AP National News

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The two top officials of Hungary’s meteorological service were fired Monday after an inaccurate rain forecast prompted the postponement of a fireworks display on the country’s most important national holiday. The firings of the head and deputy head of the National Meteorological Service prompted accusations of

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says that members of his Cabinet have enough confidence in each other to keep working together as Dutch lawmakers broke into their summer vacations to debate the government’s contentious plans to slash nitrogen emissions that have sparked angry protests by

CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese official says the death toll from flash floods across the country since the start of the rainy season has climbed to at least 83. The downpours continue to inundate villages across the east African nation. The spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense said on Tuesday that at least

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Tuesday amid speculation about another interest rate raise by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Benchmarks in Asia finished lower in Japan, Australia, South Korea and China, but European indexes were mixed, rising in France and Germany while falling in Britain. Oil prices rose.

By ADRIANA MORGA The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Whether you want to pay off debt, start a rainy day fund or save for a family trip, budgeting is the first step toward reaching your financial goals. Colleen McCreary of Credit Karma says creating a budget is a lot like trying to eat better

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are rallying in Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone amid a monthslong political crisis. The protesters on Tuesday demonstrated outside the Supreme Judicial Council and parliament buildings, demanding the dissolution of parliament and early elections. Al-Sadr and his political

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani government is stepping up pressure on former Prime Minister Imran Khan who has been rallying across the country, seeking to return to office. An Islamabad court is ready to launch contempt proceedings over Khan’s verbal threats to a judge at a weekend rally, which could

By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On the eve of Ukraine’s independence day and the half-year mark of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, there was increasing unease in the country on Tuesday that Moscow could be focusing on specific government and civilian targets during the holiday. The United States reinforced those concerns

By EILEEN NG Associated Press PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak lost his final appeal on Tuesday in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund, with the top court unanimously upholding his conviction and 12-year prison sentence. The loss means Najib will have to begin serving his

By ALEXANDRE NHAMPOSSA and TOM GOULD Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — A new offensive by Mozambique’s Islamic extremist rebels in the embattled northern province of Cabo Delgado has increased the number of displaced by 80,000 and undermines the government’s claims of containing the insurgency.   The rebels’ drive began on June 5 following a

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The publisher of a controversial new textbook in Poland says it is removing a passage on human fertility that many interpreted as being about in vitro fertilization and which caused widespread offense. The publishing house, Bialy Kruk, said Monday that that it disagreed with the criticism and the “wrong interpretation” of

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Another significant section of the devastated Beirut Port silos collapsed on Tuesday morning in a cloud of dust. No injuries were reported — the area had been long evacuated — but the collapse was another painful reminder of the horrific August 2020 explosion. The collapse left the

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press IMBABA, Egypt (AP) — For Mariam Habeib, the grief seems never ending: She lost her older sister, two nieces and a niece’s three young children in an intense fire that engulfed a church in Egypt’s capital during a recent service and killed 41 people. The Coptic Christian community is one

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president invoked an armed conflict from 1958 as an example of the island’s resolve to defend itself as she met with more foreign visitors amid the highest tensions with China in decades. U.S. policy researchers and Japanese lawmakers are the latest visiting delegations. They met

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press IMBABA, Egypt (AP) — For Mariam Habeib, the grief seems never ending: She lost her older sister, two nieces and a niece’s three young children in an intense fire that engulfed a church in Egypt’s capital during a recent service and killed 41 people. The Coptic Christian community is one

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — At Moscow’s sprawling Izmailovsky outdoor souvenir market, shoppers can find cups and T-shirts commemorating Russia’s deployment of troops into Ukraine — but from the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. There’s nothing about the “special military operation” that began six months ago. Throughout the capital, there are