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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese authorities say at least 10 people are dead after a gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan. State media reported the workers died after the roof of the Jebel Al-Ahmar gold mine, near the Egyptian border, collapsed on Thursday. It said many other miners are still missing. Some of the bodies

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Voters in small Montenegro go to the polls this weekend to choose their next president in a runoff between pro-Western incumbent Milo Djukanovic and Jakov Milatovic, a newcomer supported by the shaky governing coalition with links to neighboring Serbia. Observers say that Milatovic, as a new

BANGKOK (AP) — The World Bank says developing economies in Asia have mostly regained ground lost during the pandemic but are seeing their recoveries stall as productivity lags. A report released Friday forecasts that growth in emerging economies including China will pick up pace this year after the country relaxed pandemic restrictions on travel and

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press KUKES, Albania (AP) — Under the Albanian town of Kukes lies a vast warren of underground tunnels and a military command center, relics of the former communist regime’s fear of a foreign invasion that never came. Now, local authorities hope to turn the network into a tourist attraction, with the

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime, the culmination of a political rise defined by unprecedented scandal. The vote of a Manhattan grand jury to indict the Republican former president on charges related

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Meteorologists are urging people in parts of the Midwest and southern U.S. to be ready Friday for dangerous weather including tornadoes, saying the conditions are similar to those a week ago that unleashed a devastating twister that killed at least 21 people in

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says he will visit China this weekend for talks with his counterpart Qin Gang, becoming Japan’s first top diplomat to do so in more than three years amid growing frictions between the two countries including a recent flap over the detention of

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thirty-five bodies have been found inside a well at a Hindu temple in central India after dozens of people fell into the muddy water when the well’s cover collapsed, officials said Friday. Video of Thursday’s collapse at the temple complex in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, CARA ANNA and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — The global rivalry between the United States and China has been a recurring backdrop during Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Africa. Beijing’s influence is particularly apparent during the second and third stops in Tanzania and Zambia, where Harris arrived on

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge is scheduled to resolve a weapons-related charge against a codefendant in the case against actor Alec Baldwin for the fatal 2021 movie set shooting of a cinematographer. Prosecutors have proposed a plea agreement with safety coordinator and assistant director David Halls regarding his involvement in the western movie