Nation and World
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S Korea signs $2.25 billion deal with Russia nuclear company
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has signed a 3 trillion won ($2.25 billion) contract with a Russian state-run nuclear energy company to provide components and cons...
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Germany: Man tried for grenade attack on civilians in Syria
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A man has gone on trial in Germany accused of firing a rocket-propelled grenade into a group of civilians in Syria eight years ago, killing at least seven ...
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California poised to phase out sale of new gas-powered cars
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen, an am...
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2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two Florida residents have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items stolen from President Joe Biden's daughter to the conservative gr...
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Angola anxiously watches vote counting in national election
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - LUANDA, Angola (AP) - Angolans are anxiously watching the vote counting in their election race between the ruling MPLA party and the opposition UNITA. With 86% of votes ...
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Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Trump search
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge ordered the Justice Department on Thursday to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Flo...
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Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state's Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. J...
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Labor board accuses Starbucks of pay disparity
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - A regional office of the National Labor Relations Board says Starbucks is violating U.S. labor law by withholding pay hikes and other benefits from stores that have vote...
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Scientists use stem cells to create synthetic mouse embryos
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - Scientists have created 'œsynthetic'ť mouse embryos from stem cells without a dad's sperm or a mom's egg or womb. The lab-created embryos mirror a natural mouse embryo u...
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Saudi Arabia to grant visas to World Cup ticket holders
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia will grant visas to those holding tickets to the World Cup in neighboring Qatar, the kingdom has announced. The Saudi Fo...