Politics

Death toll in clashes between ethnic groups at UN displacement camp in South Sudan now more than 20

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The death toll from clashes between displaced people inside a U.N. site in South Sudan has risen to more than 20, with more than 50 others wounded, the medical charity MSF said Friday.

Jun 9, 2023 10:37 AM Read more >

Biden to attend first 2024 rally in Pennsylvania next week, as campaign plots flurry of fundraising

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden next week is set to attend his first political rally since launching his 2024 reelection bid in April, as he steps up his political activity before the end of the fundraising quarter.

Jun 9, 2023 9:26 AM Read more >

Republican Rep. Gallagher won't run for US Senate in Wisconsin, leaving open field

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher announced Friday that he won't run for U.S. Senate in 2024 against Democratic U.S. Sen.

Jun 9, 2023 9:15 AM Read more >

Berlusconi readmitted to Italian hospital for planned medical checks

MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was readmitted to a Milan hospital Friday for planned medical checks related to his chronic leukemia, his doctors said in a statement.

Jun 9, 2023 9:02 AM Read more >

Erdogan's new central bank chief signals hope for Turkey's economic turnaround

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed a former U.S.

Jun 9, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

Some in Georgia GOP seek purity test as Trump appears at convention in aftermath of indictment

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state Republican convention gets underway Friday with Donald Trump still expected on Saturday, even as a right-wing party faction seeks to punish GOP officials it considers ideological traitors by banning them from future pri

Jun 9, 2023 5:28 AM Read more >

Honduran president begins first visit to China since breaking off ties with Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Honduran President Xiomara Castro arrived in Shanghai on Friday on her first visit since China established ties with her nation, pulling it away from former diplomatic ally Taiwan.

Jun 9, 2023 4:34 AM Read more >

Why Turkey's currency is crashing after Erdogan got reelected

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection last month despite a battered economy and a cost-of-living crisis that experts say are exacerbated by his unconventional economic policies.

Jun 9, 2023 3:33 AM Read more >

How Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks about his own Catholic faith on the presidential campaign trail

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As Ron DeSantis wrapped up a 12-stop campaign tour that began in an Iowa evangelical church and ended here in a South Carolina convention center, dozens of pastors met backstage to pray for the presidential candidate.

Jun 9, 2023 12:18 AM Read more >

A little white pill, Captagon, gives Syria's Assad a strong tool in winning over Arab states

BEIRUT (AP) — A little white pill has given Syrian President Bashar Assad powerful leverage with his Arab neighbors, who have been willing to bring him out of pariah status in hopes he will stop the flow of highly addictive Captagon amphetamines out

Jun 9, 2023 12:12 AM Read more >