EU reaches deal to ration gas amid Russian cut-off fears
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union governments agreed Tuesday to ration natural gas this winter to protect themselves against any further supply cuts by Russia as Moscow pursues its invasion of…
AP exposes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The 50th Anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE — On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller, a reporter on The Associated Press investigative team, then called the Special Assignment Team, broke news that rocked…
‘The money is gone’: Evacuated Ukrainians forced to return
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — The missile’s impact flung the young woman against the fence so hard it splintered. Her mother found her dying on the bench beneath the pear tree…
Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school abuses in Canada
MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native…
Russia says it wants to end Ukraine’s `unacceptable regime’
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat said Moscow’s overarching goal in Ukraine is to free its people from its “unacceptable regime,” expressing the Kremlin’s war aims in some of…
Myanmar executes ex-lawmaker, 3 other political prisoners
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s government confirmed Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners…
The Gun Industry Created a New Consumer. Now It’s Killing Us.
Good marketing is supposed to generate demand. Bad firearms marketing has given us a national nightmare. Americans are rightly anguished by gun violence and the question of what’s motivating the…
We have a plan to end gun violence.
There is no question that lives taken by gun violence are the most costly part of this public health crisis. Every day, roughly 300 people join the toll of those…
WHO updates COVID-19 strategy in bid to vaccinate all health workers, those most at risk
The plan prioritizes vaccinating 100 per cent of healthcare workers and vulnerable groups, including older persons and those with underlying conditions, in line with efforts to vaccinate 70 per cent of the…
Rights groups urge Sri Lanka not to use force on protesters
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — International human rights groups on Saturday urged Sri Lanka’s new president to immediately order security forces to cease use of force against protesters after troops…