Liz Weston: Should you rent in retirement?
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The homes that helped many people build wealth can become a burden in retirement. It’s not just the big maintenance and…
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Donors pledge $7.5 billion for Turkey, Syria after quake
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and international donors on Monday pledged seven billion euros ($7.5…
Continue Reading Putin welcomes China’s Xi to Kremlin amid Ukraine fighting
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on…
Continue Reading French government survives no-confidence votes over pensions
By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Parliament has adopted a divisive pension bill raising the retirement age in…
Continue Reading Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia…
Continue Reading Dozens in Indonesia protest Israel’s presence at U-20 Cup
By ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Dozens of conservative Muslims have marched in Indonesia’s capital to protests…
Continue Reading Man arrested after windows smashed at Indian mission in UK
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say windows at India’s High Commission in London have been smashed and two security…
Continue Reading Top Israeli minister: ‘No such thing’ as Palestinian people
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A firebrand Israeli minister says there’s “no such thing” as a Palestinian people.…
Continue Reading Biden’s appeals court nominee faces rare Democratic scrutiny
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Joe Biden’s nominees to a federal appeals court has generated rare concern…
Continue Reading Sheriff: 3 people dead, suspect detained in Georgia shooting
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — Three people — including a teenager — are dead in what authorities say was a shooting in an Atlanta-area home early Monday.…
Continue Reading Thailand dissolves Parliament ahead of May elections
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Parliament has been dissolved to set the stage for a May general election that poses an…
Continue Reading Australia won’t promise to side with US in Taiwan conflict
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says his country made no promises to the…
Continue Reading Top Afghan Taliban leader issues decree against nepotism
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The supreme leader of the Taliban has issued a decree against nepotism, barring officials in Afghanistan’s Taliban…
Continue Reading EU seeks deal on artillery shells for Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers are meeting to try to finalize a plan to supply Ukraine with sorely needed artillery shells, replenish…
Continue Reading Ukraine: Volunteer specialist doctors run clinics near front
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KHRESTYSHCHE, Ukraine (AP) — A team of volunteer specialist doctors has set up a mobile clinic in a cramped…
Continue Reading New Zealand’s foreign minister to visit counterpart in China
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Foreign Minister will visit her counterpart in Beijing this week in…
Continue Reading Millions of rotting fish to be removed from Outback river
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Contractors are being hired to remove millions of rotting fish from a river in the Australian Outback after a…
Continue Reading World on ‘thin ice’ as UN climate report gives stark warning
By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate…
Continue Reading Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Archaeologists said Monday they have found the oldest pearling town in…
Continue Reading Japan PM Kishida announces new Indo-Pacific plan in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has invited his Indian counterpart…
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