Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country (apnews.com)
In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis (apnews.com)
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms (apnews.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new stage, with winter expected to complicate fighting after a summer counteroffensive that failed to produce desired results due to enduring shortages of weapons and ground forces....
Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country (apnews.com)
A Paraguayan government official was replaced after it was revealed that he signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives of a fugitive Indian guru’s fictional country, who also appear to have duped several local officials in the South American country....
Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62 (apnews.com)
Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62 (apnews.com)
Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes (apnews.com)
Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes (apnews.com)
Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok blocked by judge who says it's unconstitutional (apnews.com)
Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT (apnews.com)
Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power (apnews.com)
An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar. The project in Wayne County Schools represents what a developer and U.S. Sen.
Panama's high court declares mining contract unconstitutional. Here is what happens next (apnews.com)
Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024 (apnews.com)
South Korean farmers rally near presidential office to protest proposed anti-dog meat legislation (apnews.com)
Hundreds of thousands in North Carolina will be added to Medicaid rolls this week (apnews.com)
A decade after the federal government began offering expanded Medicaid coverage in states that opted to accept it, hundreds of thousands of adults in North Carolina are set to receive benefits, a development that boosters say will aid hospitals and local economies in addition to the long-term uninsured....
South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions (apnews.com)
South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions (apnews.com)
Appeals court reinstates gag order that barred Trump from maligning court staff in NY fraud trial (apnews.com)
A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial....
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100 (apnews.com)
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100 (apnews.com)
China says US arms sales to Taiwan are turning the island into a 'powder keg' (apnews.com)
Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead (apnews.com)
Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead::Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out for the utter horror: Bloodied, abandoned infants.
Japan to suspend its own Osprey flights after fatal US Air Force crash | AP News (apnews.com)
Truce in Israel-Hamas extended with minutes to spare (apnews.com)
The truce continues. Saved at the last minutes by diplomacy.