Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia have proposed setting up facilities for hosting asylum-seekers outside the territory of the European Union, a solution they say would help stem illegal immigration they believe poses an existential threat to the bloc. Following a meeting Tuesday in Komarno, Slovakia, the three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — In a lab not far from the shores of Lake Erie, researchers are trying to learn more about the ways toxic algae can damage health. Steven Haller, a clinical researcher in the University of Toledo’s department of medicine, says his interest dates back to a scare when toxic algae
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OREGON, Ohio (AP) — Western Lake Erie is an ideal environment for the bacteria that make up algae. It’s about 30 feet deep, the shallowest part of the shallowest Great Lake, and it heats up faster when temperatures are warm. It’s also where fertilizer from farm fields throughout the basin eventually drain into
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for while also acknowledging he wished he could have written a very different book. “There is a mishmash of bits and pieces, a traditional
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global war against inflation has largely been won — and at surprisingly little cost to economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has declared. In its latest assessment of the global economy, the IMF predicted that worldwide inflation will cool from 6.7% last year to 5.8% this year and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a report released Tuesday. Women did so by traveling out of state or by having prescription abortion pills mailed to
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg will be knighted in Sweden for their role in enabling the Scandinavian country to join the world’s largest military alliance. It was a historic realignment of Europe’s post-Cold War security landscape triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Blinken and Stoltenberg
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mystery surrounding a crashed cargo plane in Sudan purportedly downed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has deepened as authorities insist the aircraft had been de-registered in Kyrgyzstan. Just who was flying the Ilyushin Il-76 at night over war-torn Darfur remains in question. The aircraft previously
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister says the Islamic State militant group’s leader in Iraq was killed in a military operation along with eight of the group’s other senior leaders. U.S. officials said two American service members were injured in the joint raid overnight Monday that was conducted by U.S. and Iraqi troops.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LABUHAN HAJI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials say about 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, are on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh, and local residents refused to allow them onto land. The blue-painted boat has been floating off
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia voters are once again expected to play a pivotal role in the presidential election on Nov. 5, even as many are focusing on recovering and rebuilding from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene. Both Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump have visited Georgia in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home. The Lee brothers are the sons of Lee Kuan Yew, modern Singapore’s founding father.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party. Traditionally, the head of state has asked the leader of the strongest party to form a government. But he dispensed with that tradition
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control center says that a new, more infectious variant of the mpox virus has been detected in Germany for the first time. The Robert Koch Institute said Tuesday the patient was infected abroad but didn’t give any further details, including on where the case was being treated. The institute said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president is hoping allies will take a more positive stance on his so-called “victory plan” after the U.S. election, but concedes that its key demand — an invitation to join NATO — is not welcome by some Western partners, in particular Germany. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said France, Britain and
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The leader of Turkey’s far-right nationalist party that’s allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the possibility Tuesday that the imprisoned leader of a militant Kurdish group could be granted parole if he renounces violence and disbands his organization. The unprecedented statement Tuesday comes amid speculation that Erdogan is seeking support
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Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she would work to bring more funds to community banks to help Latino men secure small business loans, while Republican Donald Trump’s economic roundtable aimed at Latino voters devolved into a tirade of insults against his opponent. Harris said in an interview
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies two weeks before the U.S. election. Yellen opened the IMF and World Bank annual meetings Tuesday by highlighting U.S. economic growth since
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities say they will shut nine temporary centers for asylum-seekers because the number of people seeking asylum recently has been below expectations. Switzerland has been building up refugee accommodation since 2022, putting in place 36 centers for asylum-seekers across the country. The State Secretariat for Migration said Tuesday that just over
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest species of whale in the world has increased slightly in population, encouraging conservationists and leading to a new call to protect the giant animals. The North Atlantic right whale plummeted in population in the 2010s. The whales, which are vulnerable to ship collisions and
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