Paper changes caused Maricopa County printer failure: report
Problems with ballot printers that caused lines to back up at some Phoenix-area polling places last year were not caused by malicious actions but by…
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NATO member Romania pushes to buy US-made F-35 fighter jets
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s top defense body has approved buying an unspecified number of American-made F-35 fighter jets, as the…
Continue Reading Germany launches plan to relax rigid family name system
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s justice minister on Tuesday launched plans to relax the country’s strict restrictions on family names — for…
Continue Reading Volcano eruption in Russia’s Kamchatka spews vast ash clouds
MOSCOW (AP) — A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, spewing clouds of dust 20 kilometers (12 miles)…
Continue Reading Dana Nemcova, leading Czech anti-communist, dies at 89
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Dana Nemcova, one of the leading Czech dissidents and human rights activists from the communist…
Continue Reading Risk firm: Pirates board Chinese-run ship in Gulf of Guinea
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A risk management company says pirates have boarded a Chinese-run oil tanker in West…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Can therapy help make you richer?
By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Investing in the stock market isn’t the only thing that may bring a financial return: Studies have found that seeking…
Continue Reading Democratic senators urge chief justice to probe Thomas trips
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are calling on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to open an…
Continue Reading Leaked documents may have origin in chatroom for gamers
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A major leak of classified U.S. documents that’s shaken Washington and exposed new details…
Continue Reading Lobotka’s passes have been the motor that makes Napoli tick
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy (AP) — Dribbling wizard Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and scoring wonder Victor Osimhen have been…
Continue Reading S Korea to conduct 1st launch of commercial-grade satellite
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a…
Continue Reading French building collapse kills 6, gas explosion suspected
PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor says investigators are treating the deaths of at least six people who were killed when a building collapsed in the…
Continue Reading Swiss lawmakers pick apart Credit Suisse woes ahead of deal
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s parliament has opened a special session to scrutinize the state-imposed takeover of…
Continue Reading Thailand criticized for returning Myanmar resistance members
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups and opposition politicians in Thailand are criticizing the government…
Continue Reading As summer heat looms, Japan urged to curb impact, emissions
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Temperatures are rising in Japan and summer is coming fast. As fossil fuel use that feeds climate…
Continue Reading UK junior doctors begin 4-day strike, seeking hefty pay hike
LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors have walked off the job across England in a four-day strike billed as the most disruptive in the history…
Continue Reading Protesters briefly interrupt Macron’s speech in Netherlands
By MIKE CORDER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on Europe in The…
Continue Reading Oman’s second-largest bank pursues merger with smaller rival
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman’s second-largest bank is pursuing a potential merger with its smaller rival, potentially creating a…
Continue Reading UN agency investigating humanitarian food theft in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United Nations food relief agency is investigating the theft of food aid from lifesaving humanitarian operations…
Continue Reading Germany: ‘Uncooperative’ squirrel freed from manhole cover
BERLIN (AP) — Firefighters say they have freed an “uncooperative” squirrel that was stuck in a manhole cover in western Germany. The Dortmund…
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