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At least 5 are dead and 19 injured after a chemical plant explodes in China, authorities say

BEIJING (AP) — A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China ’s eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 19, according to local emergency ...

King Charles III says Canada facing unprecedented challenges as Trump threatens annexation

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a world that's never been more dangerous as he opened the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday with a spee...

Kansas community holds private memorial for Israeli Embassy staffer killed in DC ambush

Family and friends of Sarah Milgrim, one of two Israeli Embassy staffers fatally shot last week in an apparently politically motivated ambush in Washington, D.C., gathered for her funeral Tu...

US consumer confidence rebounds after five straight months of declines amid tariff anxiety

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ views of the economy improved in May after five straight months of declines sent consumer confidence to its lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic...

As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — “Everything will be all right.” Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and two daughters took it to ...

A new cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed over 170 people in a week, officials say

CAIRO (AP) — A new cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people and sickened more than 2,500 over the past week, authorities said Tuesday as a leading medical group warned that the countr...

The Latest: NPR and stations file lawsuit against Trump, arguing ending federal funding is illegal

National Public Radio and three local stations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump, arguing that an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for the organizati...

Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, who upended Romanian presidential race, withdraws from politics

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Calin Georgescu, the controversial populist whose bid for Romania’s presidency last year resulted in the annulment of an election in the European Union and NATO mem...

Takeaways from AP report on Ukrainian POWs dying in Russian prisons

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in prison since Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago. Abuse inside Russian prisons likely contributed to many of these dea...

Hong Kong's baby pandas finally have names. Meet Jia Jia and De De

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's first locally born giant pandas have finally been named and introduced as Jia Jia and De De. The names of the cubs, affectionately known as “Elder Sister” and “...

Cubs host the Rockies on home winning streak

Colorado Rockies (9-45, fifth in the NL West) vs. Chicago Cubs (33-21, first in the NL Central) Chicago; Tuesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: German Marquez (1-7, 7.66 ERA, 1....

Police say driver who plowed into Liverpool soccer fans acted alone, not believed to be terrorism

LONDON (AP) — A 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city’s Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 peopl...