Chinese coal prices hit record high and power cuts continue
Flooding in northern China is hitting a major coal production center hard, sending coal prices soaring and complicating efforts by Beijing to tackle…
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Official says journalist’s Nobel Prize not a slap on Duterte
By AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has…
Continue Reading Charles urges leaders to do more than ‘just talk’ on climate
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles is urging world leaders to do more than “just talk” when they gather in Scotland’s…
Continue Reading Burkina Faso starts trial on killing of ex-leader Sankara
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A military court in Burkina Faso has started the trial of 14 people including…
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Israeli archaeologists discover ancient winemaking complex
By TSAFRIR ABAYOV Associated Press YAVNE, Israel (AP) — Israeli archaeologists say they have unearthed a massive ancient winemaking complex dating…
Continue Reading 5 Indian soldiers killed in gunfight with rebels in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Five Indian soldiers have been killed in a fierce gunbattle with militants fighting against Indian rule in the Himalayan…
Continue ReadingMalaysia and Singapore ease international travel restrictions in pivot to living with Covid
By Rhea Mogul, CNN Singapore and Malaysia have each revealed plans to start reopening their borders as the Southeast Asian neighbors move away from…
Continue Reading Merkel: Israel can’t ‘lose sight’ of deal with Palestinians
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has implored Israel not “to lose sight” of the need to…
Continue Reading Austria swears in new chancellor after Kurz steps aside
BERLIN (AP) — Austria has a new chancellor, two days after former leader Sebastian Kurz resigned amid corruption allegations. Austria’s…
Continue Reading UK police won’t act against Prince Andrew over abuse claim
LONDON (AP) — British police will not be taking any further action against Prince Andrew after a review prompted by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser who…
Continue Reading 3 US-based economists win Nobel for research on wages, jobs
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, DAVID McHUGH and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — A U.S.-based economist has won the Nobel prize for…
Continue Reading Flooding sends bus into river in China; 120,000 evacuated
BEIJING (AP) — A bus has fallen into a river in northern China, leaving at least three people dead and 11 others missing after flooding from heavy…
Continue Reading Iraq says it has arrested top leader in Islamic State group
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq says it has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a longtime al-Qaida…
Continue ReadingBodycam video shows Dayton, Ohio, police officers dragging a Black paraplegic man out of his car during a traffic stop
WKEF, DAYTON POLICE, CNN By Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the…
Continue ReadingBodycam video shows Dayton, Ohio, police officers dragging a Black paraplegic man out of his car during a traffic stop
By Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after video showed…
Continue Reading French actor breaks silence on child sex abuse within church
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — At 8 years old, Laurent Martinez was sexually abused by a priest. Forty years later, he has chosen…
Continue Reading Tornadoes cause damage in Oklahoma; storms rock central US
COWETA, Okla. (AP) — Severe storms brought suspected tornadoes and baseball-sized hail to parts of Oklahoma, but there were no reports of deaths or…
Continue Reading Huge fire extinguished at oil facility in southern Lebanon
By FADI TAWIL Associated Press ZAHRANI, Lebanon (AP) — Firefighters have extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a storage tank at one of…
Continue Reading Police: TV reporter killed in bomb attack in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say a roadside bomb has killed a regional television reporter in the country’s southwest.…
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LEADING OFF: Astros face renewed sign-stealing charge
By The Associated Press The Astros are facing renewed suspicions over sign stealing two years after being punished by the league for a scandal during…
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