Mongolia-born sumo great Hakuho retires after knee injury
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mongolia-born Hakuho was famous for his diligent training that led him to be the sumo grand…
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Abortion, Taliban in spotlight at Hollywood women’s event
By AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Angelina Jolie, Rita Moreno and several other speakers at Variety’s Women…
Continue Reading China appoints new Xinjiang governor amid abuse accusations
BEIJING (AP) — China has appointed a new governor for Xinjiang where the ruling Communist Party is accused of carrying out mass detentions and…
Continue Reading Australia-EU trade talks delayed amid submarine deal fallout
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A round of free trade talks between the European Union and Australia has been postponed by one…
Continue Reading Sweden: Manhunt for tenant suspect in building explosion
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A manhunt is continuing Friday for the tenant in an apartment building that was rocked by an explosion and fire this week that…
Continue Reading Three candidates advance in Hungary’s first national primary
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Three candidates aiming to unseat Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban in…
Continue Reading Migrants on new route to Europe get trapped between borders
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press BIALYSTOK, Poland (AP) — A Syrian family seeking to escape the war in their homeland got trapped between borders…
Continue Reading Activists, WHO in the frame as Nobel Peace guessing starts
By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The annual Nobel Peace Prize, to be announced Oct. 8, shines the brightest of lights on the…
Continue Reading ‘Anti-feminist’ vandals in Israel deface images of women
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is having a difficult time keeping images of women in public from being defaced.…
Continue Reading Stocks rebound but still close out worst week since winter
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer Stocks rebounded on Wall Street Friday but still ended with their worst weekly decline since February. The S&P…
Continue Reading Sick of weeds and trash piles, Rome to elect new mayor
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — After five years in office as Rome’s first populist mayor, Virginia Raggi is running for a…
Continue Reading Dubai’s Expo opens, bringing first world’s fair to Mideast
By AYA BATRAWY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East’s first world’s fair has opened in…
Continue Reading Australian state leader quits over corruption investigation
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The leader of Australia’s most populous state has quit as premier after an…
Continue Reading Strong typhoon near Tokyo disrupts some flights, trains
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon is pounding Japan and some of its eastern islands with gusts and downpours of rain, grounding some domestic flights…
Continue Reading Former President Jimmy Carter quietly marks 97th birthday
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The oldest former U.S. president ever, Jimmy Carter, plans to quietly mark his 97th birthday at home in Georgia on Friday.…
Continue Reading Biden vows to ‘get it done,’ but talks drag on $3.5T plan
By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pledged on Capitol Hill to “get it done” as…
Continue Reading Trains packed with commuters as Japan fully ends emergency
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s train stations were packed with commuters Friday morning as Japan fully came out of a…
Continue Reading Africa internet riches plundered, contested by China broker
By ALAN SUDERMAN, FRANK BAJAK and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of…
Continue Reading African internet riches threatened by lawsuit and corruption
By ALAN SUDERMAN, FRANK BAJAK and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of…
Continue Reading 4th year since Las Vegas massacre: ‘Be there for each other’
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling are gathering to remember those who died and were…
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