ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days. In neighboring Pakistan 13 people died due to heavy rains and landslides. The ruling Taliban’s appointed spokesman for Afghanistan’s State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management, said Sunday that
Continue Reading BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A senior United Nations official says a salvage team is set to begin siphoning oil out of the decaying tanker moored off the coast of Yemen. Achim Steiner, administrator of the U.N. development program, tells The Associated Press that more than 1 million barrels of oil stored
Continue Reading KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — On his 68th birthday, a white-bearded Wisconsin man won the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of Key West’s annual Hemingway Days celebration that ends Sunday. Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, prevailed Saturday night at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, a frequent hangout of Ernest Hemingway when he lived
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — The Central Bank of army-ruled Myanmar will issue a new banknote worth twice as much as the current highest denomination. It took the action as the economy has become more unstable since the generals seized power in 2021. The reason for issuing a higher denomination note of 20,000 kyats (about $9.50) was
Continue Reading By YOUCEF BOUNAB Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Neighborhoods in northeast Paris have struggled for years with the scourge of crack cocaine and its use in public. The Summer Olympics kicking off a year from Wednesday are offering an impetus to tackle the problem. Yet despite a surge in arrests and new promises of tougher
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has called for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’ countries of origin and transit. She convened a meeting of some 20 nations, EU officials and international organizations aimed at stanching flows of illegal migration. Human rights groups see the one-day summit as creating a future roadmap,
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in a hospital on Sunday after an emergency heart procedure, while opposition to his government’s contentious judicial overhaul plan reached a fever pitch and unrest gripped the country. Netanyahu’s doctors said Sunday the heart pacemaker implantation went smoothly
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Have any big plans for the upcoming week? If not, we suggest volunteering in your community. New research shows volunteering late in life may protect the brain, leading to better scores on tests of cognitive function in older adults. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue Reading By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upstream from the state capitol where lawmakers have promoted coal for more
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk said Sunday that he plans to change the logo of Twitter to an “X” from the famous blue bird, marking what would be the latest big change since he bought the social media platform for $44 billion last year. In a series of
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state media say militants shot and killed four highway policemen Sunday in the country’s southeast. The report on Sunday said the officers were on a routine mission in restive Sistan and Baluchistan province when they were “attacked by terrorists,” a reference to separatist groups. The province has witnessed multiple clashes
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT Asociated Press In many election cycles, there’s a snappy shorthand used to describe the type of voters who may help decide the winner. Think soccer moms or security moms. Even NASCAR dads. And now, the “mama bears.” These conservative mothers and grandmothers, who in recent years have organized for “parental rights,” including
Continue Reading By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroonian authorities say at least nine people were killed and nearly three dozen injured in a building collapse. A four-story building collapsed onto a smaller one early Sunday morning in Douala, the country’s economic center and largest city. Bodies are still being recovered. The military’s
Continue Reading By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroonian authorities say at least nine people were killed and nearly three dozen wounded in a building collapse. A four-story building collapsed onto a smaller one early Sunday morning in Douala, the country’s economic center and largest city. Bodies are still being recovered. The military’s
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media says five people have died and three others are missing after floods caused by heavy rain hit the eastern part of the country. China National Radio says the massive floods swept through a village in Hangzhou city and engulfed many houses on Saturday afternoon. CCTV says he rain led
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Environmentalists are cautioning Britain’s main political parties not to water down their climate change promises. It comes after a special election result that was widely seen as a thumbs-down from voters to a tax on polluting cars. The governing Conservatives suffered two heavy defeats in a trio
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers ended a four-day search for scores of people still missing after heavy monsoon rains triggered a massive landslide in a village in western India, an official said Sunday. The rescue teams recovered the bodies of 27 people killed in the Wednesday night landslide
Continue Reading By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires burned for a sixth day on three fronts, Greek authorities said on Sunday. The Ministry of Climate Change and Civil Protection said it was “the largest evacuation from a wildfire in the
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media says five people have died and three others are missing after floods caused by heavy rain hit the eastern part of the country. China National Radio said the massive floods swept through a village in Hangzhou city and engulfed many villagers’ houses on Saturday afternoon. CCTV added the rain
Continue ReadingBy Maureen Chowdhury, CNN (CNN) — It’s been over a year since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion nationwide. The opinion was one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in decades and paved the way for states to pass laws to limit or ban
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