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Women’s rights activists rally in Belgium fearing US plans for birth control supplies
BRUSSELS (AP) — Dozens of women’s rights activists rallied Thursday near the U.S. Embassy in…
Pakistanis displaced by flooding in Punjab return to find homes and crops destroyed
KHANEWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Most of the 2.6 million people displaced by record floods in…
Syria’s foreign minister is in Washington for the first visit by a Damascus official in 25 years
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister was in Washington on Thursday, kicking off the…
Israel’s culture minister cuts funding for prestigious film awards, saying winner defames soldiers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s culture minister has cut funding for the country’s most prestigious film…
Back on track after her four-year ‘Burrito Ban,’ Shelby Houlihan looks to make up for lost time
TOKYO (AP) — For stretches of her four long years in running purgatory, the poster…
US deportees sue the Ghanaian authorities as competing claims swirl about their location
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S.…
Former world champion sprinter Fred Kerley set to join no-testing Enhanced Games
TOKYO (AP) — Former world sprint champion Fred Kerley has become the first track athlete…
Maldives leader ratifies controversial law targeting journalists and media outlets
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on Thursday ratified a controversial new media…
China’s defense minister renews threats to take over Taiwan as he opens security forum
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s defense minister renewed threats that his country would take over…
One of the rarest birds in the world finds a city sanctuary in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — Critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos found an unexpected sanctuary among Hong Kong…
South Korean investigators seek arrest of leader of Unification Church in probe of ex-first lady
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators said Thursday that they have requested an…
Australia targets at least 62% emissions cut in the next decade
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday set a new target of reducing its greenhouse…
Photos show Ghana’s female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice
TSOKOMEY, Ghana (AP) — In Ghana’s coastal mangroves, women are making efforts to sustain oyster…
In coastal Ghana, female oyster farmers try to save an old practice threatened by climate change
TSOKOMEY, Ghana (AP) — Beatrice Nutekpor weaves through the mangroves in Tsokomey community, just outside…
Despair deepens for a Palestinian family forced to flee across Gaza yet again
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Exhaustion, despair and anger are grinding away at Ne’man…
China says it wants to protect coral reefs in the South China Sea. Experts are doubtful
China’s declaration of a nature reserve in the South China Sea is the latest twist…
Anthony Roth Costanzo, who introduced $11 tickets, brings opera with a difference to Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Anthony Roth Costanzo, the man who brought $11 opera tickets to Philadelphia,…
Robert Caro reflects on childhood as he receives New York Historical’s Historians’ Laureate Medal
NEW YORK (AP) — Receiving an award from one of Manhattan’s oldest cultural institutions, The…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
What the Fed rate cut will mean for your finances NEW YORK (AP) — The…
3 police officers killed and 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting
NORTH CODORUS, Pa. (AP) — Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday…
Harris says Buttigieg was her ‘first choice’ for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg…
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments…
House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk
The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the…
Portland to issue land use violation notice to ICE building for allegedly breaching detention limits
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland, Oregon, said Wednesday it will issue a land use violation…