Shakira to be given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shakira will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards next month.…
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The mutinous soldiers who overthrew democratically elected Niger President Mohamed Bazoum…
Continue ReadingHow PayPal is using AI to combat fraud, and make it easier to pay
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence has been the buzzword of 2023 ever since ChatGPT made its public debut…
Continue ReadingIran summons Swiss diplomat over US seizure of Iranian crude oil that’s now at port in Houston
By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has summoned a Swiss diplomat over the apparent U.S. seizure of Iranian…
Continue ReadingTrans-Siberian Orchestra will return with a heavy metal holiday tour, ‘The Ghosts of Christmas Eve’
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trans-Siberian Orchestra will return this winter with a holiday tour called “The Ghosts of…
Continue ReadingTehran and Baghdad reach a deal to disarm and relocate Iranian dissident groups based in north Iraq
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to disarm members of Iranian Kurdish dissident groups…
Continue ReadingUK air traffic control says it has fixed a technical problem that sparked delays and cancellations
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of airline passengers faced delays on Monday after Britain’s air traffic control…
Continue ReadingTop Pakistani court in southwest quashes sedition case against imprisoned ex-PM Imran Khan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A defense lawyer says a court in southwest Pakistan has quashed a sedition case against imprisoned former Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingClashes between US-allied Arab and Kurdish fighters in east Syria kill 3 and raise tensions
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say clashes have broken out between two U.S.-backed groups in eastern…
Continue ReadingKimberly Palmer: How to get comfortable with taking smart financial risks
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Taking on some degree of risk is a healthy part of making financial decisions, but it’s not always comfortable. To…
Continue ReadingBiden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt’: AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch
By WILL WEISSERT, EMILY SWANSON and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is “old” and “confused,” and…
Continue ReadingA Hong Kong language group shuts down after an essay alleged to have breached security law
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A group that promotes the Cantonese language has shut down after Hong Kong authorities said an…
Continue ReadingBiden and the first lady drop by a DC middle school math class and lunch to welcome back students
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden shook hands with middle…
Continue ReadingSweden charges man arrested last year in predawn raid with spying for Russia
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Russian-born Swedish citizen has been charged with collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service GRU…
Continue ReadingGreece reinforces firefighting forces to tackle massive blaze in the country’s northeast
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have reinforced firefighting forces in the northeastern part of the…
Continue ReadingChinese Australian writer fears dying in Beijing detention after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun has told his family he…
Continue ReadingJacksonville shootings refocus attention on the city’s racist past and the struggle to move on
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press By some measures, Jacksonville was making strides to emerge from its racist past. But the killing of three…
Continue ReadingLibya’s foreign minister suspended, flees country after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s foreign minister has been suspended and fled the country after Israel revealed that its…
Continue ReadingChina won’t require COVID-19 tests for incoming travelers in a milestone in its reopening
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a…
Continue Reading5 dead, including 4 children, in 2 migrant boat sinkings off Greek islands near Turkish coast
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Five people, including four children, have died and dozens have been rescued in two…
Continue ReadingA Russian who worked at a US consulate is accused of collecting information for US diplomats
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top domestic security agency says a detained former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok is accused of collecting…
Continue ReadingTyphoon Saola lashes northern Philippines and heads toward Taiwan, southern China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A typhoon has dumped heavy rain in the northern Philippines but didn’t make landfall as it moves toward southern Taiwan and…
Continue ReadingAn evacuation order finds few followers in northeastern Ukraine despite Russia’s push in the region
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KUPIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The thunder of mortar fire echoes in the distance as 5-year old David approaches his…
Continue ReadingReported Israeli strike damages Aleppo airport and puts it out of service
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has hit the international airport in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria,…
Continue Reading8 US Marines remain in a hospital after a fiery aircraft crash killed 3 during drills in Australia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Eight U.S. Marines remained in a hospital in the Australian north coast city of Darwin…
Continue ReadingIllegal logging thrives in Mexico City’s forest-covered boroughs, as locals strive to plant trees
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In the forest-covered mountains of Mexico City a brigade of farmers and forest rangers plant…
Continue ReadingThe Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The movie centers around a violinist from Belgium arriving to Kyiv to perform. It is…
Continue ReadingThe Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The movie centers around a renowned violinist from Belgium arriving in Kyiv to perform.…
Continue ReadingTrial starting for suspect in Des Moines school shooting that killed 2 students
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A trial is beginning this week for the first of two teens charged with murder in a…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mostly rise as attention turns to earnings, economies
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday as markets shift their attention from the U.S. Federal Reserve to…
Continue ReadingTexas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The library at Houston’s Lockhart Elementary had been a refuge for 8-year-old Sydney, who has…
Continue ReadingClimate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Climate activists have spraypainted a superyacht, blocked private jets from taking off and…
Continue ReadingBiden says action needed against ‘hate-fueled violence’ after racist shooting in Florida
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling for action to end the type of “hate-fueled violence”…
Continue ReadingSon stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years
By NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Hola, mamá.” What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in…
Continue ReadingMany big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with civilian teams — not police
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Christian Glass was a geology geek, a painter and a young man…
Continue ReadingTrump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Mark Meadows testified in court Monday that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment that accuses…
Continue ReadingTrump trial set for March 4, 2024, in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election
By ERIC TUCKER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has set a March 4, 2024, trial date for Donald…
Continue ReadingMany big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with civilian teams — not police
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Christian Glass was a geology geek, a painter and a young man…
Continue ReadingBiden is widely seen as too old for office, an AP-NORC poll finds. Trump has problems of his own
By CALVIN WOODWARD and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds rare agreement across partisan lines and in this case…
Continue ReadingFoxconn’s Terry Gou will seek Taiwan presidency as an independent, but he’ll need signatures to run
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Terry Gou, who founded Apple supplier Foxconn, said Monday he will run as an independent…
Continue ReadingWhat to stream this weekend: Indiana Jones, ‘One Piece,’ ‘The Menu’ and tunes from NCT and Icona Pop
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from the 20-member K-pop super group NCT, ”Indiana Jones and the…
Continue ReadingUS, China agree to discuss export controls as commerce secretary visits to warm up chilly ties
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she and her Chinese counterpart agreed Monday to exchange…
Continue ReadingFlorida shooting victim planned to spend Saturday with his daughter. He was killed before he could.
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jerrald Gallion planned to spend the weekend with his 4-year-old daughter but the devoted…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Simone Biles is not going to explain herself. Part of this is by design. Part of this is…
Continue ReadingOne week after sullying the Women’s World Cup, Luis Rubiales is now a Spanish soccer outcast
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — One week after the president of the Spanish soccer federation kissed a player during the…
Continue ReadingSome wildfire evacuations end in British Columbia, but fire threatens community farther north
By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The wildfire situation has showed some improvement in British Columbia, with more…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s best high jumper wins gold for her country at world championships
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won a gold medal to bring an emotional close…
Continue ReadingCandidates vying to run to become Mexico’s president under AMLO’s party close their campaigns
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two presidential contenders vying for the coveted spot as the candidate of Mexico’s ruling…
Continue ReadingRoberto Mancini appointed Saudi Arabia coach 2 weeks after quitting job in charge of Italy
By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer Roberto Mancini has been appointed coach of the Saudi Arabia national team. The news comes just two weeks after…
Continue ReadingDeSantis cancels SC campaign travel, returns to Florida facing tropical storm and shooting aftermath
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis canceled a day of presidential…
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