Rights group: China sentences 2 lawyers on ‘farcical’ charge
BEIJING (AP) — A human rights group says two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. It’s…
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Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him kissing boy
DHARAMSALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologized Monday after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered…
Continue Reading Romanian prosecutors search devices in Andrew Tate case
By STEPHEN McGRATH and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors have carried out forensic searches of…
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Greece: Top judge quits in legal dispute over elections
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A vice president at Greece’s Supreme Court has resigned in a legal dispute over an attempt by the government to ban a…
Continue Reading Avalanche kills 6, including mountain guides, in French Alps
PARIS (AP) — French local authorities say the death toll from Sunday’s avalanche in the French Alps has risen to six, including two mountain…
Continue Reading In mass rally, Israeli settlers march to West Bank outpost
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched Monday to an evacuated…
Continue Reading In Ukrainian village, a family lives under cloud of shelling
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press BOHOYAVLENKA, Ukraine (AP) — In a small village in eastern Ukraine the sounds of war echo in the distance…
Continue Reading Pakistanis living abroad sent $2.5 billion home in March
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s central bank says that Pakistanis living abroad sent $2.5 billion home in March,…
Continue Reading Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania to seek 4th term
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey says he’ll seek a fourth term, bringing unmatched name recognition…
Continue Reading France: 4 bodies found after Marseille building collapse
MARSEILLE (AP) — Two bodies were found Monday in the rubble following an explosion that collapsed a building in the southern French city of…
Continue Reading Lebanon still proxy battleground, 50 years after Israel raid
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — It was a cold night 50 years ago when an Israeli commando team led by a man disguised as a woman…
Continue Reading Baltimore mayor calls for ‘youth curfew’ after 2 teens shot
BALTIMORE (AP) — The mayor of Baltimore called for a summer curfew after two teenagers were shot while police were attempting to break up a large…
Continue Reading Black lawmaker who was expelled reinstated to Tennessee seat
By JONATHAN MATTISE, TRAVIS LOLLER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled…
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Money, power, sex: Attorney says slain kids’ mom used all 3
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A mother accused in the triple murder of her two youngest children as well as her new…
Continue Reading Money, power, sex: Attorney says slain kids’ mom used all 3
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A mother accused in the triple murder of her two youngest children as well as her new…
Continue Reading As India’s population soars above all, fewer women have jobs
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — Sheela Singh cried the day she handed in her resignation. For 16 years, she had been a…
Continue Reading Trump’s response to criminal charges revives election lies
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Legally, the most important words former President Donald Trump said…
Continue Reading Proud Boys leaders’ Jan. 6 sedition trial inches to a close
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After almost three months of testimony, dozens…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly higher after mixed day on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday after a mixed session on Wall Street dominated by speculation…
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