AP PHOTOS: Women’s World Cup highlights | AP News

AP PHOTOS: Women’s World Cup highlights | AP News

Highlights from the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Morocco’s Fatima Tagnaout vies for the ball with Germany’s Svenja Huth, right, during the Women’s World Cup Group H soccer match between Germany and Morocco in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair) Norway’s Sophie Roman Haug, center, reacts to a missed

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DeSantis is in a car accident on his way to Tennessee presidential campaign events but isn’t injured | AP News

DeSantis is in a car accident on his way to Tennessee presidential campaign events but isn’t injured | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was in a car accident Tuesday as he traveled to presidential campaign events in Tennessee but wasn’t injured, his campaign said.Campaign press secretary Bryan Griffin confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Republican hopeful “was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga

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Permafrost expert and military pilot among 4 killed in a helicopter crash on Alaska’s North Slope | AP News

Permafrost expert and military pilot among 4 killed in a helicopter crash on Alaska’s North Slope | AP News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A helicopter crash in Alaska took the lives of a permafrost expert from the Netherlands, a pilot who recently transitioned from the military to fly charter helicopters and two other scientists conducting field work in the North Slope, one of the remotest regions in the U.S.Ronald Daanen, 51, and Justin Germann

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Israeli doctors walk off the job and more strikes are threatened after law weakening courts passes | AP News

Israeli doctors walk off the job and more strikes are threatened after law weakening courts passes | AP News

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad Tuesday, a day after the government approved a law weakening the country’s supreme court that critics say will erode the system of checks and balances.Four leading Israeli newspapers covered

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China removes outspoken foreign minister Qin Gang and replaces him with his predecessor, Wang Yi | AP News

China removes outspoken foreign minister Qin Gang and replaces him with his predecessor, Wang Yi | AP News

BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday removed outspoken Foreign Minister Qin Gang from office and replaced him with his predecessor, Wang Yi, in a move that has already fueled rumors over the personal lives and political rivalries of China’s Communist Party elite. In its announcement on the national evening news, state broadcaster CCTV on gave

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UN says operation to siphon oil out of rusting tanker moored off Yemen begins to ‘avoid catastrophe’ | AP News

UN says operation to siphon oil out of rusting tanker moored off Yemen begins to ‘avoid catastrophe’ | AP News

CAIRO (AP) — An international team began siphoning oil out of a decrepit oil tanker off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday, the United Nations chief said, a crucial step in a complex salvage operation aiming to prevent a potential environmental disaster.For years, many organizations have warned that the neglected vessel, known as SOF Safer

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