DeSantis tests limits of his combative style in Disney feud
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In taking on Disney, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is…
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Germany: Left party to hold leadership vote amid turmoil
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Left party says it will hold a leadership vote in June amid a series of internal spats including over the handling of…
Continue Reading France’s presidential rivals: Key moments, private lives
By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Voters are choosing between two visions of France and two very different people in…
Continue Reading 4 Polish miners declared dead; search goes on for 6 missing
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say the death toll from accidents in recent days at two coal mines in southern Poland has increased to…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How France’s old-school voting system works
PARIS (AP) — French voters in the presidential election are using an old-school voting system that has defied calls for more flexibility or…
Continue Reading Opposition wins Slovenia vote, defeating right-wing populist
By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Early official results from Sunday’s parliamentary election in Slovenia show that…
Continue Reading To Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins but far-right gains
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has comfortably won reelection to a second term. His victory…
Continue Reading China promotes coal in setback for efforts to cut emissions
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is promoting coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive a sluggish…
Continue Reading Don’t call him CEO: Jack Dorsey says he’s ‘Block Head’ now
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Technology entrepreneur and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has a new title: Block Head. A regulatory disclosure Friday from…
Continue Reading Mexican workers vote for independent union at border plant
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican workers have voted yet again for an independent union, this time in a city where border assembly plants have been…
Continue Reading County grants approval for Amazon’s helix-shaped HQ tower
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The Arlington County Board has given unanimous approval to Amazon’s plans to build a…
Continue Reading Video game workers at Call of Duty maker OK’d for union vote
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A labor board official has ruled that a small group of Wisconsin-based video game workers can vote to form what could be the…
Continue Reading Thousands protest plan to raze German village for coal mine
BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people are protesting against plans to bulldoze a village in western Germany for a coal mine that environmental…
Continue Reading Sanctions hit Russian economy, although Putin says otherwise
By KEN SWEET and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two months into the Russian-Ukraine war, the Kremlin has taken…
Continue Reading In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As voters get ready for hundreds of elections of local and national importance this year,…
Continue Reading Many flights canceled at Amsterdam’s airport due to strike
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dozens of flights have been canceled or delayed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport as a group of KLM baggage handlers…
Continue Reading Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change
BERLIN (AP) — Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change. The company said in…
Continue Reading Rescuers reach 4 of 10 miners missing at coal mine in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Coal mining authorities in Poland say rescue workers have reached four of the 10 miners who went missing following an…
Continue Reading Japan, Russia settle salmon quota amid tensions over Ukraine
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese Fisheries Agency says Japan and Russia have reached an agreement over Tokyo’s annual…
Continue Reading EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation
By KELVIN CHAN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has reached a landmark deal to take aim at hate speech,…
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