Associated PressNowKing Charles stresses importance of kindness as he skips pre-Easter service amid cancer treatmentAssociated Press - By DANICA KIRKALONDON (AP) — King Charles III on Thursday stressed the importance of friendship and acts of caring in a recorded message delivered to a traditional pre-Easter church service, which the monarch skipped as he continues to undergo cancer treatment. Queen Camilla represented her husband during the …
Associated Press3 hours agoPutin says he won't start a war with NATO but Western bases hosting Ukraine F-16s would be targetsAssociated Press - By ILLIA NOVIKOV and BARRY HATTONKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin scoffed at the possibility of his country launching an attack on a NATO member, calling it “sheer nonsense,” but warned that any Western air base hosting U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets that are slated for deployment in Ukraine would be a …
Associated Press2 hours agoPhilippine leader warns of countermeasures in response to Chinese aggression at seaAssociated Press - By JIM GOMEZMANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Thursday that his government would take action against what he called dangerous attacks by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships in the disputed South China Sea, saying “Filipinos do not yield.” Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not …
Associated Press8 hours agoDoctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian childrenAssociated Press - By WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEBDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned. One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike …
Associated Press6 hours agoIt's a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profitsAssociated Press - By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and JESSSICA DONATIACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa. About three-quarters of the world’s cocoa — the …
Associated Press19 hours agoCentral American and Mexican families mourn the workers lost in the Baltimore bridge collapseAssociated Press - By CLAUDIO ESCALÓNFollow AP for live coverage of Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse AZACUALPA, Honduras (AP) — The construction workers who went missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse came to the Maryland area from Mexico or Central America, including an enterprising Honduran father and husband who started a delivery …