Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe
By COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Multinational companies including Amazon, Marriott, Hilton are pledging to hire more than…
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Voters in Neuschwanstein area back world heritage status bid for Bavarian palaces
BERLIN (AP) — Voters in the municipality where Neuschwanstein Castle is located have voted to approve a bid for UNESCO World Heritage status for…
Continue Reading Fiercest fighting in years erupts in West Bank camp of Jenin, at least 5 Palestinians killed
By ILAN BEN ZION and MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli military forces raided a refugee camp in the…
Continue Reading A high-profile French nun is inspiring hope for Catholic women. But can she really bring change?
By NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — In her years running Catholic youth programs in France, Sister Nathalie…
Continue Reading Wages are finally rising in Japan, as inflation eats away at consumer gains
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Wages are rising in Japan more than they have in decades, at least for some workers. But so are…
Continue Reading Mass shootings and violence leave dead and injured across the US this weekend
By MATTHEW BROWN and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mass shootings and violence killed and wounded people across the United States…
Continue Reading Suspect in jail after 4 people fatally shot at residence in Idaho, police say
KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho State Police say a suspect detained at the scene of a deadly shooting in northern Idaho on Sunday has been booked…
Continue Reading Japan’s emperor meets with Indonesian president on his first official foreign trip as monarch
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Japanese Emperor Naruhito has met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo…
Continue Reading 5 killed after truck collides with bus in Hokkaido in northern Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Five people have been killed and 12 others taken to the hospital after a truck collided with a bus in Hokkaido in northern Japan.…
Continue Reading What if things could turn out differently? How the multiverse got into our heads and didn’t let go
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer Alternate universes are everywhere these days, from “The Flash” to “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”…
Continue Reading Biden raising cash in the San Francisco area as he revs up his 2024 campaign
By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PALO ALTO, California (AP) — President Joe Biden ramps up his reelection effort this week with four…
Continue Reading Trump and other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as ‘communists’
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lashing out after his arraignment on federal charges last week, Donald Trump took aim at President…
Continue Reading 20 years after the United States invaded Iraq, Iraqis are still trying to emigrate to the US
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ammar Rashed has a stack of letters from U.S. troops attesting to his work during some of the…
Continue Reading What if things could turn out differently? How the multiverse got into our heads and didn’t let go
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer “Let’s do things differently this time.” Those are the first words you hear at the beginning of this…
Continue Reading More than 1 million people are dropped from Medicaid as states start a post-pandemic purge of rolls
By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some…
Continue Reading What to stream this weekend: ‘And Just Like That,’ Kelly Clarkson, ‘Perfect Find’ and Final Fantasy
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Kelly Clarkson and Portugal. The Man, the return of the TV shows…
Continue Reading Earthquake recorded off Myanmar’s coast, shakes buildings in Thailand
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An earthquake has been recorded off the southern coast of Myanmar with tremors also felt in Thailand, but there are…
Continue Reading Australia’s Senate votes for holding referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament within 6 months
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Senate has voted for a referendum to be held this year on creating an…
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Former National Security Advisor on challenges between U.S. and China
In a pre-taped segment for Sunday’s Face the Nation, host Margaret Brennan spoke with Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster (Ret.) about some of the current…
Continue Reading Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize deteriorated US-China ties, but China rebuffs the main US request
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said…
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