UK prime minister talks of ‘standing army’ of police to deal with rioting across Britain
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a “standing army” of specialist police will be set up to deal with…
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Protesters in Pakistan-held Kashmir mark 5th anniversary of India stripping region of semi-autonomy
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of angry people have taken to the streets in Pakistan-administered Kashmir to mark the fifth anniversary of…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s story on Olympics security hitting minorities, others flagged as terror risks
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities are making wide use of discretionary anti-terror powers to keep hundreds of people they deem to be…
Continue ReadingOlympics security means minorities and others flagged as potential terror threats can’t move freely
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because…
Continue ReadingVietnam’s coast guard visits Philippines for joint drills as both face maritime tensions with China
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietnamese coast guard ship arrived in Manila on Monday for a four-day goodwill visit and joint…
Continue Reading After water quality concerns canceled test runs, Olympic triathletes plunge into the Seine for relay
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine River when the mixed relay event got underway after organizers said the…
Continue Reading Cambodia breaks ground on a China-funded canal and says it will be built ‘no matter the cost’
Associated Press PREK TAKEO, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia on Monday broke ground to build a controversial, China-funded canal to link the capital Phnom…
Continue ReadingAlbania’s governing Socialist Party wins mayoral poll in a town with ethnic Greek minority
Associated Press QEPARO, Albania (AP) — Preliminary results show Albania’s governing Socialist Party candidate Vangjel Tavo has won the…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Debby hits Florida with floods, threat of record rain in Georgia and the Carolinas
Associated Press HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby slammed Florida on Monday with torrential rain and high winds, contributing to…
Continue Reading Torrential rains have claimed more than 150 lives in China in the past 2 months
BEIJING (AP) — Landslides and flooding have killed more than 150 people around China in the past two months as torrential rainstorms batter the…
Continue Reading Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees protesters storm her official residence
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday after weeks of protests against a…
Continue Reading Embracing election conspiracies could sink a Kansas sheriff who once looked invulnerable
AP Political Writer DE SOTO, Kan. (AP) — The sheriff in Kansas’ most populous county is facing a contentious Republican primary after taking on…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Nikkei 225 stock index plunges 12.4% as investors dump a wide range of shares
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged more than 12% as investors worried that the U.S. economy may be in worse shape than…
Continue Reading‘I had nothing to do with it’ says man charged with sending son to kill rapper PnB Rock
AP Entertainment Writer COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with murder vehemently denied in court testimony that he sent his 17-year-old son into…
Continue Reading ‘I had nothing to do with it’ says man charged with sending son to kill rapper PnB Rock
AP Entertainment Writer COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with murder vehemently denied in court testimony that he sent his 17-year-old son into…
Continue ReadingThis preschool in Alaska changed lives for parents and kids alike. Why did it have to close?
AP Education Writer WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — She was a teenager, and the mother of a 2-year-old, when a knock came on the door of the trailer she…
Continue ReadingWashington attorney general and ex-sheriff who helped nab Green River Killer race for governorship
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River…
Continue ReadingTakeaways: A Project 2025 author makes plans, rallies loyalists as Trump aims for 2nd term
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Vought, a key architect of the controversial Project 2025 plan, speaks as a general marshaling troops to…
Continue ReadingRussell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins second term
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A chief architect of Project 2025, the controversial conservative blueprint to remake the federal government,…
Continue ReadingFocus on economy and answer the Harris ‘Freedom’ message: What GOP strategists think Trump should do
Associated Press One Republican strategist who has run campaigns against Donald Trump says he recognizes what the former president is doing against…
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