Gates Foundation takes on poverty in the U.S. with $100 million commitment
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska (AP) — In recent years, city leaders in Grand Island, Nebraska, observed that many workers and students were walking or biking...
AP Election Brief | What to expect in Houston’s mayoral runoff election
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s down to two candidates in the race to lead the nation’s fourth-largest city. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state...
Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion; at least 3 dead in separate...
VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The president of Seychelles declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a huge blast at an explosives depot and...
Live updates | Widening Israeli offensive in southern Gaza worsens dire humanitarian conditions
The Israeli military hit Rafah in southern Gaza twice overnight, residents said, as United Nations officials warned there are no safe places left in...
Ex-UK leader Boris Johnson rejects notion he wanted to let COVID-19 ‘rip’ through the...
LONDON (AP) — Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in sometimes angry testimony to Britain’s inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday defended himself against...
Chinese navy ships are first to dock at new pier at Cambodian naval base...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Chinese naval vessels have become the first ships to dock at a new pier at a Cambodian naval base...
Strikes on Gaza’s southern edge sow fear in one of the last areas to...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces struck the southern Gaza town of Rafah twice overnight, residents said Thursday, sowing fear in one of...
UK leader Rishi Sunak faces a Conservative crisis over his blocked plan to send...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was struggling to avert a leadership crisis on Thursday after his plan to revive a blocked...
Turkish, Greek leaders signal markedly improved ties between the two NATO allies
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After several years of strained relations that raised tensions to alarming levels, longtime regional rivals Greece and Turkey made a...
Former Polish President Lech Walesa, 80, says he is better but remains hospitalized with...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lech Walesa, Poland's 80-year-old former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, said Thursday that he is improving after being hospitalized...