Georgia’s president refuses to sign an anti-LGBTQ bill and returns it to parliament
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s president has refused to sign into law a bill that severely curtails LGBTQ+ rights in the country and mirrors…
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Ukraine’s military will pull out of Vuhledar in the east after 2 years of intense fighting
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant…
Continue Reading Two men close to Benin’s president jailed after alleged coup plot
COTONOU, Bénin (AP) — Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African…
Continue Reading The UK and EU vow to mend their Brexit battered ties. They will set a new agenda and hold summits
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United Kingdom and the European Union say they will strengthen their relationship after the damage caused by…
Continue Reading Catholic reform debate launched by Pope Francis leans away from ordained roles for women
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions…
Continue Reading Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen but no one is injured
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Three Swedish nationals have been arrested in connection with two predawn explosions in the vicinity of…
Continue Reading Pakistani security forces kill 6 insurgents in a raid in the southwest
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at lest six insurgents in a raid on their hideout in the country’s…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an…
Continue Reading Israel presses forward on two fronts and reports 8 combat deaths as fears of a wider war mount
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left…
Continue Reading 2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches Taiwan
Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan has killed two people and…
Continue Reading Mexico’s Sheinbaum keeps doing morning briefings, though her style is unlike her predecessor’s
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum has begun her presidency the same way her predecessor concluded his: with a morning media…
Continue Reading Swine fever sweeps Italy’s north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods
Associated Press CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within…
Continue Reading Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s…
Continue Reading Helene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers…
Continue Reading Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — What lies beneath the Great Lakes’ waves is largely unknown, but there’s a new push to learn more…
Continue Reading Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo’s mpox outbreak
Associated Press KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said,…
Continue Reading Japan’s Kojima, with its proud Jeans Street, draws fans of vintage, deep-blue denim
Associated Press KOJIMA, Japan (AP) — Denim — that All-American fabric — is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima. The town’s…
Continue Reading Bodies of the children and teachers who died in a Thai school bus fire return home for funeral
Associated Press LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — The bodies of almost two dozen young students and teachers who died in a bus fire in a suburb of Bangkok…
Continue Reading Fact-check fight: CBS News cuts candidates’ mics after JD Vance objects to a moderator’s correction
AP Media Writer CBS News briefly muted the debate microphones of the two vice presidential candidates after Republican JD Vance objected to a…
Continue Reading Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the…
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