Month: July 2022

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy has had dozens of governments since the end of World War II. The  country is very much used to political crises that topple ruling coalitions. But the tumult now roiling political parties is playing out differently. The fate of Premier Mario Draghi’s government is hanging in

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani rescuers have resumed a search for 29 people who were missing after a passenger boat carrying nearly 100 members of a wedding party capsized in the fast-flowing Indus river. Twenty-one women and children were killed in the disaster on Monday. Divers from Pakistan’s army were also expected to

By DAVID KOENIG and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions, but their share is sure to grow as more people travel in coming years — and that has the aviation industry facing the prospect of tighter environmental regulations and higher costs. The industry has

BANGKOK (AP) — Scattered pro-democracy rallies have taken place across military-ruled Myanmar to mark the 75th anniversary of the assassination of the independence hero and father of the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in last year’s military takeover. The protests generally dispersed within a short time to avoid confrontations with

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban says at least 31 people have been injured after an earthquake shook a remote area of eastern Afghanistan. Abdul Wahid Rayan, the director of the Taliban news agency Bakhtar, said Tuesday that the quake shook the region a day earlier. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake had a magnitude

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scandinavian Airlines pilots in Sweden, Norway and Denmark have called off a strike that ran for 15 days and caused major disruption, after reaching an agreement with management.   SAS CEO Anko van der Werff said the parties had agreed on an agreement covering the next five-and-a-half years that guarantees both cost

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.’s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such extremes. The typically

CAIRO (AP) — A passenger bus slammed into a parked trailer truck on a highway in southern Egypt early on Tuesday, killing 23 people and injuring at least 30, authorities said. The crash took place in the province of Minya, on the main highway linking the capital, Cairo, with the country’s south. The bus was

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers are searching for 13 passengers from a boat that sank in bad weather and high waves while traveling between Indonesian islands. The boat sank Monday night in the Maluku Islands with 77 people on board. Rescue officials say 64 survivors have been found. Rubber boats, speedboats and a local longboat

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta says he hopes Asia’s youngest country can join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year. He spoke about the possibility at a joint news conference Tuesday with Indonesian President Joko Widodo while on a weeklong visit to

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai lawmakers began debating on a final no-confidence debate targeting Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-och’s government before its four-year term ends next year. With general elections due in March, the government faces its last no-confidence vote after surviving three others in as many years. The debate targeting Prayuth

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has started membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. The step in the Balkan nations’ paths toward EU membership was delayed for years but gained momentum amid the war in Ukraine. Officially, the process kicked off with the presentation of the negotiating frameworks on

BEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion after a partial building collapse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin has left three people missing and 11 injured. The event remains under investigation, but it points to the deterioration of infrastructure following more than three decades of breakneck economic growth. That development has vastly boosted living

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Wednesday after Wall Street rallied to its best day in more than three weeks as companies reported strong profits for the past quarter. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 jumped 2.5% to 27,631.50 while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 2% to 21,068.85. In Seoul,

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It began with a message that appeared on Danah al-Mayouf’s phone from an anonymous Instagram account — a promise to help her “crush” a $5 million lawsuit she faced from a pro-government Saudi fashion model. But, the mystery texter said, she had to meet

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A five-year report says Australia’s environment continues to deteriorate due to climate change, resource extraction and other causes. The State of the Environment report found more species are being threatened in Australia as land is lost to wildfires, climate change and development. The report prompted government

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southern China have apologized for breaking into the homes of people who had been taken to a quarantine hotel in the latest example of heavy-handed virus-prevention measures that have sparked a rare public backlash. State media said that 84 homes in an apartment complex in Guangzhou city’s Liwan district had

By NASSER KARIMI and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin won staunch support from Iran on Tuesday for his country’s military campaign in Ukraine, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei saying the West opposes an “independent and strong” Russia. Khamenei said that if Russia hadn’t sent troops into Ukraine, it

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juan Soto bet heavily on his own talent and health by turning down a massive, long-term contract extension from the Washington Nationals. Soto then went to the Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium and showed why he almost certainly can’t lose. Soto won the Derby

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe faces two rivals in a parliamentary vote on who will succeed the ousted leader who fled the country last week. Wickremesinghe is backed by members of the fragmented ruling coalition but his candidacy is opposed by

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Freddy Fernandez almost wasn’t here, on his couch in his Missouri home, his baby on his lap, gnawing on the pulse oximeter that he uses to check his oxygen levels after a months-long bout with COVID-19. The 41-year-old father of six spent five months hospitalized a four-hour drive away from

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservatives. In a robust but lopsided debate, Democrats argued intensely and often personally

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Dan Cox, a far-right state legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary for Maryland governor on Tuesday, defeating a moderate rival backed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan. Cox will face the winner of the highly competitive Democratic primary in the November general

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats will push ahead on restraining pharmaceutical prices and extending health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer affirmed Tuesday, backing President Joe Biden’s call for his party to settle for a pared-down economic package and effectively concede to a pivotal senator. Aiming

By ANNIE MA New research shows students largely made academic gains this past year that paralleled their growth pre-pandemic and outpaced the previous school year. That’s according to a study released Tuesday by NWEA, a nonprofit research group that administers standardized tests. The study found that if rebounding occurs at the same pace it did

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The East Asia Super League has started production on a reality TV series covering the inaugural season of the pan-regional basketball competition.  Korean film director John H. Lee will lead the project and work with executive producers Ezra Holland, a director of CTRL Media owned by NBA great Steve Nash, and

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian military jet crashed on a nighttime training mission on the main island of Java, killing its pilot. The South Korean-made T-50i Golden Eagle was conducting tactical intercept training when it went down into bushes late Monday in Central Java province about an hour after taking off from Iswahyudi Air

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Investigators said another autopsy of a young woman whose mysterious death shocked Mexico has shown that she died of asphyxia by suffocation due to “obstruction of respiratory orifices.” The autopsy results announced Monday did not specify what had blocked her nose and mouth. The head of Mexico City’s forensic service said

By KRUTIKA PATHI and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his passport renewed so he can leave, too. With the nation in the throes of

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former White House aides are expected to testify at the House Jan. 6 committee’s prime-time hearing Thursday as the panel examines what Donald Trump was doing as his supporters broke into the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the plans. Matthew

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is accusing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of cutting a “secret deal” with the White House that fell apart. Paul is blaming  a lack of communication by his fellow Kentuckian for the failure of a federal judicial nomination. It further exposes tensions

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves broke into an unattended Brink’s tractor-trailer parked at a remote Southern California rest stop last week and stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry and gemstones after the vehicle’s two armed guards walked away. The tractor-trailer had been traveling overnight from a jewelry show in

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The young people come and go on their electric motorcycles at this highway outside Cuba’s capital where they perform stunts and talk about their two-wheelers, which would be largely silent if it weren’t for the music blasting from speakers. Cuba has been flooded in recent years with

Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Officials say a riot in an Ecuadorian prison has left at least 13 inmates dead, more than two months after a clash between rival gangs left 44 dead in the same lockup. The penitentiary system tweeted that the riot took place in the Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo, 70

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — more than the entire police force in a mid-size American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida or Tempe, Arizona. But for more than 70 minutes on May 24, not one stopped the shooter, even though the sound

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Archaeologists in Virginia have begun excavating three suspected graves at the original site of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. If human remains are found, experts will conduct DNA tests and bone analysis to determine who was buried there and how they lived. The First Baptist Church was formed

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press A massive but uncoordinated and chaotic law enforcement response. A “regrettable” culture of noncompliance on school security regarding the basics of locked doors. Online signals of coming violence from the shooter. The long-awaited Texas House report into the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde that killed 19 fourth-graders