MEXICO CITY (AP) — California avocado growers are fuming this week about a U.S. decision to hand over pest inspections of Mexican orchards to the Mexican government. Inspectors hired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been guarding against imports of avocados infected with insects ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine's president dismissed the notion of peace talks with Moscow on Tuesday, calling instead for unspecified global "action" to force Russia into peace for invading his country and to comply with the U.N. Charter's requirement ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran's new president signaled to world leaders Tuesday that he wants to open a "constructive" chapter in his country's international relations — but he made clear that everyone else, including the United ...
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages sent to people in Sweden calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam's holy book in 2023. Iran denied the accusation. According to ...
By CHARLOTTE ANTOINE-PERRON Associated Press NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — New Caledonia marked the anniversary on Tuesday of France's takeover of the Pacific archipelago with tight security and simmering tensions between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler ...
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday with a call for the world to do more to combat climate change. He mentioned the fires ravaging the rainforest back ...
