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AP Exclusive: US coaches Polish forces in a drone-focused drill based on lessons from Ukraine
HOHENFELS, Germany | On a moonless and rainy night, a group of soldiers emerged from a ramshackle building meant to resemble a church. The alpine terrain loomed over them as they quietly set off for the tree line of the German countryside a short distance away. The soldiers are members of the Polish special forces […]
More storms possible at Grand Canyon where a flash flood killed 1 person and left 15 missing
GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. | State and federal officials ramped up efforts Monday to locate around 15 people who are missing after a major flash flood swept through in the Grand Canyon, killing at least one person. Weather forecasters warned rain and thunderstorms could bring more flooding to the popular tourist attraction from where scores […]
US plans to sanction another bank in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions, Bessent tells AP
ASHEVILLE, N.C. | President Donald Trump’s administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week as it intensifies efforts to economically isolate Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press on Sunday. “This is going to be financial violence if we have to,” Bessent said in the interview. “We are showing people […]
US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
WASHINGTON | U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Vowing to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack, Iran later said it had launched […]
United Arab Emirates says it has intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The United Arab Emirates said that it intercepted an Iranian drone over its waters Monday, an attack that comes after the United States and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend for the first time in a month. Iranian officials said that two people were killed and several others wounded in […]
Hundreds of workers feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as Nepal flood deaths cross 900
KATHMANDU, Nepal | Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ones. The combined deaths in Nepal and China surpassed 900, […]
Ontario premier answers Trump’s ‘Lake America’ with giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign
TORONTO | Ontario Premier Doug Ford answered President Donald Trump’s “Lake America” decree Saturday with a billboard-sized message on the Canadian shoreline — “Lake Ontario. Now and Always” — as Canadian leaders met the move with ridicule rather than outrage. Wearing a Team Canada soccer jersey, Ford unveiled the sign near Grimsby, Ontario, and posed […]
Fed Chair Warsh signals rate hikes may be needed with inflation still elevated
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming | Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Friday that inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he has previously sent about his economic outlook. In his first high-profile speech at the […]
Norway’s crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII after his father’s death
COPENHAGEN, Denmark | Norway has a new king, whose tasks will include stabilizing the Scandinavian country’s monarchy and boosting the royal family’s popularity after his wife’s past contacts with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his stepson’s rape conviction. Crown Prince Haakon, 53, became King Haakon VIII when his father, Harald V, died Friday at […]
As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos
WASHINGTON | A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change. El Ninos are more than 36% stronger than they were before the industrial age began in the mid 1800s, with a 16% jump […]