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FILE - Visitors look at a Geely Galaxy E8 electric car during the Auto China 2024 in Beijing, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Chinese auto companies race ahead on EV technology, achieving 5-minute ultrafast charging
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese electric vehicles’ ultrafast charging is only getting faster. On Wednesday, Geely Auto unveiled technology that can charge an electric vehicle battery from 10% to 70% … more
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes during a press conference at her office on April 15, 2026, in Phoenix.
Arizona AG candidates pitch competing priorities as early voting nears
PHOENIX – Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes invoked her 280-vote victory four years ago as she urged Democrats to turn out and vote in the upcoming midterm elections, while Republican … more
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President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping participate in an arrival ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Latest: Trump and Xi Jinping will hold talks in Washington on trade, AI and more
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have no shortage of difficult issues to cover when they sit down for talks at the White House. The leaders are tackling issues like trade irritants, artificial … more
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Stabbing at Catholic convent in Poland leaves 1 person dead and 4 wounded
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A stabbing at a Catholic convent in southeastern Poland on Thursday left one person dead and four others wounded, authorities said. Police detained a suspect. Police said … more
A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store, in Schaumburg, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Claims for unemployment benefits drop to 197,000, the lowest since mid-July as layoffs remain rare
Fewer people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, as U.S. jobless claims remain at historically low levels and most Americans enjoy job security. The Labor Department said Thursday that … more
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President of Kenya William Samoei Ruto, addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A (permanent) seat at the table of power: African leaders press UN for Security Council reform
African leaders at the United Nations General Assembly are demanding reform of the Security Council to include permanent seats for African countries. Many African heads of state have expressed … more
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Likud party New Year event in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Netanyahu arrives in New York to address the UN, and other Mideast developments
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. He plans to meet with several world leaders but not U.S. President Donald Trump. … more
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FILE - A Starbucks sign is displayed in the Galleria Mall in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America this week in 2nd wave of closings
Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams said the locations targeted either aren’t delivering acceptable financial results or … more
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Democrat Kris Mayes and Republican Warren Petersen debate Wednesday night in the race for attorney general.
Debate: Arizona AG candidates clash over 'political lawfare', data centers
SCOTTSDALE - The Republican nominee for attorney general lashed out Wednesday night at incumbent Kris Mayes for filing more than four dozen lawsuits against the Trump administration. Warren … more
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These gentle giants, mountain gorillas, live amongst the lush-green trees of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, in south-western Uganda. To protect them, wildlife authorities are collaborating with nearby communities to reduce deforestation and habitat encroachment. (AP Video / Patrick Onen)
Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat
Mountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are seeing their population grow, but their forest habitat is not expanding. Communities near the park have planted trees nearby for … more
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United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, talks to the media during a press conference on the sidelines of the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from aging power grid
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department is set to announce it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation's aging and stressed power grid, as President Donald … more
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FILE - Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) fighters attend an orientation session in western Oromia, Ethiopia, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo, File)
Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia effectively shatters peace deal that ended 2022 war
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia on Thursday effectively shattered a peace pact that ended a devastating two-year war in 2022, with rebel forces mobilizing for an … more
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