Yellen says it’s critical to maintain U.S.-China ties after Biden’s dictator remarks
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says it’s “critical” the U.S. and China maintain a…
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Australian ex-priest convicted of child sex abuse pleads guilty to 72nd victim
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian ex-priest convicted of child sex abuse has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 72nd victim. Gerald…
Continue Reading Turkey’s central bank sharply raises interest rates. That could signal an economic turnaround
By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish central bank has delivered a large interest rate increase,…
Continue Reading Russia’s highest court quashes Navalny’s lawsuit over depriving him of pen and paper in prison
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny contesting prison regulations…
Continue Reading Exhibition shines light on Caribbean’s ‘barrel children’ left behind by Windrush migrants to UK
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — For scores of children who grew up in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean in the 1950s and 60s,…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s premier meets with the head of IMF in Paris, hoping to unlock $6B deal to avoid default
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has met with the head of the…
Continue Reading Russia-backed officials say explosion damages bridge linking Ukraine’s mainland to Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion damaged a bridge that is one of the few links between Crimea and Ukraine’s mainland, Russia-backed…
Continue Reading Moscow court rules US journalist Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail until late August
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has ruled that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least…
Continue Reading Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — European Union officials say there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases…
Continue Reading India’s Modi gets a state visit with Biden, but the glitz is shadowed by human rights concerns
By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden emphasized the power of democracies on…
Continue Reading After Paris blast crumples building in Left Bank, rescue workers still searching for 1 person
PARIS (AP) — French rescue workers searched Thursday for a person feared missing after a powerful blast brought down a building on Paris’…
Continue Reading No breakthrough after EU summons Kosovo and Serbia leaders for emergency talks
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo made no breakthrough in emergency talks aimed at defusing tensions…
Continue Reading Israel demolishes alleged Palestinian attacker’s home in volatile occupied West Bank
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops have demolished the home of a Palestinian who is suspected of killing an…
Continue Reading Swiss central bank raises key interest rate and says more hikes can’t be ruled out
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Switzerland’s central bank has raised its key interest rate as it seeks to combat inflation and said “it cannot be…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as central banks keep up rate hike pressure on inflation
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting on Wall Street as central banks cranked up interest rates in their…
Continue Reading In Europe’s empty churches, prayer and confessions make way for drinking and dancing
By RAF CASERT Associated Press MECHELEN, Belgium (AP) — The confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a…
Continue Reading UK recession fears mount after Bank of England hikes borrowing rates by more than expected
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fears that the British economy is heading for recession have mounted sharply after the Bank of England…
Continue Reading Britain marks the Windrush anniversary with the story of its Caribbean community still being written
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Seventy-five years ago, a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers…
Continue Reading Shifting S. Africa coal plant for clean energy needs millions in loans. Experts say that’s a problem
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and SIBI ARASU Associated Press MIDDELBURG, South Africa (AP) — Plumes of heat-trapping pollutants last billowed from the giant…
Continue Reading Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam’s…
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