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By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president says the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people. The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people in Zimbabwe. The association started offering it

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another hotter-than-expected update on inflation is keeping U.S. stocks in check on Friday. The S&P 500 was down 0.3% in morning trading after setting an all-time high the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 87 points lower, or 0.2%, as of 10:15 a.m.

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday that the visit set for May 23 will seek

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s armed forces have ordered an investigation into a video that purportedly depicted some of its troops carrying severed heads belonging to members of a rival paramilitary faction. In a Friday statement, the military denounced the “shocking content” of the video, which has recently gone viral on social media platforms in Sudan,

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Deliberations have resumed in the murder trial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy accused of pursuing a motorist and killing the man at his family’s home. Jason Meade, who is white, is charged with murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 killing in Columbus of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr., who

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another hotter-than-expected update on inflation is keeping U.S. stocks in check on Friday. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in early trading after setting an all-time high the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 164 points lower, or 0.4%, as of 9:37 a.m.

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A defense lawyer says the legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has appealed his convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases. Khan was sentenced to 31 years in prison on charges of corruption, revealing official secrets and violation of marriage law. The

By EMMA BURROWS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Alexei Navalny, Russia’s top opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, was buried Friday in a Moscow suburb in a funeral that drew thousands of mourners amid a heavy police presence. Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, died Feb. 16, according

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry says he immediately arranged to go to London after his father, King Charles III, called to tell him he had cancer. Harry arrived from California less than 48 hours after Buckingham Palace announced on Feb. 5 that the king had cancer and had begun treatment. “I love my family. The

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news of Navalny’s death — less than a month

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUNICH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has warned about the dangers of growing authoritarianism and isolationism. She used a speech Friday at an international security conference in Germany to repudiate Donald Trump’s worldview and his threats to renege on security guarantees for NATO allies should he return to