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A woman buys food from a street vendor in Zomba, Malawi.
December 9, 2025

People look to presidential election as nation grapples with an economic crisis

BLANTYRE (AP): Malawi is holding a presidential election this week as the country grapples with an economic crisis, food and fuel shortages – and memories of a vote six years ago that was cancelled…
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki attends her swearing-in as interim prime minister at the presidential residence in Kathmandu, Nepal.
December 9, 2025

Prime Minister Sushila Karki urges calm after deadly protests

KATHMANDU (AP): Nepal’s new prime minister took office Sunday and “urged calm and cooperation to rebuild” the Himalayan nation after days of violent protests last week left at least 72 people dead…

Justice Brett Kavanaugh (left) is greeted by attendees after he spoke at The Ken Starr Lecture at McLennan Community College last Thursday in Waco, Texas.
December 9, 2025

Kavanaugh says no one has too much power in US system. Critics see Supreme Court bowing to Trump

WACO, Texas (AP): Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the genius of the American system of government is that no one should have too much power, even as he and other conservatives on the US Supreme Court are…
Farmworkers pack freshly harvested cauliflowers at a farm in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district of southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state.
December 9, 2025

Farmers hit hard by extreme weather

GUNTUR (AP): There’s a pungent odour on Ratna Raju’s farm that he says is protecting his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that’s become more frequent with human-caused climate change.