French children hail D-Day veterans as heroes as they arrive in Normandy for...
DEAUVILLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — ‘’To our forever heroes: Thank you'' — those words inscribed by French schoolchildren on a big poster greeted dozens of U.S. World War II veterans, many in their 100s,...
View ArticleIndia begins counting votes in marathon election expected to bring Prime...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Tuesday began counting more than 640 million votes in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third...
View ArticleThe Latest | India counts votes from a mega-election seen as a referendum on...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Tuesday started counting votes from its staggered, six-week election that was seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decade in power and was expected to give...
View ArticleUK military horses injured after bolting across London in April 'recovering...
LONDON (AP) — The five military horses that bolted and injured themselves as they ran loose through central London in April are all expected to return to duty, the British Army said Tuesday, with...
View ArticleAmanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old...
MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all. The opportunity for Knox,...
View ArticleSlovenia becomes latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state...
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday after its parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the move, following in the recent steps of three other European...
View ArticleA new study finds Earth is warming at a record rate, but no evidence of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds Earth is warming at a record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating.
View ArticleHow Biden's new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold that he deems excessive. The measure takes...
View ArticleAs Gaza hostage crisis drags on for Israel, here's what we know
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's announcement that four more hostages died in Hamas captivity, including three men in their 80s, stoked fears that time is running out for captives in Gaza who are still...
View ArticleHouse passes proposal sanctioning top war-crimes court after it sought...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court for requesting arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other...
View ArticleSilence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of...
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing's Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong police...
View ArticleIn France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of...
CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler's forces couldn't help but notice the hungry French boy by the...
View ArticleIsraeli nationalists march in Jerusalem as a far-right minister boasts of...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of ultranationalist Israelis marched through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem on Wednesday in an annual procession, chanting racist slogans as the country’s...
View ArticleThe first Black leader of Wales loses a no-confidence vote but says he won't...
LONDON (AP) — The first minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, lost a no-confidence vote in the Welsh parliament on Wednesday, less than three months after he made history as the first Black leader of a...
View ArticleThe Latest | Israeli troops launch attacks in central Gaza, possibly widening...
The Israeli military said it has “operational control” over two areas of central Gaza as it carries out ground incursions and airstrikes in a possible broadening of its monthslong war against Hamas....
View ArticleUN nuclear agency's board votes to censure Iran for failing to cooperate...
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board on Wednesday censured Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, diplomats said, calling on Tehran to provide answers in a long-running...
View ArticleAt least 4 people killed, 23 injured after trains collide in the Czech...
PRAGUE (AP) — A passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 23 others, officials said early Thursday. Interior Minister Vít...
View ArticlePutin warns that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to...
View ArticleSouth Korean group flies propaganda leaflets across border following North's...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean activists’ group said Thursday it flew large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, although the North has threatened to send more balloons...
View ArticleIndia’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to the national election as too weak and fragmented to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his...
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