Nearly $32 million awarded for a large-scale solar project in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A solar project benefitting the University of Arkansas system is receiving nearly $32 million in pre-construction…
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Nigeria’s independence anniversary is marked by protests and frustration over economic hardship
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians are protesting against economic hardship as the West African nation marks its 64th independence…
Continue ReadingGunmen kill 6 people, including a local chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, in Iran towns
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says gunmen have killed six people in two separate attacks in the same province in southern Iran, including a…
Continue Reading Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to…
Continue Reading Rebel group in Congo generates $300,000 monthly in seized mining area, UN official says
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A U.N. official says a rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has begun a census it says will be used to compile voter lists for an election…
Continue Reading Australia’s online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users…
Continue Reading A cruise ship bound on a round-the-world voyage leaves Belfast after a 4-month delay
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A cruise ship taking passengers on a 3 ½-year around-the-world voyage finally sailed from Belfast’s dockside,…
Continue ReadingShohei Ohtani and the MLB playoffs, a pairing the world will experience for the 1st time
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was already a superstar with his hitting and pitching accomplishments over six years with the Los…
Continue ReadingBarry Bonds is enjoying watching the new generation of baseball sluggers put up record-setting stats
AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It used to be that hardcore baseball fans counted the home runs Barry Bonds hit during batting practice for…
Continue ReadingGermany arrests woman who allegedly passed airport details to suspected spy for China
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have arrested a Chinese national accused of passing information on a major air freight hub to a man who is…
Continue ReadingMLB’s season turns to October competition, where legacies and fortunes can be made
AP Baseball Writer Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has put up some of the best regular-season numbers in baseball history over the past six months.…
Continue Reading Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of rapidly escalating attacks…
Continue Reading Sony’s PlayStation Network suffers hourslong outage, irking videogamers
LONDON (AP) — Sony’s PlayStation Network went down, frustrating gamers around the world who complain they weren’t able to sign in to their…
Continue Reading Mysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The scientific center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator and is billed as the world’s…
Continue ReadingTibetan group in India protests against China and human rights situation in homeland
NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of Tibetans living in India protested outside China’s embassy against the human rights situation in their homeland, which…
Continue ReadingInflation in Europe falls below 2% and opens the way for faster rate cuts
AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central…
Continue ReadingA likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 6 at a Ukrainian market
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An apparent Russian artillery strike has hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson, killing at…
Continue Reading More than 20 are feared dead after a school bus catches fire in suburban Bangkok
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Wall Street retreats from records and oil prices jump after Iran’s missile attack on Israel
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled back from their records after a sharp escalation of tensions in the Middle East raised…
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