Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota (apnews.com)
A week after an alleged coup attempt in Bolivia, confusion and conspiracy theories reign (apnews.com)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A plan to stage a coup against Bolivia’s president was not what Gen. Tomás Peña y Lillo was expecting when he entered the military headquarters in La Paz last Wednesday....
Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)
SAO PAULO (AP) — The indictment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation, with more potentially in store....
Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar’s civil war (apnews.com)
BANGKOK (AP) — New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war....
Man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison (apnews.com)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader in the neck earlier this year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday, court officials said....
Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize (apnews.com)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In parts of Afghanistan where there are no street names or house numbers, utility companies and their customers have adopted a creative approach for connecting. They use mosques as drop points for bills and cash, a “pay and pray” system....
NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table (apnews.com)
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away....
Paris Olympics organizers unveil backup plans for triathlon and marathon swimming in Seine (apnews.com)
The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming....
Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall (apnews.com)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state....
Kansas’ top court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering a state right to abortion access (apnews.com)
Kansas’ highest court on Friday struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care professionals and a ban on a common second-trimester procedure, reaffirming its stance that the state constitution protects abortion access....
How Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border after a judge's scathing order (apnews.com)
Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country, taking some groups to court and making demands that a judge called harassment after the state tried shuttering an El Paso shelter....
Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright (apnews.com)
The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday....
A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years (apnews.com)
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. It is the latest step by Israel’s hard-line government meant to cement Israel’s control over the territory and prevent the establishment of an independent...
A Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China (apnews.com)
The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro (apnews.com)
Japanese man sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for rape (apnews.com)
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Japanese man sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for rape (apnews.com)
Pro-Palestinian protesters breach security at Australia's Parliament House to unfurl banners (apnews.com)
After a stop in Cuba, 2 Russian ships dock in Venezuelan port as part of ‘show the flag’ exercises [July 02 2024 | The Associated Press] (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17202719...
After a stop in Cuba, 2 Russian ships dock in Venezuelan port as part of ‘show the flag’ exercises [July 02 2024 | The Associated Press] (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Two Russian naval ships docked Tuesday in the Venezuelan port of La Guaira after exercises in the Atlantic Ocean that Moscow said were to “show the flag” in remote, important regions, and an initial stopover in Cuba.
GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide (apnews.com)
General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards....
House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision (apnews.com)
A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.”...
Delta flight diverts to New York after passengers are served spoiled food (apnews.com)
Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city (apnews.com)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed a prominent Palestinian doctor and eight members of his extended family on Tuesday after they complied with military orders to evacuate their home and moved into an Israeli-designated safe zone....
Diamond Shruumz microdosing candies may be linked to a death and nearly 50 illnesses, FDA says (apnews.com)
At least 48 people in 24 states said they got sick after eating Diamond Shruumz-brand products, including chocolate bars, cones and gummies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday....
