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UK's Starmer heads to China seeking a thaw in relations but risking a rift with Trump 01/27/2026 01:54pm • LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, seeking a thaw in relations with Beijing at a time of strained ties with the United States. He's hoping for an economic boost to Britain, but risks the wrath of China hawks at home — and of U.S. President Donald Trump, who’s a Georgia Power critic arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets will not be prosecuted 01/27/2026 01:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) — An advocate and frequent critic of Georgia Power who was arrested for allegedly snagging a notebook with trade secrets will not be prosecuted. In a decision filed last week in Fulton County Superior Court, District Attorney Fani Willis said there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute Workers from Bangladesh sought jobs in Russia but instead got sent to combat in Ukraine 01/27/2026 04:51am • LAKSHMIPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — A labor recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a janitor. Within weeks, he found himself on the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine. An Associated Bring the desert’s warmth indoors this winter with big, bold succulents 01/27/2026 12:09am • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants in shades of green, red and purple are pretty much all most people know about indoor succulents gardening. But there’s another way to bring the warmth of the desert into your home when it’s too cold to garden outsi Snow protects your garden beds. Trees might need some help 01/26/2026 06:19pm • Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden beds, knowing it would protect my trees, shrubs and dormant perennials. When the ground repeatedly freezes and thaws, as it does over winter in cold climates, that can squeeze Businesses face pressure to respond to immigration enforcement while also becoming a target of it 01/26/2026 04:48pm • From family-run cafes to retail giants, businesses are increasingly coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it's public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for such arrests themselves. In Scientists recover the oldest wooden tools from a site in Greece 01/26/2026 03:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years. One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could have been used for digging in the mud. The other is a smaller, more mysterious hand Talks with US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi were constructive but major challenges remain, Kremlin says 01/26/2026 12:44pm • Negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are yielding apparent signs of progress, but major challenges remain on the path to a final settlement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday. Talks between envoys from Ukraine, Russia and the United States in recent days in Abu Dhabi were Explosion and fire at cookie factory in Greece kills 5 01/26/2026 12:40pm • TRIKALA, Greece (AP) — An explosion and fire at a cookie factory in central Greece killed five female night shift workers and left seven injured, authorities said Monday. The injured, including a firefighter, were hospitalized after the blast at the Violanta biscuit plant near the city of Trikala, Bypass brings DC Water close to containing C&O Canal sewer overflow 01/26/2026 10:14am • D.C. Water said substantial progress has been made in its efforts to contain a major sewer overflow that began after a 72-inch section of the Potomac Interceptor collapsed one week ago along Clara Barton Parkway. The collapse triggered a significant sanitary sewer overflow into the C&O Canal US security agreement for Ukraine is '100% ready' to be signed, Zelenskyy says 01/25/2026 10:07pm • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is “100% ready” after two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia. Speaking to journalists in Vilnius during a visit to Lithuania, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is waiting fo Zelenskyy says trilateral talks ended constructively and more are possible next week 01/24/2026 08:53pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the United States wrapped up Saturday with “constructive” discussions on “possible parameters" for ending the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Negotiators will return to the United Ara US envoys urge Netanyahu to move into Gaza ceasefire's second phase 01/24/2026 04:49pm • CAIRO (AP) — Top U.S. envoys met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, urging his government to move into the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East A bereaved father in Gaza tries to will his son back from the dead 01/24/2026 02:23pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The boy was dead, limp and bloodied on the floor of a morgue, the latest casualty in Gaza. But his father could not let go. “He’s sleeping. He’ll wake up now. There’s nothing wrong with him. He’s fine," Yusuf Zawara said Saturday. "I’m just cleaning his Freezing and in the dark, Kyiv residents are stranded in tower blocks as Russia targets power system 01/24/2026 04:47am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Olena Janchuk spends another day of freezing isolation in her high-rise apartment. The former kindergarten teacher has severe rheumatoid arthritis, and has been trapped for weeks on the 19th floor of her Kyiv tower block, 650 steps from the ground. Long daily blackouts caused