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Europe takes on Big Tech. This may mean changes for U.S. users

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon.

Spain's soccer head refuses to resign over kiss controversy at Women's World Cup

By Joseph Wilson, Associated Press

The president of the Spanish soccer federation has refused to resign despite an uproar for kissing a player on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final.

Loss of Antarctic ice endangers the survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says

By Christina Larson, Associated Press

Emperor penguins hatch their eggs and raise their chicks on the ice that forms around the continent each winter and melts in the summer months.

U.S. to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s at air base in Arizona

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The training will be part of a U.S. and European effort to get the advanced fighter jets to Ukraine for its defense against invading Russian forces.

News Wrap: Putin says Prigozhin was a talented person who 'made serious mistakes in life

Russian President Putin offered his first public acknowledgment of Yevgeny Prigozhin's presumed death as investigators comb through the wreckage of his jet that crashed outside Moscow, a Russian court ruled American journalist Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail until at…

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Ukraine's ambassador to U.S. on progress and setbacks in counteroffensive against Russia

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

On August 24, 1991, Ukraine issued a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. But 32 years later, Ukraine is fighting to be free of Russian attacks and occupation. Nick Schifrin spoke with Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana…

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NATO-member Norway to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming third country to do so

By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press

Ukraine has long pleaded for the sophisticated fighter to give it a combat edge. It recently launched a long-anticipated counteroffensive against the Kremlin's forces without air cover, placing its troops at the mercy of Russian aviation and artillery.

Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia, study shows

By Cara Anna, Associated Press

Scores of women and girls in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region were sexually assaulted, often by multiple men alleged to be combatants, after a peace agreement last year ended the conflict there.

Japan's neighbors share fear and frustration over radioactive water release

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

Public fears and frustrations are being shared in Japan's neighboring countries about the release of treated radioactive wastewater from a crippled nuclear power plant.