The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipients
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this…
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Chinese-led consortium pulls out of contract to build Cyprus’ first natural gas import terminal
Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Chinese-led consortium has pulled out of its contract with Cyprus to build the island nation’s first…
Continue ReadingSpain and Germany arrest 4 people for supplying Hezbollah with parts for drones used against Israel
MADRID (AP) — Three people have been arrested in Spain and one in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that obtained key parts to build…
Continue ReadingWith mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to show it can still strike
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — This week’s attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long…
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Passenger train derails in India, killing at least 2 passengers and injuring 20 others
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A passenger train derailed on Thursday in northern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others, a railroad…
Continue Reading 106 rare crocodile eggs are found in Cambodia, the biggest such discovery in 20 years
PNOMH PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Officials in Cambodia say conservationists have found 106 eggs of rare Siamese crocodile species in a western Cambodian…
Continue Reading Trump urges unity after assassination attempt while proposing sweeping populist agenda in RNC finale
Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump, somber and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican…
Continue Reading South African president says new coalition government is united in tackling unemployment and poverty
Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new parliamentary term. It comes nearly two…
Continue ReadingIn landmark verdict, South Korea’s top court recognizes some rights for same-sex couples
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court has ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health…
Continue Reading Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who visited a contested Jerusalem holy site?
Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive…
Continue ReadingVietnam’s President To Lam becomes caretaker of Communist Party while chief Trong focuses on health
Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnamese Communist Party says President To Lam on Thursday became the caretaker of the Party while its…
Continue Reading Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic…
Continue ReadingChina investigators suspect construction work caused fire that killed 16 people in shopping mall
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked a fire that caused 16 deaths in a shopping mall in the southwestern city of…
Continue ReadingEven with restrictive rules, swimsuit wars heat up in an Olympic year
AP National Writer The iconic LZR Racer, the swimsuit that Michael Phelps wore while winning eight golds medals at the Beijing Olympics, is still…
Continue ReadingEven with restrictive rules, swimsuit wars heat up in an Olympic year
AP National Writer The iconic LZR Racer, the swimsuit that Michael Phelps wore while winning eight golds medals at the Beijing Olympics, is still…
Continue ReadingArtists are taking things into their own hands to protect their work from generative AI
AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The oil painting depicts a woman standing on a podium, her arm aloft as she grasps a laurel crown in her…
Continue ReadingCaitlin Clark is looking forward to some time off after a record-setting night
AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — As much as she wanted to play in the Olympics, Caitlin Clark savors the thought of some time off during…
Continue ReadingWNBA players’ union leader is concerned league being undervalued in new media rights deal
AP Basketball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The executive director of the WNBA players’ union is concerned the league is being undervalued with the…
Continue Reading What’s next after protests forced Bangladesh’s prime minister to quit and flee the country?
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — What began as peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh against a quota system for government jobs…
Continue Reading A Kenyan court suspends a police ban on protests in Nairobi
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan court has suspended a police ban on protests in the capital. The high court said Thursday that that…
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