Not just for summer: ‘Brat’ is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year
LONDON (AP) — Collins Dictionary has declared “brat” – the album title that became a summer-living ideal – its 2024 word of the year. The word, used by singer Charli XCX as the title of her sixth...
View ArticleReport: North Koreans fighting for Russia have engaged Ukraine troops
Illia Novikov | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor,...
View ArticleFamilies hold out hope for flood survivors in Spain
By Hernan Munoz and Joseph Wilson | Associated Press SEDAVI, Spain — Francisco Murgui went out to try to salvage his motorbike when the water started to rise. He never came back. One week after...
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Netanyahu fires Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, protests erupt across...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is embroiled in wars on...
View ArticleWestern officials point to Russian involvement in cargo plane plot
By Vanessa Gera | Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Western security officials suspect Russian intelligence was behind a plot to put incendiary devices in packages on cargo planes headed to North...
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Stocks and bitcoin jump after Trump’s victory. So do worries about inflation...
By STAN CHOE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market, Elon Musk’s Tesla, banks and bitcoin all stormed higher Wednesday as investors made bets on what Donald Trump’s return to the White...
View ArticleIran’s currency falls to an all-time low as Trump clinches the US presidency
By AMIR VAHDAT and NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s currency fell on Wednesday to an all-time low as Donald Trump clinched the U.S. presidency again, signaling new challenges...
View ArticleGlobal leaders congratulate Trump, but his victory looks set to roil the...
By Jill Lawless, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The verdict of U.S. voters was more decisive than most pollsters and pundits had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of Donald...
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On Ukraine’s front and in Kyiv, hope and pragmatism compete when it comes to...
By LORI HINNANT and YEHOR KONOVALOV KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Soldiers in a Ukrainian artillery battery on the front lines in the country’s east were only vaguely aware Wednesday of American election...
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Trump promises to bring lasting peace to a tumultuous Middle East. But fixing...
By TIA GOLDENBERG TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Donald Trump will return to the U.S. presidency at a time of unprecedented conflict and uncertainty in the Middle East. He has vowed to fix it. But Trump’s...
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