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Montana miner to lay off hundreds due to declining palladium prices
NYE, Mont. (AP) — The owner of the only platinum and palladium mines in the U.S. announced Thursday it plans to lay off hundreds of employees in Montana due to declining prices for palladium, which is used in catalytic converters. The price of the precious metal was about $2,300 an...
Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has launched a counteroffensive in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukraine's forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II, Ukraine's president said Thursday. ...
Black rights activists convicted of conspiracy, not guilty of acting as Russian agents
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Four Black rights activists were convicted Thursday in Florida federal court of conspiring to act as unregistered Russian agents. Jurors deliberated all day Wednesday and returned the guilty verdicts late Thursday morning, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The...
China's Xi Jinping to visit Russia next month for the BRICS summit
MOSCOW (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia next month for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed Thursday, a move that comes as Moscow and Beijing seek to counter the West’s global influence. Xi's visit to...
The debate opened voters' eyes in suburban Philadelphia and Harris is getting a closer look
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — The presidential debate this week was the final affront to Rosie Torres' lifelong Republicanism. She said her allegiance to Donald Trump, already strained by his stand on abortion, snapped in the former president's “eye opener” encounter with Kamala Harris. ...
A trial begins for lawyers who once represented the Kremlin's late foe Alexei Navalny
PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) — Three lawyers who once represented the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny went on trial Thursday in Russia, part of the Kremlin's unrelenting crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times. Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei...
Trump insists Russia's war should end. But he won't say if he wants Ukraine to win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump spoke heatedly in the presidential debate about wanting Russia's war in Ukraine to be over — but twice refused to directly answer a question about whether he wanted U.S. ally Ukraine to win. Trump also falsely claimed Tuesday that...
The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked, turning for help to his foe in the West. Officials from Central African...
Takeaways from AP's report on Russian and U.S. influence in Central African Republic
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — In the wake of Russian mercenary leaderYevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion, a deal was struck between a private U.S. security firm and Central African Republic, a nation where his shadowy Wagner Group has long been a fixture. The move sparked backlash and...
A woman is killed near Moscow after more than 140 Ukrainian drones target Russia, officials say
Over 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and surrounding areas, killing at least one person and injuring eight, officials said Tuesday, in one of the biggest drone attacks on Russian soil in the 2 1/2-year war. A woman died in the town...
