold after two…
Continue Reading California shop owner killed over Pride flag was adamant she would never take it down, friend says
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and RICHARD VOGEL Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A longtime friend says the California woman killed for apparently…
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By ACACIA CORONADO and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Temperatures are soaring in the central U.S., leading to deaths and…
Continue Reading Woman who fatally shoved 87-year-old vocal coach to the ground in New York pleads guilty
By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The woman who fatally shoved an 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach in New York pleaded guilty to a…
Continue Reading Giants tight end Tommy Sweeney collapses from ‘medical event,’ in stable condition
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants say tight end Tommy Sweeney is stable and alert after collapsing during practice and being carted…
Continue Reading Montana woman sentenced to life in prison for torturing and killing her 12-year-old grandson
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Montana woman who pleaded guilty to torturing and killing her 12-year-old grandson more than three years ago has been…
Continue Reading Woman pleads guilty to fatally shoving Broadway singing coach, age 87, avoiding a long prison stay
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who killed an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach by shoving her onto a Manhattan sidewalk has avoided a lengthy prison…
Continue Reading North Korea says its 2nd attempt to launch a spy satellite has failed, vows 3rd try
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says its second attempt to launch a spy satellite failed again but vowed to…
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