Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years (apnews.com)
Backers blast approved ballot language for Ohio's fall abortion amendment as misleading (apnews.com)
Among the revisions, the word “fetus” in the amendment was changed to “unborn child” in the ballot description.
Russian geneticist gets probation for DNA smuggling. Discovery of vials prompted alarm at airport (apnews.com)
Customs agents were alarmed at their discovery last August at Dulles International Airport: an undeclared cooler packed in a suitcase and filled with 10 test tubes of an unknown yellowish substance, brought to the U.S. by a woman claiming to be a Russian scientist....
Uber raises the minimum age for most California drivers to 25, saying insurance costs are too high (apnews.com)
Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state....
APNews: Fukushima's radioactive wastewater is being released in the Pacific. (apnews.com)
Philippine supply boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the hotly contested South China Sea (apnews.com)
As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal....
India becomes the fourth country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon (apnews.com)
Russia’s Putin attends BRICS summit in South Africa remotely while facing war crimes warrant (apnews.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will be notably absent when Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders from the BRICS group of emerging economies start a three-day summit in South Africa on Tuesday.
Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation (apnews.com)
Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so (apnews.com)
Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it.
Japan proposes expanding commercial whaling to fin whales, a larger species than the 3 allowed now (apnews.com)
Voices across the globe express concern over increasing arrests in Venezuela after disputed election (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Voices across the globe expressed concern Sunday over the growing number of arrests in Venezuela following last weekend’s disputed elections....
Banned governing body that’s fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history (apnews.com)
British prime minister announces policing plan to deal with violence after fatal stabbing of girls (apnews.com)
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the “tiny mindless minority” behind unrest that has plagued several cities after a horrific stabbing at a children’s dance class and vowed to put a stop to it as the 17-year-old suspect was named Thursday in part to counter misinformation blamed as one cause of...
US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela's presidential election (apnews.com)
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China adjusts restrictions on unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes (apnews.com)
BANGKOK (AP) — China says it will prohibit the export of all unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and that certain drone features will be restricted as the East Asian country faces repeated Western criticism for its stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine....
First interest rate cut in 4 years likely on the horizon as the Federal Reserve meets (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the end of their two-year fight against inflation in sight, Federal Reserve officials are likely Wednesday to set the stage for the first cut to their key interest rate in four years, a major shift in policy that could eventually lower borrowing costs for U.S. consumers and businesses....
Carter Center unable to verify Venezuela election results, blasts officials for lack of transparency (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Carter Center said it was unable to verify the results of Venezuela’s presidential election, blaming authorities for a “complete lack of transparency” in declaring Nicolas Maduro the winner without providing any individual polling tallies....
Income gap between Black and white US residents shrank between Gen Xers and millennials, study says (apnews.com)
The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millenials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations....
Michigan Supreme Court decision will likely strike hundreds from sex-offender registry (apnews.com)
Michigan’s policy of putting people on a sex-offender registry even if their crime was nonsexual is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court said Monday....
Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who visited a contested Jerusalem holy site? (apnews.com)
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that could threaten the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks....
Trump rally shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, officials say (apnews.com)
Samsung Electronics workers announce 'indefinite' strike (apnews.com)
A study finds Indonesia’s deforested land is often left idle. But some see potential in that (apnews.com)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after being felled, vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left sitting idle. And when the land is finally put to use, it’s most often for new palm oil plantations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas (apnews.com)
Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town....
