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U.S. says 20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war since December

WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday it now estimates that just since December Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties, including 20,000 killed, as Ukraine has rebuffe...

May 01, 2023 International News

Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills 22 people

UMAN, Ukraine — Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 22 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed...

April 28, 2023 International News

Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables

A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctant...

April 28, 2023 Business

U.S. sanctions Russia, Iran entities for detaining Americans

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Russia's Federal Security Service and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization for ...

April 27, 2023 International News

Biden, Yoon warn N. Korea on nukes, unveil deterrence plan

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol unveiled a new plan Wednesday to counter North Korea’s nuclear threat, with the U.S. leader issuing a blu...

April 27, 2023 National News

UN warns of lab risk, more displacement amid Sudan conflict

GENEVA — U.N. officials said Tuesday that one side in the Sudan conflict has seized control of a national health lab in the capital of Khartoum that holds biological mate...

April 25, 2023 International News

Scranton plant key part of U.S. effort to supply Ukraine with ammo

SCRANTON, Pa. — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are broug...

April 25, 2023 National News

Oscar-nominated composer writes march for Charles' big day

LONDON — Patrick Doyle woke up in the middle of the night hearing trumpets. The film composer had been commissioned to write the music for King Charles’ Coronation March,...

April 25, 2023 International News

U.S. helping from afar as Americans flee fighting in Sudan

WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday the U.S. is helping from afar as thousands of Americans left behind in Sudan seek to escape fighting in the east African nation, ...

April 25, 2023 International News

Diplomats flee Sudan fighting as citizens struggle to escape

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce th...

April 24, 2023 International News

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