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India’s Modi announces credit worth $565 million to the Maldives and launches free trade talks
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a $565-million…
Sudan war losses by the numbers
CAIRO (AP) — More than two years have passed since Sudan plunged into a civil…
UK, French and German leaders press Israel over Gaza aid after Macron backs a Palestinian state
LONDON (AP) — The leaders of Britain, France and Germany demanded Israel allow unrestricted aid…
How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s almost time for summer’s meteor shower duet. The Southern Delta Aquariid…
In the news today: Three miners rescued from B.C. mine
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university’s new definition of antisemitism
NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Marianne Hirsch, a prominent genocide scholar at Columbia University,…
Dozens of kids and adults in Gaza have starved to death in July as hunger surges
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Five starving children at a Gaza City hospital were…
Rangers hope to flip World Series title script, and finish this regular season how they started ’23
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Chris Young is hoping that the Texas Rangers can flip the…
US and Mexico sign accord to combat Tijuana River sewage flowing across the border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific…
Psychiatrists testify in fitness hearing of man accused in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER — Two forensic psychiatrists have concluded their testimony at a hearing to determine if…
Dak Prescott is still seeking playoff success going into his 10th season with the Cowboys
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dak Prescott might be the physical embodiment of where the Dallas…
Federal health minister non-committal on signing more pharmacare deals
OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is not committing to sign pharmacare funding deals…
Tennessee sets US House special election as candidates of both major parties line up
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A December special election in Tennessee will take place to fill…
Nigeria faces hunger crisis as food needs rise across west and central Africa, UN says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for…
A timeline of sexual assault allegations against former Hockey Canada junior players
A timeline of events that led to former Canada world junior hockey team players Michael…
Parents seeking religious exemptions to school vaccines win reprieve in a West Virginia county
A West Virginia judge on Thursday allowed the children of three families in one county…
Guinness World Record’s most premature baby at 21-weeks of gestation celebrates his first birthday
A baby born at only 21 weeks of gestation last July in Iowa City, Iowa,…
Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury,…
Takeaways from AP’s report on water quality and safety at US mobile home parks
More than 50 years after the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed to assure Americans…
Explosion in northern Syria kills at least 6 people and injures dozens
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At least six people were killed and dozens injured in an…
Most US adults still support legal abortion 3 years after Roe was overturned, an AP-NORC poll finds
Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S.…
France’s new prison regime for drug kingpins shines the spotlight on a possible successor to Macron
PARIS (AP) — They are France ‘s most dangerous drug kingpins, according to the country’s…
USC top recruit Alijjah Arenas needs surgery for knee injury and will be out 6 to 8 months
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alijah Arenas ‘ college basketball career is on hold before the…
From hospital bed to hero: Bonmatí’s goal sends Spain to first Euros final
Aitana Bonmatí began the Women’s European Championship recovering from a hospital stay. On Wednesday, she…