After castigating video games during riots, France’s Macron backpedals and showers them with praise
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games to rioting that rocked...
EU pledges crackdown on ‘brutal’ migrant smuggling during visit to overwhelmed Italian island
MILAN (AP) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of “irregular” migrants to their home countries and a crackdown...
Chinese police detain wealth management staff at the heavily indebted developer Evergrande
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Police in a southern Chinese city said they have detained some staff at China Evergrande Group’s wealth management unit in...
UN committee votes to list ruins near ancient Jericho as a World Heritage Site...
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — A U.N. conference voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a...
Texas AG Ken Paxton is back on job after acquittal but Republicans aren’t done...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Newly acquitted of impeachment charges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is back on the job and getting back to the...
Zimbabwe’s reelected president says there’s democracy. But beating and torture allegations emerge
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Barely a week after being elected as a local councilor for Zimbabwe's main opposition party, Womberaiishe Nhende and a relative...
South Korea’s Yoon warns against Russia-North Korea military cooperation and plans to discuss at...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said the international community “will unite more tightly” to cope with deepening military cooperation between Russia...
For a divided Libya, disastrous floods have become a rallying cry for unity
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Zahra el-Gerbi wasn't expecting much of a response to her online fundraiser, but she felt she had to do something...
Low Mississippi River limits barges just as farmers want to move their crops downriver
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing...
Atlantic storm Lee delivers high winds and rain before forecasters call off warnings in...
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee made landfall at near-hurricane strength Saturday, bringing destructive winds, rough surf and torrential rains to New...