Month: July 2022

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams’ fundraising continues to accelerate. The Georgia Democrat’s campaign for governor swamped Republican incumbent Brian Kemp in the two months ended June 30. She raised nearly $22 million in the period, compared to $6.8 million for Kemp. Abrams is nearing $50 million raised since starting her

By DANICA KIRKA and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have been shown the door in Britain, but he remains a popular figure in Ukraine, where he is widely admired for his uncompromising support for the country’s effort to defeat the Russian invasion. There’s good reason for

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — At least 13 people have died after sudden rains triggered flash floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to an icy Himalayan cave in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Officials say at least three dozen people were missing and an unspecified number of injured devotees were airlifted to hospitals for treatment. The rain near the

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have arrested a fourth man possibly involved in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon’s Javari Valley. Authorities said Friday they are investigating whether the man is involved in illegal fishing in the protected waters of the Javari Valley

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Ons Jabeur is the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam tennis final and a star in her homeland of Tunisia. Her father calls her “the daughter of all Tunisia” and the government wants to make her a special ambassador. Her rise to the

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters were doused with tear gas, making them gasp for breath, their eyes feeling as if they were on fire. Bystanders, including children and pregnant women, were also exposed. As police responded to mass protests across the nation two years ago

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Fire department divers in Massachusetts have managed to retrieve a Chicago woman’s large diamond ring that fell into the Charles River. The Cambridge Fire Department says the incident happened Sunday when the woman placed the ring in her husband’s shirt pocket for safekeeping while she applied sunscreen. When he took off

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy. But a new United Nations-backed report says that overexploitation, climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing one million species towards extinction. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials in Congo say rebels attacked a hospital and killed at least 13 people, including infants and patients. The Congolese army said three attackers were killed when the military intervened. Some hospital staff are missing and several houses were also burned in the attack Thursday night

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has won the first stage of a libel suit against the publisher of Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper. A judge ruled Friday that parts of a story about his fight for police protection in the U.K. were defamatory. High Court Justice Matthew Nicklin hasn’t yet

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court has ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person. The decision is a defeat for Democrats in the battleground state who decried Friday’s

PARIS (AP) — Hundred of firefighters backed by water-dropping planes battled a large forest fire Friday in southeastern France that has forced the evacuation of nearby villages. Thirteen firefighters have been injured in Bordezac — the village where the fire started. Overall, 18 firefighters have been injured amid several forest fires that have burned for

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has received a call from Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Yair Lapid, the first such conversation between Abbas and an Israeli premier in years. The call came amid a rare flurry of high-level Israeli-Palestinian contacts ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the occupied West

LONDON (AP) — British police say they will not fine the two top leaders of the opposition Labour Party over a curry-and-beer meal with colleagues last year while Britain was under coronavirus restrictions. The local police force in Durham said Friday that following an investigation, “no further action will be taken.” Labour leader Keir Starmer

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to help troubled energy giant Uniper after it asked the government for a bailout to cope with surging prices for natural gas due to the war in Ukraine. Uniper said the “stabilization measures” it is seeking were “aimed at ceasing the

NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of people joined a peace march through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. It was Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The 100-kilometre (60-mile) march on Friday traced a route taken by Bosniak men and boys as they tried to flee Srebrenica when

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos has died in a clinic in Barcelona, Spain, the Angolan government said. He was 79 years old and died following a long illness, the government said Friday in an announcement on its Facebook page. The announcement said dos Santos,

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over lists of their social media

By ODED BALILTY Associated Press MICHMORET, Israel (AP) — Over a dozen endangered sea turtles that were rescued after suffering major injuries in the Mediterranean scuttled their way over a beach in Israel on Friday after months of medical care. The 15 loggerhead sea turtles and two green sea turtles were released back into the

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria have marked the completion of a new pipeline that will supply natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s vital supply of Russian gas was cut off in April amid the fallout over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Greece’s prime minister stressed the importance of the new