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…
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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…
Continue Reading Police say 5 suspected militants killed in gunfight with Indian troops in disputed Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police say Indian soldiers have killed five suspected militants in a gunfight along the highly militarized de-facto frontier…
Continue Reading Finland’s center-right leader announces four-party coalition including anti-immigrant party
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of Finland’s center-right National Coalition Party has announced an…
Continue Reading Pope Francis leaves Rome hospital 9 days after operation; surgeon says ‘he’s better than before’
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday was discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery…
Continue Reading Cyclone Biparjoy weakens as it churns toward Pakistan after killing 2 in India and causing damage
By AJIT SOLANKI, SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press MANDVI, India (AP) — Cyclone Biporjoy is weakening as it churns past coastal India…
Continue Reading Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer John Simon III was a hungry baby, a “chunky” toddler and a chubby little boy, his mother said. But by age 14,…
Continue Reading Father admits to fatally shooting 3 young sons at Ohio home, prosecutors say
MONROE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons admitted to planning the killings and lined them up…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street slips, and its best week since March comes to a quiet close
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its best week since March with a quiet finish on Friday, and stocks…
Continue Reading A decade after outcry, SeaWorld launches orca-free park in UAE, its first venture outside the US
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. theme park chain SeaWorld, mired in controversy in recent years…
Continue Reading Drought and rising heat bring unusual wildfire warnings in northern Europe and Scotland
By JARI TANNER and KARL RITTER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Summer is wildfire season in southern Europe, but this year the continent’s north…
Continue Reading Thousands of Sudanese fleeing fighting with no travel documents trapped on the border with Egypt
BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — When fighting in Sudan erupted in mid-April, Abdel-Rahman Sayyed and his family tried to hold…
Continue Reading California artists, chefs find creative ways to confront destructive ‘superbloom’ of wild mustard
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — While ripping out yellow blooms blanketing hillsides in Los Angeles, Max Kingery has been…
Continue Reading Trump’s promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and GARY FIELDS Associated Press As Donald Trump became the first former president to face federal charges, he and his…
Continue Reading In rare 3-3 decision, Iowa Supreme Court declines to reinstate law largely banning abortion
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Abortion will remain legal in Iowa after the state’s high…
Continue Reading Biden is returning to his union roots as his 2024 campaign gears up
By WILL WEISSERT and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden opened his 2020 presidential run at a Pittsburgh union hall,…
Continue Reading Heather Mack, convicted in Bali of killing mom and stuffing body in suitcase, pleads guilty in US
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — An American woman accused of helping to kill her mother and stuffing her body in a suitcase…
Continue Reading Border agency reassigns chief medical officer after custody death of 8-year-old girl
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reassigned its chief medical officer after the in-custody death of an 8-year-old girl…
Continue Reading George Floyd’s killing capped years of violence, discrimination by Minneapolis police, DOJ says
By JIM SALTER and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday issued a withering critique of Minneapolis…
Continue Reading US guided-missile submarine arrives in South Korea, a day after North Korea resumes missile tests
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of…
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