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Inflation drops to 3% and Biden hopes to turn a weakness with voters into a strength

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 5:13 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The politics of inflation took a sharp turn Wednesday with a report showing consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since the early months of Joe Biden's presidency. Republicans have hammered Biden over the cost of...

3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on debt interest than education, UN says

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 3:48 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Some 3.3 billion people – almost half of humanity – now live in countries that spend more money paying interest on their debts than on education or health, according to a new United Nations report...

Police say there's no sign of crime by BBC anchor who allegedly paid teen for sexual photos

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 2:46 PM

LONDON (AP) — There's no evidence a BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos committed a crime, London police said Wednesday as the broadcaster's wife publicly identified him for the first time as...

Former Mozambique finance minister extradited to US to face trial over $2 billion scandal

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 11:48 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A former Mozambique finance minister who has been held in prison in South Africa for nearly five years was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face a fraud and corruption trial over a $2 billion scandal involving...

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 10:05 AM

LONDON (AP) — Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country's...

Be wary of scams as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, experts warn

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 9:48 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon Prime Day is here. And, once again, experts are warning consumers of scams. Scams targeting online shoppers — often by impersonating companies like Amazon and other major retailers — are nothing...

Follower of cult leader Charles Manson released from prison after 53 years

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 12:13 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison on Tuesday after serving more than 50 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders. Van Houten “was released to parole...

Police probing death of young woman on Carnival Monday

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 12:12 AM

KINGSTOWN (CMC): Police are investigating the death of a 26 year-old woman, whose body was found with apparent chop wounds inside her family home on Carnival Monday. The authorities have identified her as Sherol Lenteria Phyllis Knights, and in a...

UN warns its development goals for 2030 are in trouble

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 12:12 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP): In a grim report, the UN warned on Monday that at the current rate of global progress, 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty and 84 million children won’t be going to school in 2030 – and it will take 286...

Jury decides 2014 document found in Aretha Franklin's couch is a valid will

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 6:05 PM

PONTIAC, Michigan (AP) — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other...

UK gov't in face-off with House of Lords over contentious migration bill

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 1:58 PM

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom government watered down some parts of its controversial immigration legislation on Tuesday in a bid to get the bill through Parliament. The Illegal Migration Bill, once passed, would require...

Test scores show American students slipping further behind despite recovery efforts

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 12:18 PM

Students across the United States fell further behind academically last school year despite extensive efforts to help them recover from pandemic learning setbacks, according to an analysis of test scores released Tuesday. The study by the research...

Thailand’s prime minister, who seized power in 2014 coup, quits politics after losing election

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 11:45 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who served almost nine years in office after seizing power in a 2014 military coup, said Tuesday that he is leaving politics. His announcement came after the political party for...

UN warns 2030 development goals are in trouble, 575 million people will remain very poor

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 10:30 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a grim report, the United Nations warned Monday that at the current rate of global progress, 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty and 84 million children won't be going to school in 2030...

Mercenary leader meets Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledges loyalty

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 12:08 AM

AP: Just five days after staging a short-lived rebellion, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s commanders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pledged loyalty to the government, a senior government spokesman said on Monday, the latest twist...

Caribbean leaders criticise US sanctions against Venezuela

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 12:07 AM

GEORGETOWN (AP): Caribbean leaders on Friday denounced US economic sanctions against oil-rich Venezuela, saying they’ve been forced to buy costlier petroleum elsewhere as they struggle with tight budgets. Members of CARICOM called for the removal...

Trinidad on a quest for more diverse hairstyles at schools after outcry

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 12:07 AM

SAN JUAN (AP): GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS are pushing to relax hair codes at schools in Trinidad and Tobago following a recent public outcry over nearly two dozen students who didn’t receive their high-school diploma because they wore Afros, cornrows and...

US military police find missing 14-year-old girl in barracks on California Marine Corps base

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 8:22 PM

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two weeks after a 14-year-old girl's grandmother reported that she had run away in early June, the teenager was found in an unusual location: Inside the barracks at a California Marine Corps base north of San Diego....

Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed by another inmate at federal prison

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 5:58 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate at a federal prison in Florida that is experiencing staffing...

Libyan court jails 38 human traffickers over deaths of 11 Europe-bound migrants at sea

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 3:28 PM

CAIRO (AP) — A court in eastern Libya sentenced five people to life in prison after they were convicted of human trafficking over the deaths of 11 migrants who were on a rickety boat trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the office of...

As China struggles with heat, flooding and drought, employers ordered to limit outdoor work

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 1:09 PM

BEIJING (AP) — Employers across much of China were ordered Monday to limit outdoor work due to scorching temperatures, while the east and southwest were warned to prepare for torrential rain as the country struggled with heat, flooding and...

Scotland wants to decriminalise drugs for personal use, UK gov't says no

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 9:53 AM

LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government has proposed decriminalising possession of all drugs for personal use to tackle one of Europe's highest overdose death rates. The suggestion was almost instantly blocked by the Conservative United...

Gunman on scooter charged with murder for series of New York City shootings

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 8:21 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn man accused of killing an 86-year-old and injuring three other men in a series of shootings while riding a scooter in New York City is charged with murder and attempted murder, police said Sunday. In all, six...

Hundreds pay their respects to Srebrenica massacre victims

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 12:13 AM

SARAJEVO, (AP) Hundreds lined the Bosnian capital’s main street Sunday as a truck carrying 30 coffins passed on its way to Srebrenica, where newly identified victims of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II will be buried on...

Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 12:13 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Francis on Sunday announced he has chosen 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong, places where Catholics are a small minority, as he continues to leave his mark on the body of churchmen who will...

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