JERUSALEM (AP) – More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas in the most heavily destroyed and isolated part of the Gaza Strip. AFTERMATH – Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and...
BARRIO DE LA TORRE, Spain (AP) — Crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings Thursday as residents salvaged what they could from their ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 deaths confirmed in the eastern Valencia...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and South Korea have called on China to use its influence over Russia and North Korea to prevent escalation after Pyongyang sent thousands of troops to Russia to aid Moscow's war against Ukraine. Beijing has so far stayed quiet. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County is taking on Pepsi and Coke for their role in plastic pollution. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the county alleged PepsiCo and Coca-Cola companies have misled the public about the recyclability of their plastic bottles and downplayed the negative...
PHOENIX (AP) — Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump's comment that he would protect women whether they "like it or not" shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women's rights "to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies." "I think...
Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. FILE- Hindu women light oil lamps at the Banganga pond as they celebrate Dev Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File) It is celebrated across faiths by more than a...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday some 8,000 North Korean troops are now in Russia near Ukraine's border and are preparing to join the fight against Ukrainian troops in coming days – a potentially serious escalation of the nearly 3-year-old war. FILE - A TV...
Human-caused climate change made Spain's rainfall about 12% heavier and doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week's deluge of Valencia, according to a rapid but partial analysis Thursday by World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming's...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island's east coast and northern areas, after barreling past the northern Philippines. In this photo released by Hualien County Fire Department,...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday in its first test in almost a year of a weapon designed to threaten the US mainland and occurring days ahead of the US election. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile test and was at the...
CALI, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations, scientists and governments made an urgent call Wednesday for increased funding to protect coral reefs under threat of extinction. FILE - Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 2.8% annual rate from July through September, with consumers helping drive growth despite the weight of still-high interest rates. FILE - The sun sets behind high tension power lines on Sept. 23, 2024, in the Porter Ranch section of Los...
