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UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by...
Jurors will resume deliberations in federal gun case against President Joe Biden's son Hunter
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors will resume deliberations Tuesday in the criminal case against President Joe Biden's son over a gun Hunter Biden bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour before...
Biden and gun-control advocates want to flip an issue long dominated by the NRA
ATLANTA (AP) — Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootings at schools and other public places, to say nothing of the nation's daily gun violence. Now, gun-control advocates and many...
In Italy's Puglia region, women take the lead in challenging the local mafia at great personal risk
LECCE, Italy (AP) — It was a scene straight out of “The Godfather.” On the night of Feb. 1, a bloody goat head with a butcher’s knife through it was left on the doorstep of Judge Francesca Mariano’s home in southern Italy, with note beside it reading, “like this.” ...
These candidates who won seats in the European Parliament this week aren't who you might expect
LONDON (AP) — He has no political experience. No high-profile endorsements. No party affiliation. What Fidias Panayiotou does have are 2.6 million followers on YouTube and more on TikTok. And now he has won a seat in the European Parliament representing Cyprus, one of several...
UK's glum Conservatives try to shift the mood with election promises as polling day nears
LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak doesn’t know whether he’ll still be Britain’s prime minister the day after next month’s election. There’s nothing unusual about that. What is unusual is that he’s been forced to deny rumors he could quit even before polling day, amid alarm...
Soldiers, police and forest rangers continue search for missing plane carrying Malawi vice president
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Soldiers, police officers and forest rangers continued to search Tuesday for a missing military plane carrying Malawi's vice president, a former first lady and eight others that is suspected to have crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country. ...
A brew of ancient coca is Bolivia's buzzy new beer. But it's unclear if the world will buy in
TRINIDAD PAMPA, Bolivia (AP) — If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab. But this is La Paz, Bolivia, and the fruity aroma of coca steeping in barrels signals that...
A growing Filipino diaspora means plenty of celebration worldwide for Philippine Independence Day
In the Philippines — where Spanish and later U.S. colonial rule persisted for nearly four centuries — June 12 is the real Independence Day. That date in 1898 was the pivotal moment when the island nation first made a bold move for autonomy. Ahead of this year's holiday in...
Attraction starring Disney's first Black princess replaces ride based on film many viewed as racist
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new attraction starring the first Black Disney princess is opening at the company’s U.S. theme park resorts, and some Disney followers see it as a fitting replacement to a former ride based on a movie that contained racist tropes. The new theme park...
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US lifts weapons ban on a high-profile Ukrainian military unit with a checkered past
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. has removed restrictions on the transfer of American weapons and training to a high-profile Ukrainian military unit with a checkered past, the State Department said on Tuesday. The move will help the Azov Brigade, among Ukraine's most effective and...
Why Germany's 2006 World Cup patriotic fervor is unlikely to repeat at Euro 2024
BERLIN (AP) — When Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup, it unleashed an unexpected burst of national pride across the country. For many Germans, it was the first time they felt they could wave the flag unburdened by the country’s dark past. As Germany gets ready to host another...
UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by...
UK's glum Conservatives try to shift the mood with election promises as polling day nears
LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak doesn’t know whether he’ll still be Britain’s prime minister the day after next month’s election. There’s nothing unusual about that. What is unusual is that he’s been forced to deny rumors he could quit even before polling day, amid alarm...
Germany hosts recovery conference for Ukraine before a peace summit in Switzerland
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is hosting a conference on Tuesday to gather support for Ukraine's recovery from the destruction wreaked by Russia's war, sending a new signal of solidarity with Kyiv at the start of a week of intense diplomacy. The two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference in...
4 US college instructors teaching at Chinese university are attacked at a public park
BEIJING (AP) — Four instructors from Iowa's Cornell College teaching at Beihua University in northeastern China were attacked in a public park, reportedly with a knife, officials at the U.S. school and the State Department said. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday...
Soldiers, police and forest rangers continue search for missing plane carrying Malawi vice president
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Soldiers, police officers and forest rangers continued to search Tuesday for a missing military plane carrying Malawi's vice president, a former first lady and eight others that is suspected to have crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country. ...
Taiwan investigates how a Chinese fishing boat managed to enter a strategic river mouth
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese authorities are investigating how an alleged former Chinese naval officer sailed a small boat into a strategic river mouth that leads to the capital of the self-governing island republic. The small boat was detected off the coast but apparently was...
Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed ahead of this week's Fed meeting
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday in a busy week with several top-tier reports on U.S. inflation due along with a policy meeting of the Federal Reserve. U.S. futures and oil prices fell. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index was up 0.1% at 39,092.32 as...
The Latest | Hamas commander killed in West Bank clash
Hamas said that one of its commanders in the occupied West Bank was killed in a clash with Israeli forces, while Israel said four soldiers were killed in an explosion in Rafah. In a statement released late Monday, Hamas said Mohammed Jaber Abdo was killed along with three other...
