‘Sheer terror’: Passengers describe turbulence-hit flight that put 20 in intensive care
By NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Passengers on the Singapore Airlines flight that descended sharply after hitting severe…
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A UK lawmaker returns to work as ‘the bionic MP’ after losing his hands and feet to sepsis
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s fractious politicians shared a rare moment of unity Wednesday, when a Conservative…
Continue ReadingBiden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a…
Continue ReadingSpain, Ireland and Norway recognize a Palestinian state. Why does that matter?
By The Associated Press Spain, Ireland and Norway have formally recognized a Palestinian state. It’s a step toward a long-held Palestinian…
Continue ReadingDanish police temporarily ban the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing violence
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police have issued a temporary ban on the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s…
Continue ReadingUK’s Cameron praises progress in joint effort with Albania to stop illegal migration
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has hailed progress in a U.K.-Albania joint effort…
Continue ReadingMore than 3,000 Pakistanis return home from Kyrgyzstan after recent attacks on foreigners
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has repatriated more than 3,000 Pakistanis, mostly students, from Kyrgyzstan in the past week after recent attacks on…
Continue ReadingHuman rights experts urge FIFA to scrutinize Saudi Arabia before 2034 World Cup vote
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DUBLIN (AP) — FIFA was urged by international lawyers Wednesday to uphold its own policy and scrutinize Saudi…
Continue ReadingHow is the violent unrest in New Caledonia impacting global nickel prices?
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Global nickel prices have been soaring since violence erupted in the French Pacific…
Continue ReadingFrom London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president’s death
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Among Iranian communities from London to Los Angeles, few tears are being shed over the death of…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares are mixed, with China stocks down, after Wall St retreat
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Thursday, as investor sentiment in Tokyo was boosted by news of…
Continue ReadingUK inflation lowest in 3 years. Prime Minister Sunak makes it a focus in election call for July 4
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. fell sharply to its lowest level in nearly three years in April on the back of…
Continue ReadingNorway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel’s isolation
By JOSEPH WILSON, MELANIE LIDMAN and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would…
Continue ReadingSherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time, his second one this month
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time. He…
Continue ReadingOwner of Nepal’s largest media organization arrested over citizenship card issue
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The owner of Nepal’s largest news organization has been arrested for allegedly violating the country’s citizenship laws…
Continue ReadingIran’s supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of militia groups he backs in…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa election: How Mandela’s once revered ANC lost its way with infighting and scandals
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s African National Congress rose above politics for years. It was a…
Continue ReadingSites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks
By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press As Texas wildfires burned toward the nation’s primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure…
Continue ReadingFox’s Greg Olsen wins top analyst at Sports Emmy Awards and CBS’ Super Bowl coverage wins top event
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings. Greg Olsen is leaving it…
Continue Reading5 dead and at least 35 hurt as tornadoes ripped through Iowa, officials say
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes…
Continue ReadingA citizen journalist imprisoned for ‘provoking trouble’ by reporting on COVID in China is released
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist, has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years…
Continue ReadingMost of passengers from battered Singapore Airlines jetliner arrive in Singapore from Bangkok
By NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines says most of the passengers who were on one of its jetliners that was…
Continue ReadingFemale White House chef duo has dished up culinary diplomacy at state dinners for nearly a decade
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over…
Continue ReadingHunter Biden’s tax trial set for September as judge agrees to delay, with gun trial still in June
By STEFANIE DAZIO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on federal tax charges in…
Continue ReadingHawaii court orders drug companies to pay $916 million in Plavix blood thinner lawsuit
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinner Plavix to pay…
Continue ReadingHeated hearing in classified documents case as lawyer for Trump co-defendant challenges prosecutors
By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump’s personal valet took aim at the conduct…
Continue ReadingFamilies of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state police over botched response
By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting…
Continue ReadingRussian attacks on Ukraine power grid touch Kyiv with blackouts ahead of peak demand
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders…
Continue ReadingAsian American, Pacific Islander Latinos in the US see exponential growth, new analysis says
By TERRY TANG Associated Press The number of people of both Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander heritage has more than doubled in the last…
Continue ReadingTakeaways: How Lara Trump is reshaping the Republican Party
Since being elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee in March, Lara Trump has worked to reshape the party in Donald Trump’s image. The…
Continue ReadingRussia is waging a shadow war on the West that needs a collective response, Estonian leader says
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Perched on the open ramp at the rear of a British Chinook helicopter, Estonian Prime…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP examination of how 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 originated
By TIA GOLDENBERG and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An AP examination of the handling of two debunked stories alleging that Hamas…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in a name? A Trump embraces ex-president’s approach in helping lead Republican Party
By MARTHA MENDOZA and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The direction of the Republican National Committee is clear from the last…
Continue ReadingHow 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war
By TIA GOLDENBERG and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Chaim Otmazgin had tended to dozens of shot, burned or mutilated bodies…
Continue ReadingBarbie will make dolls to honor Venus Williams and other star athletes
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel…
Continue ReadingAustralia and New Zealand evacuate scores of their citizens from New Caledonia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia says its military has flown 115 people from the restive French Pacific…
Continue ReadingJapan racks up trade deficit as imports balloon due to cheap yen
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s trade deficit in April grew nearly 8% from a year earlier as the weak yen boosted the…
Continue ReadingVietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam’s National Assembly has confirmed the country’s top security official, To Lam, as its…
Continue ReadingSean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of 2003 sexual assault in lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — A former model accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her at his New York City recording studio in 2003 in a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingReparations proposals for Black Californians advance to state Assembly
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations…
Continue ReadingSen. Cory Booker questions US prison labor policies, calls for change
By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for…
Continue ReadingResigned to a fate of constant displacement, India’s river islanders return home in between floods
By ANUPAM NATH Associated Press MORIGAON, India (AP) — Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from…
Continue ReadingDefrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia…
Continue ReadingDetroit could be without Black representation in Congress again with top candidate off the ballot
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. House candidate Adam Hollier will be left off Michigan’s August primary…
Continue ReadingChina is accelerating the forced urbanization of rural Tibetans, rights group says
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Human Rights Watch says China is accelerating the forced urbanization of Tibetan villagers and herders, adding to state…
Continue ReadingPetrochemical company fined more than $30 million for 2019 explosions near Houston
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Texas petrochemical company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act and agreed to pay more than $30 million…
Continue ReadingHead of FEMA tours deadly storm damage in Houston area as more residents get power back
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has toured the Houston area to assess the…
Continue ReadingConcussion replacements added for Copa America under the pink substitution pass system
LUQUE, Paraguay (AP) — Coaches at the Copa America will be able to make a 6th and extra substitution in cases of suspected head trauma or…
Continue ReadingLouisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill that would reclassify two abortion-inducing drugs,…
Continue ReadingJailed Guatemalan journalist to AP: ‘I can defend myself, because I am innocent”
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — José Rubén Zamora has spent nearly two years locked in a dark 16- by 13-foot cell in…
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