Authors Jesmyn Ward and James McBride are among the nominees for the 10th annual...
NEW YORK (AP) — Novels by Jesmyn Ward and James McBride and story collections by Jamal Brinkley and Kelly Link are among the finalists...
Gabon’s wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa’s trend of coups. He might...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world....
Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it’s safe after nuclear plant wastewater is...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers ate Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting Wednesday, in an apparent...
CNN names Mark Thompson, former BBC and New York Times executive, as its new...
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is bringing in a former chief executive of the BBC and The New York Times in an attempt to...
Indonesia arrests 88 Chinese nationals in online romance scams
BATAM, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said Wednesday they have arrested 88 Chinese citizens for involvement in a cross-border telephone and online romance scam...
US economic growth for last quarter is revised down to a 2.1% annual rate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher...
Palestinians clash with own security forces in a West Bank refugee camp, leaving 1...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Fighting erupted in a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank Wednesday between Palestinians and their own security forces, Palestinian...
Hollywood’s working class turns to nonprofit funds to make ends meet during the strike
NEW YORK (AP) — Shawn Batey was sweating in the August sun on the 100th day of the writers strike, carrying her “IATSE Solidarity”...
Revelers hurl tomatoes at each other and streets awash in red pulp in Spanish...
BUÑOL, Spain (AP) — Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, pasted each other with tomatoes Wednesday as Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle took place...
Germany’s Scholz pledges less infighting as his government works to boost the economy
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged on Wednesday that his government will tone down frequent public infighting that has weighed it down...
