Month: July 2022

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An oil tanker truck has smashed into cars and motorbikes near Indonesia’s capital after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 11 people and leaving others injured. Police say the tanker truck, operated by Pertamina, Indonesia’s state-owned enterprise and energy company, was speeding out of control when it hit two cars

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Don McLean has listened for decades as people belted out his classic song “American Pie” at last call or at karaoke — and applauds you for the effort. “I’ve heard whole bars burst into this song when I’ve been across the room,” McLean tells The

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials and rescuers say a passenger boat carrying nearly 100 members of a wedding party has capsized in the fast-flowing Indus river, killing at least 20 women and children. The incident happened Monday in the Sadiqabad district, about 350 kilometers (210 miles) south of Multan, a main city in the

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has sentenced two men to five years imprisonment after convicting them of attempted murder and arson for throwing a Molotov cocktail into a journalist’s home in a late-night attack last year. The court said Monday that the two men launched the attack because one objected to what

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank chief has drawn criticism after he was caught on hidden camera discussing inflation and fiscal policy with an activist who approached him during a private walk. Some critics said Monday that Adam Glapinski might have broken the law when he told the woman there may be just one

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A funding agreement has been reached for the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of New York’s aging Penn Station rail hub. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced the deal Monday morning. It calls for private developers to make payments in lieu of taxes on new commercial and

BERLIN (AP) — Germany says a turbine at the center of uncertainty about future gas deliveries through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe was only supposed to be installed in September, underlining its insistence there should be no technical obstacle to the gas flow. Russia’s Gazprom reduced gas deliveries through the Nord Stream 1

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has won by-elections in Punjab, the country’s most populous province, and is likely to form the new provincial government there in the coming weeks. Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party won 15 seats out of 20 that were up for grabs in the 371-member provincial assembly

NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Bloom and Jay Pharoah have a few jokes to share, in audio only. Bloom, the Emmy-winning star of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” and Pharoah, the former “Saturday Night Live” performer, serve as co-hosts of the audio book release “Kiss & Tell: Stand Up and Stories About Love, Sex, Etc.” The book draws

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old man likely assembled a rifle in the bathroom of a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall before shooting five people in the food court, killing three of them before an armed shopper fatally shot him. Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia kept up its relentless shelling across the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expanded the shakeup of his security services on Monday by suspending 28 more officials, a day after he dismissed two senior officials over allegations that their agencies harbored “collaborators and traitors.” In

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s renowned Baalbek festival is back and is being held in front of a live audience for the first time since 2019. French pianist Simon Ghraichy performed in front of a full house on Sunday night in what organizers described as a night of hope for Lebanon’s revival.  The annual festival

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Monday to federal hate crime charges that could be punishable by the death penalty. Payton Gendron was indicted last week on hate crimes and weapons

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say four people were shot and another was injured by a knife at a nightclub in southern Spain. Two of those shot during the violence that occurred after midnight Sunday in Marbella are in serious condition. Police said Monday they are an Irish man and a woman. The person who

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By YURI KAGEYAMA and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan have reaffirmed the importance of bilateral ties and the three-way relationship with the United States as they renewed efforts to mend relations. Park Jin and his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi agreed to work together on the

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The economy is a bit wobbly, but General Motors CEO Mary Barra isn’t backing off of an audacious prediction: By the middle of this decade, her company will sell more electric vehicles in the U.S. than Tesla, the global sales leader. To fulfill that pledge

PORT KLANG, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities say they have seized a container of African elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal skulls and bones estimated to be worth around $18 million. The Customs Department said Monday it discovered the contraband hidden behind sawn timber following checks on July 10 on a ship coming from

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A passenger plane has crashed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu with the 30 people on board safely evacuated. Airport authorities said passengers and crew have disembarked from the Jubba Airways-operated plane, which was arriving on a domestic flight from the inland city of Baidoa. There was no

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece has filed an official complaint with Serbia after a cargo plane carrying mortar ammunition crashed while attempting an emergency landing in northern Greece. Eight crew members on the An-12 cargo plane that was operated by a Ukrainian company were killed in the

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an internal review over the slow response to the Uvalde school massacre. The review, announced Monday, comes after a damning new 80-page report released over the weekend by the Texas House revealed wide failures

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say they have suspended hot air ballooning over the ancient city of Luxor after two tourists were lightly injured during a ride there. The Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement that a hot air balloon with 28 tourists drifted off course early on Monday but eventually landed. It

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A retired Los Angeles prosecutor has said a judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a promise and imprison Roman Polanski for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in 1977. A transcript of testimony by Deputy District Attorney Roger Gunson that had been sealed by a

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States says it hasn’t sought the arrest of the former lawyer of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, contradicting the United Arab Emirates’ official explanation for his detention. The UAE on Saturday sentenced the civil rights lawyer, U.S. citizen Asim Ghafoor, to three years in prison followed by

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Anti-government demonstrators in Hungary have blocked one of the capital’s main thoroughfares during morning rush-hour traffic, the latest in a series of protests against recent changes to the country’s tax code that have carried on for nearly a week. The crowd, made up largely of food

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Britain stayed home or sought shade Monday during the country’s first-ever extreme heat warning, as hot, dry weather that has scorched mainland Europe for the past week moved north, disrupting travel, health care and schools. The red heat alert covers

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers have promised another 500 millions euros in military aid to Ukraine’s war chest. The aid decision came after a video debriefing on the latest developments  by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. He was “grateful” for the new funds but still urged the 27

By BOB EDME and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry forests. Two people were killed in the blazes

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — An explosion of violence in South Sudan is raising fears that the country’s fragile peace agreement will unravel before elections the international community hopes can be held next year. The wave of near-daily killings across this East African country is often blamed on marauding militias

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and the rest of major league pitchers are likely to be looking over their shoulders next season — at a pitch clock. Clocks have cut the length of minor league games by about a half-hour this year, and baseball officials appear

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Smith made eight birdies on the final day of the British Open. His 8-under 64 was the lowest closing round at St. Andrews by the champion golfer of the year. His name on the claret jug includes his score of 268, the best