Wimbledon is finally dry after 3 days of rain. Wawrinka wins and gets Djokovic next
By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The courts are finally dry at Wimbledon and the sun is even shining through the…
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The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a toxic gas leak in South Africa blamed on an…
Continue Reading French justice is working overtime and the mood is stern after thousands of teen arrests
By JADE LE DELEY and LORI HINNANT Associated Press CRETEIL, France (AP) — At 19, he was the oldest of the group of teens accused of lobbing Molotov…
Continue Reading Israeli court acquits border police officer charged with killing autistic Palestinian man
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has acquitted a border police officer who was charged with reckless…
Continue Reading United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans
By PETER SMITH Associated Press More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total — have now received permission to…
Continue Reading Missing 2-year-old girl is found dead in an overgrown Detroit alley, ending a massive search
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a missing 2-year-old girl has been found dead in Detroit, 90 miles from her home in Lansing. Lansing police…
Continue Reading Thousands party in Spain’s Pamplona city as firework blast begins San Fermin bull-running festival
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have packed the town hall square in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona to celebrate the…
Continue Reading 2 New Jersey firefighters died battling a blaze deep in a ship carrying 1,200 vehicles
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two firefighters were killed and five others injured battling a blaze that began deep inside a docked cargo ship carrying more…
Continue Reading Glitches in Japan’s unpopular MyNumber digital ID cards draw a flood of complaints
YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The minister charged with an overhaul of this nation’s digitized system to assign a number to all…
Continue Reading German lawmakers fail to agree on new rules regulating assisted suicide
BERLIN (AP) — Lawmakers in Germany have failed to agree on new rules regulating assisted suicide. They voted Thursday to reject two proposals drawn…
Continue Reading Nigeria triggers national response plan for annual deadly floods; 14 states on alert
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say they have activated a national response plan ahead of…
Continue Reading Sweden convicts a Kurdish man with attempting to extort money for a group that’s outlawed in Turkey
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Turkish man has been found guilty of attempted aggravated extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing,…
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Is MLB’s pitch clock leading to better defense? Some players and coaches think so
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — The pitch clock may be bothering players as they step to the plate, but they like it a whole…
Continue Reading More than 950 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by sea in first 6 months of 2023, group says
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish migrant rights group says 951 migrants have died while trying to reach Spain by sea in…
Continue Reading Climate talks chief urges oil producing states to slash emissions
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press The president of this year’s United Nations’ climate talks urged the oil and gas industry Thursday to reach net…
Continue Reading US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits China as part of efforts to soothe strained relations
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to tell Chinese officials Washington wants healthy economic…
Continue Reading Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia, raising questions about Kremlin’s strategy
By ANNA FRANTS Associated Press MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his…
Continue Reading Visit by Solomon Islands leader to Beijing underscores rising China-US rivalry in South Pacific
BEIJING (AP) — The leader of the Solomon Islands will visit China next week, highlighting the accelerating contest between Beijing and Washington…
Continue Reading Israeli forces shell southern Lebanon border village after rocket lands near disputed territory
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli forces have shelled a southern Lebanese border village after several…
Continue Reading Germany, Netherlands arrest 9 over an alleged plan for attacks in line with Islamic State group
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say nine people from Central Asia have been arrested in Germany and the Netherlands over…
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