Aid groups: Millions in Syria, Iraq losing access to water
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — International aid groups are warning that millions of people in Syria and Iraq are losing access to…
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Officials: Egypt closes Gaza border amid tensions with Hamas
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials say Egypt has closed its main border crossing point with the Gaza Strip amid tensions with…
Continue Reading Tear gas hurled in Albania at Bosnian Serb singer’s concert
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian police say they have arrested two people for allegedly hurling tear gas cannisters during a concert by a Bosnian…
Continue Reading Indonesia Cabinet minister gets 12 years in COVID-19 graft
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s anti-graft court has sentenced a former Cabinet minister to 12 years in…
Continue ReadingAfghan visa applicants told to stay away from Kabul airport as US races to meet exit deadline
By Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Afghans who have applied for special immigrant visas to the US were told to stay away from…
Continue Reading Japan to send military planes to Kabul to evacuate Japanese
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is sending three military aircraft to Afghanistan to evacuate Japanese citizens and local…
Continue Reading US VP Harris: Focus must stay on Afghan evacuation
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says the U.S. must maintain its focus on evacuating Americans and…
Continue Reading Greece wildfires: Firefighters get upper hand on 2 blazes
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighting aircraft and ground forces in Greece have gained the upper hand over two new…
Continue Reading New Zealand extends virus lockdown; Australia eyes vaccines
By NICK PERRY and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government says it’s extending a strict…
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LEADING OFF: Yankees-Braves showdown, Cabrera savors 500
By The Associated Press Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees visit Atlanta on Monday night for the start of a two-game interleague series featuring…
Continue Reading Rights group: Israeli strikes on Gaza apparently broke law
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading international human rights group says Israeli airstrikes that demolished four…
Continue Reading Orioles plunge to new depths on 18-game losing skid
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Baltimore Orioles have lost 18 games in a row, and somehow that doesn’t do their skid justice. What’s…
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Orioles plunge to new depths on 18-game losing skid
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Baltimore Orioles have lost 18 games in a row, and somehow that doesn’t do their skid justice. What’s…
Continue Reading Lebanese hospitals at breaking point as everything runs out
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health sector is a casualty of the multiple crises that have plunged the country…
Continue Reading When the music stops: Afghan ‘happy place’ falls silent
By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press Ahmad Sarmast left his home in Melborne, Australia, on a mission to revive music in the country of his birth,…
Continue Reading Deadly gunfire at airport; Taliban insist on US pullout date
By AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A firefight outside Kabul’s international airport has…
Continue Reading German train drivers on second two-day strike this month
BERLIN (AP) — Many train drivers with Germany’s national railway have walked off the job as their union embarks on its second two-day strike this…
Continue Reading Cleanup begins in soggy Northeast as Henri plods back to sea
By DAVID PORTER and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Residents across the waterlogged Northeast are clearing mud and…
Continue ReadingAt least 5 South Florida officers died from Covid-19 over the course of one week
CNN, WESH, WPTV, WJXT, KSAT By Melissa Alonso, CNN With the spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant fueling a summer of more infections and…
Continue Reading Kathy Hochul becomes New York’s first female governor
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kathy Hochul has become New York’s first female governor. The Democrat from western New…
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