Rural Utah abortion clinic closes amid staff shortages, plans to reopen in August
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There is now one fewer place to access abortion in Utah after Planned Parenthood closed its only…
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China calls hacking report ‘far-fetched’ and accuses the US of targeting the cybersecurity industry
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has rejected as “far-fetched and unprofessional” a report by a U.S. security firm that blamed…
Continue Reading Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of “Vida Libre,”…
Continue Reading Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of “Vida Libre,”…
Continue Reading Czech lawmakers vote to tighten conflict of interest legislation in snub to former populist PM Babis
PRAGUE (AP) — Lawmakers in the lower house of the Czech Parliament have agreed to tighten the country’s conflict of interest legislation to ban…
Continue Reading Film composer Hans Zimmer proposes to his partner on London stage, prompts raucous audience response
LONDON (AP) — Two-time Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer has proposed to his partner onstage in London, prompting raucous applause from the…
Continue Reading Amazon’s $1.7 billion deal to buy Roomba maker iRobot gets UK approval
LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators cleared Amazon’s purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Friday, but the $1.7 billion deal still…
Continue Reading Austrian court restarts US extradition proceedings for Ukrainian businessman
BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian court says it has ruled in favor of Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash in a years-long legal saga over a U.S. bid to…
Continue Reading China condemns EU Parliament’s resolution on Hong Kong’s shrinking freedoms
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry has condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament concerning…
Continue Reading Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder dies from injuries in crash during Tour de Suisse
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder died Friday, one day after crashing and falling down a ravine during a…
Continue Reading How Trump and Johnson, divisive populists with many similarities, ended up on different paths
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have quite a bit in common as two populist iconoclasts in hot…
Continue Reading Poverty, climate, regional stability on agenda for Saudi crown prince visit with Macron in France
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is poised to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in…
Continue Reading Germany marks 70th anniversary of uprising against Communist dictatorship in east
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has commemorated the 70th anniversary of a popular uprising in the Communist…
Continue Reading Mass of rock slides down mountainside above evacuated Swiss village, narrowly misses settlement
BERLIN (AP) — A large mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month, stopping just short of the…
Continue Reading Biden urges tougher gun restrictions, one year after Uvalde, Texas, school massacre
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden has called for new gun-buying restrictions at a summit in…
Continue Reading Menace to society: galore of illicit drugs available in the EU as powerful new substances emerge
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU says new harmful illicit drugs are inundating a flourishing market for traffickers amid…
Continue Reading German police appeal for images taken of an attack in which Americans were pushed down a steep slope
BERLIN (AP) — Police in southern Germany are appealing for photos and videos taken by witnesses of an attack near Neuschwanstein castle in which an…
Continue Reading Bill Gates meets Chinese president Xi Jinping on China visit
BEIJING (AP) — Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi saying he was…
Continue Reading African leaders set to meet with presidents of Ukraine, Russia in bid to end war
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Ukraine on Friday as part of a delegation…
Continue Reading Bulgarian authorities dismiss chief prosecutor amid anger over failure to tackle corruption
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has dismissed the country’s chief prosecutor amid public anger over his failure to tackle…
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