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Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut

Sep. 21, 2023 00:26 AM EDT

ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the private who had called him “brother” — a man known as Courier. Courier knew the...

Canada gets muted allied support after alleging India may have been involved in killing of Canadian

Sep. 21, 2023 00:04 AM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood up in Parliament and said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen, the muted international response offered a lesson in modern geopolitics. India, it seems, may be too powerful to alienate. ...

Under pressure over border, Biden administration to protect hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

Sep. 20, 2023 21:29 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday that it was granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country — quickly making them eligible to work — as it grapples with growing numbers of people fleeing the South American...

Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap

Sep. 21, 2023 00:23 AM EDT

HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of migrants riding atop railway cars in Mexico this week or waiting in mile-long lines by the tracks to hitch a ride to the U.S. have triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains. ...

Behind all the speechmaking at the UN lies a basic, unspoken question: Is the world governable?

Sep. 20, 2023 19:04 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Work together. Go it alone. The apocalypse is at hand. But the future can be bright. The squabbles never cease, yet here are human beings from all across the world — hashing out conflicts with words and processes, convening under one roof, trying to write the next chapter...

A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances

Sep. 21, 2023 00:09 AM EDT

HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — Yolanda Fraser is back near a ragged chain-link fence, blinking through tears as she tidies up flowers and ribbons and a pinwheel twirls in the breeze at a makeshift roadside memorial in a small Montana town. This is where the badly decomposed body of her...

Officers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of 'I can't breathe,' prosecutors say

Sep. 20, 2023 21:07 PM EDT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas of “I can’t breathe” before the Black man was injected by paramedics with a powerful sedative and died, prosecutors said Wednesday, as a trial began over the 2019 confrontation...

No Labels push in closely divided Arizona fuels Democratic anxiety about a Biden spoiler

Sep. 21, 2023 00:09 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — More than 15,000 people in Arizona have registered to join a new political party floating a possible bipartisan “unity ticket” against Joe Biden and Donald Trump. While that's less than the population of each of the state’s 40 largest cities, it's still a...

Texas AG Ken Paxton attacks rivals, doesn't rule out US Senate run in first remarks since acquittal

Sep. 20, 2023 23:49 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attacked his Republican rivals and displayed an openness to challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in 2026 while speaking out Wednesday for the first time since his acquittal on corruption charges at his impeachment trial. He did...

Jeep maker Stellantis makes a new contract offer as auto workers prepare to expand their strike

Sep. 20, 2023 20:34 PM EDT

General Motors and Stellantis announced fresh layoffs Wednesday that they blamed on damage from the United Auto Workers strike, and the labor standoff grew more tense just two days before the union was expected to call for new walkouts. Stellantis provided a glimmer of hope for a...

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Stock market today: World shares track Wall Street's slump after Fed says rates may stay high in '24

Sep. 21, 2023 04:49 AM EDT

World shares have declined, echoing a slump on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next year by as much as it earlier thought. Benchmarks fell by 1% or more in Paris, Tokyo, Sydney and Hong Kong. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices also were...

Talks have opened on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan claims full control of the region

Sep. 21, 2023 04:48 AM EDT

Representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azerbaijan government are meeting for talks Thursday to discuss the future of the breakaway region Azerbaijan claims to fully control following a military offensive this week. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and the Azerbaijan State News...

India suspends visa services in Canada and rift widens over killing of Canadian citizen

Sep. 21, 2023 04:45 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's visa processing center in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Canada's leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Parliament on Monday that...

Gas explosion and fire at highway construction site in Romania kills 4 and injures 5

Sep. 21, 2023 04:33 AM EDT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A gas explosion at a highway construction site in Romania early Thursday killed four people and injured five, emergency authorities said. The blast happened around 1 a.m. near the eastern town of Calimanesti, said the emergency office in a statement. ...

Kenya's president is committing his country to lead a multinational force to Haiti to combat gangs

Sep. 21, 2023 04:28 AM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president committed his country to leading a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare even as residents of both countries question the plan being pushed by the United States government. President William Ruto spoke Wednesday at a ceremony...

3 South Africa navy personnel die after they are swept off a submarine deck during supply operation

Sep. 21, 2023 04:26 AM EDT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three South African navy personnel died and a senior officer was in a critical condition after seven crew members of a submarine were swept off its deck by big sea waves as a helicopter attempted a "vertical transfer" of supplies, the Department of Defence said...

Singapore police uncover more gold bars, watches and other assets from money laundering scheme

Sep. 21, 2023 04:16 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore police uncovered more luxury watches, gold bars and other assets from a massive money laundering scheme that was busted last month, they said, bringing the total amount of assets seized or frozen to 2.4 billion Singapore dollars ($1.75 billion). ...

India's visa processing center in Canada says it's suspending visa services on New Delhi's order as bilateral rift grows

Sep. 21, 2023 04:08 AM EDT
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's visa processing center in Canada says it's suspending visa services on New Delhi's order as bilateral rift grows.

Russia strikes cities from east to west Ukraine, starting fires and killing at least 2

Sep. 21, 2023 03:41 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles pounded cities across Ukraine early Thursday morning, according to Ukrainian authorities, starting fires, killing at least two people and trapping others under rubble. The early morning missile attack was Russia’s largest in over a month, and...

King Charles III is to visit fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral on day 2 of his visit to France

Sep. 21, 2023 03:10 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — King Charles III is to address French lawmakers, meet with sports groups in the northern suburbs of Paris and pay a visit to fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral Thursday, on the second day of his state visit to France. The first day of Charles and Camilla’s trip...