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Editorial Roundup: United States

Mar. 18, 2024 15:16 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: March 14 The Washington Post on a step toward lower, more transparent Medicare payments As if to prove that every rule has an exception, the usually dysfunctional Republican-majority House...

The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration

Mar. 17, 2024 20:26 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — The European Union on Sunday announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8 billion) aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores. The deal, which drew criticism from...

African Development Bank chief criticizes opaque loans tied to Africa's natural resources

Mar. 15, 2024 18:09 PM EDT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent's rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car batteries. “They are just bad, first and foremost, because you...

European charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard

Mar. 15, 2024 11:21 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — The European charity ship Ocean Viking said Friday it rescued another 135 migrants, including a pregnant woman and eight children, from a double-decker boat in Maltese search-and-rescue waters. In total, the vessel operated by the humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee...

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Mar. 15, 2024 02:54 AM EDT

March 8–14, 2024 An Honor Guard gives a little girl flowers on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, and women wear masks during a Women’s Day protest in Madrid, Spain. Aid packages of rice and flour are transported to Gaza from Larnaca, Cyprus. Trains are parked...

Internet outage hits several African countries as undersea cables fail

Mar. 14, 2024 22:56 PM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A dozen countries across Africa suffered a major internet outage on Thursday as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures, network operators and internet watch groups said. The MTN Group, one of Africa’s largest network providers, said the...

Dozens more migrants reach a Greek island south of Crete as smugglers seek new routes

Mar. 13, 2024 18:14 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A boat carrying 91 migrants has reached a small island south of Crete that is seeing a spike in the arrival of people attempting the long and dangerous crossing from Africa, Greek authorities said Wednesday. A coast guard statement said the migrants, who were...

In ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ film, what's his faith? And why is marijuana deemed holy to the Rastafari?

Mar. 13, 2024 13:27 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” has been a box-office hit in the United States and several other countries. The film, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, is focused on the Rastafari legend’s story during the making of his 1977 album “Exodus” while leading up to a momentous...

Cole Brauer becomes first American woman to race sailboat alone and nonstop around world

Mar. 08, 2024 16:22 PM EST

A CORUNA, Spain (AP) — Alone, Cole Brauer braved three oceans and the elements as she navigated her sailboat for months. When she and her 40-foot (12.2-meter) sailboat arrived Thursday in A Coruna, Spain, the 29-year-old became the first American woman to race nonstop around the...

Why schoolchildren are being abducted in northern Nigeria amid the region's security crisis

Mar. 08, 2024 13:25 PM EST

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The kidnapping of 287 grade school students by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria this week was only the latest in a slew of such raids since the infamous Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram a decade ago. Around 1500 students...