In Norway, Indigenous Sami protest outside prime minister’s office against wind farm
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozen of activists including Indigenous Sami are protesting outside the office of…
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Biden to enforce ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites around New Mexico’s Chaco
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas development outside the boundaries of…
Continue Reading Poland’s president proposes urgent amendments to law on Russian influences
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda has said unexpectedly that he was proposing urgent…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street leaps after strong jobs report, Dow rallies 701
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rushed higher after a strong report on the U.S. job market eased Wall Street’s worries…
Continue Reading Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong…
Continue Reading China Ukraine envoy urges governments to ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield,’ negotiate peace
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Ukraine envoy has appealed to other governments to “stop sending weapons to the…
Continue Reading White House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future arms…
Continue Reading US lawyer named chief prosecutor at office linked to Kosovo war crimes court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — American lawyer Kimberly West has been appointed as the chief prosecutor linked to a European Union-backed court…
Continue Reading Blinken warns Ukraine cease-fire now would result in ‘Potemkin peace,’ legitimizing Russian invasion
By SUSIE BLANN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the United States and…
Continue Reading How Turkey’s president Erdogan has maintained a tight grip on power in the country
By SUZAN FRASER and CINAR KIPER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a populist with increasingly…
Continue Reading Border Patrol wouldn’t review the medical file of a girl with a heart condition before she died
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a…
Continue Reading Clashes in Senegal kill at least 9; government bans social media platforms and closes university
By BABACAR DIONE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government says that at least nine people have been killed…
Continue Reading Restoration lags for Syria’s famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites
By ABBY SEWELL and ALBERT AJI Associated Press PALMYRA, Syria (AP) — At the height of the Islamic State group’s rampage across Syria, the…
Continue Reading US reopens embassy in Seychelles after 27-year absence
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has reopened its embassy in the Seychelles after a 27-year absence during which China and other U.S. rivals…
Continue Reading US expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — U.S. authorities on Thursday expanded slots to seek asylum at land…
Continue Reading Meta tests blocking news content on Instagram, Facebook for some Canadians
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Meta is temporarily blocking some Canadian users from accessing news content on Facebook and Instagram as part of a…
Continue Reading Top American, Chinese defense officials vie for influence in Asia-Pacific
By DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with…
Continue Reading Family’s Alaska fishing trip becomes nightmare with 3 dead and search over for 2 more
By STEFANIE DAZIO and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska fishing adventure became a nightmare for a family of eight when…
Continue Reading In gun law push, Tennessee governor’s office memo says NRA prefers to ’round up mentally ill people’
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration accused the…
Continue Reading As legal gambling surges, should schools teach teens about risk?
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Warnings about the potential dangers of gambling could soon join education about drugs…
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