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Latest deadly weather in US kills at least 18 as storms carve path of ruin across multiple states

May. 27, 2024 07:51 AM EDT

VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central...

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit

May. 26, 2024 19:26 PM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health workers said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 35 people Sunday and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and “numerous” others were trapped in flaming debris. Gaza's Health Ministry said women and children made...

EU-Israel relations take a nosedive as Spain, Ireland set to formally recognize a Palestinian state

May. 27, 2024 07:24 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Relations between the European Union and Israel took a nosedive on the eve of the diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state by EU members Ireland and Spain, with Madrid suggesting sanctions should be considered against Israel for its continued attacks in the southern Gaza city...

Papua New Guinea says Friday's landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help

May. 27, 2024 05:34 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is roughly triple the U.N....

Here's what every key witness said at Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Closing arguments are coming

May. 26, 2024 08:08 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — After 22 witnesses, including a porn actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. Prosecutors called 20 witnesses. The defense called just two. Trump decided not to testify on his own behalf. ...

China premier agrees on cooperation with Seoul, Tokyo but issues veiled rebuke against their US ties

May. 27, 2024 05:07 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China’s premier agreed Monday to revive three-way cooperation with South Korea and Japan in the face of shared challenges, but issued a veiled rebuke against the two countries’ expanding security cooperation with the United States. Chinese Premier Li...

China has threatened trade with some countries after feuds. They're calling 'the firm' for help

May. 27, 2024 00:13 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Business is good at “the firm.” The eight-person team at the State Department is leading Washington's efforts to ease the economic blowback for countries targeted by China. It emerged in the scramble to help Lithuania during a spat with China...

Russian POWs get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don't. A growing movement wants that to change

May. 27, 2024 02:16 AM EDT

FAR WESTERN UKRAINE (AP) — Precious few choices are available to Alexander, a 26-year-old Russian soldier, since his capture: Clothes, meals and the hours of his day are rigidly accounted for in the camp for prisoners of war. But Ukraine allows Alexander to call home to his family...

Forced to rebuild a life at 12, a Haitian girl joins thousands seeking an escape from gang violence

May. 27, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — For 12-year-old Juliana St. Vil, life begins every afternoon. She bounds out of the crowded shelter where she’s been sleeping on the concrete floor for 10 months, a smile on her face despite harsh surroundings. Not yet a teenager, Juliana must...

Military labs do the detective work to identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II

May. 27, 2024 04:51 AM EDT

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who died while serving their country in World War II and other conflicts. But a federal lab tucked away above the bowling alley at Offutt Air...

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7 Pakistani soldiers, 23 militant killed in separate shootouts during raids along the Afghan border

May. 27, 2024 08:06 AM EDT

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's security forces were conducting several raids in the country's volatile northwest, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, when shootouts ensued leaving seven soldiers and 23 militants dead, the army said Monday. The first exchange...

Latest deadly weather in US kills at least 18 as storms carve path of ruin across multiple states

May. 27, 2024 07:51 AM EDT

VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central...

Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits Spain in pursuit of more weapons to fight Russia with

May. 27, 2024 07:31 AM EDT

MADRID (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Madrid on Monday where he was expected to sign a bilateral security agreement with Spain that will help his country fight its more than two-year war with Russia amid a recent offensive by the Kremlin’s forces. ...

100 Muslims arrested for attacking 2 Christian men on allegations of desecrating Quran in Pakistan

May. 27, 2024 07:27 AM EDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police in eastern Pakistan arrested more than 100 Muslim men and charged them under anti-terrorism laws for attacking a Christian father and son over allegations they desecrated pages of Islam’s holy book, officials said Monday. The mob went on a rampage...

EU-Israel relations take a nosedive as Spain, Ireland set to formally recognize a Palestinian state

May. 27, 2024 07:24 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Relations between the European Union and Israel took a nosedive on the eve of the diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state by EU members Ireland and Spain, with Madrid suggesting sanctions should be considered against Israel for its continued attacks in the southern Gaza city...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

May. 27, 2024 07:24 AM EDT

Austin American-Statesman. May 21, 2024. Editorial: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry and shifted the rule of law There was no rogue DA or ‘woke’ politics. The legal system played out as it should in Travis County. Then Greg Abbott overturned the...

German military officer convicted of spying for Russia, sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

May. 27, 2024 07:24 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A German court convicted a military officer of espionage Monday for passing internal documents to Russia and offering more, and sentenced him to 3 1/2 years in prison. The 54-year-old defendant, identified only as Thomas H. in line with German privacy rules, worked...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

May. 27, 2024 07:21 AM EDT

Marietta Times. May 23, 2024. Editorial: Will lawmakers learn from ruling? Ohio voters have understood for years that lawmakers in Columbus have gone power mad, seeking at every turn to claw control for themselves, rather than leave decision-making in the hands of...

A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There's little help, and some people are chained

May. 27, 2024 07:17 AM EDT

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited. One frustrated community has set up what it calls a treatment center, run by volunteers....

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

May. 27, 2024 07:17 AM EDT

Lincoln Journal Star. May 23, 2024. Editorial: DOJ findings are a people issue, not a political one Nebraska is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by unnecessarily segregating people with serious mental illnesses in assisted living facilities and day...