Tunisian leader calls meeting with Syria’s Assad ‘historic,’ buries memories of Arab Spring
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Smiles, a handshake and what Tunisian President Kais Saied called a “historic meeting” with the long-ostracized…
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Judge shows willingness to release some records in Tyre Nichols beating death
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has continued to temporarily block the release of more video footage and…
Continue Reading San Francisco officials are investigating if Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Hotel’ plan broke laws
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officials are investigating Twitter after six former employees allege that owner Elon Musk’s leadership…
Continue Reading Debt limit talks start, stop as Republicans, White House face ‘serious differences’
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe releases prisoners in amnesty, reducing overcrowding
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty.…
Continue Reading Milan’s La Scala and Paris Opera commission opera based on Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose”
MILAN (AP) — An Italian composer has been commissioned by Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera to write a new opera based on Umberto…
Continue Reading Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Washington, D.C. police officer was arrested Friday on charges…
Continue Reading US, British and French naval chiefs in Mideast transit Strait of Hormuz after Iran tanker seizures
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ (AP) — The Mideast-based chiefs of the U.S., British and…
Continue Reading Dave Matthews Band has new album ‘Walk Around the Moon’ and perspective: ‘Everything is kind of new’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ten studio albums done, the Dave Matthews Band finds itself in a good place, maybe even at…
Continue Reading Slovak court acquits businessman in retrial over 2018 murder of journalist
PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) — A court in Slovakia has acquitted for a second time a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slaying of an…
Continue Reading In Cannes, Harrison Ford bids adieu to Indiana Jones
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — As the Cannes Film Festival crowd stood in rapturous applause, a visibly moved Harrison Ford…
Continue Reading Polish official says object that entered airspace was Russian-made rocket
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda says that the object that entered Poland’s airspace last year and was found in…
Continue Reading Russia-Georgia flights resume despite protests, strained ties
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Direct flights have resumed between Russia and Georgia amid protests and sharp criticism from the South Caucasus…
Continue Reading Russian ex-mayor fined for discrediting army but avoids prison
MOSCOW (AP) — The dissident former mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city has avoided prison despite being found guilty on Friday in a trial…
Continue Reading British climber scales Everest for 17th time, the most by a non-Sherpa guide
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British mountain guide returned to Nepal’s capital on Friday after scaling…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows police search of home for suspects
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dialed down his campaign of defiance,…
Continue Reading Missouri governor picks ex-federal prosecutor to replace Kim Gardner as St. Louis circuit attorney
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named Gabe Gore, a former assistant U.S. attorney,…
Continue Reading Prosecutor suggests any indictments in Trump election investigation would likely come in August
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law…
Continue Reading Kosovo’s new mayor takes up post peacefully in minority area as West warns against ethnic violence
By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — A new mayor has been sworn in in northern Kosovo after a vote that…
Continue Reading Sudan’s top army general formally fires rival paramilitary leader as his deputy in symbolic gesture
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top army general has fired the country’s paramilitary leader, his former ally turned rival, as the deputy of the…
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