Month: August 2022

GENEVA (AP) — Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations say Spain violated the political rights of members of the Catalan…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea plans to challenge a World Bank tribunal’s order to pay $216.5 million plus interest to Texas-based Lone…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press A former California prison chaplain who pleaded guilty to forcing an inmate to have sex with…

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have raided the office of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Frankfurt as part of a broader tax evasion investigation…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — There is a silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has frustrated farmers,…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV received a huge discount for the new model year and is one of the most affordable new electric…

BERLIN (AP) — German lawyer Hans-Christian Stroebele has died at age 83. He defended members of the far-left Red Army Faction and later became the…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Continuing to work past the traditional retirement age gives many the opportunity to add more money to their nest egg…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It was a warm Saturday evening and journalists had gathered at a Paris restaurant to enjoy the last…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has lifted the obligatory use of face masks in all indoor areas after the island nation’s top health official said…

PARIS (AP) — France’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has warned that a worst-case scenario this winter could lead to rolling 2-hour power cuts in…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A psychiatrist who helped fellow Cambodians recover from trauma resulting from the Khmer…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Saudi government says it has opened an investigation after videos purportedly showed security forces beating…

KIBBUTZ REVADIM, Israel (AP) — Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed the titanic tusk of a prehistoric pachyderm near a kibbutz in southern…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency hit another record in August, fueled by…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials in Pakistan raised concern Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin treaded carefully Wednesday reacting to Mikhail Gorbachev’s death, praising…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Canadian businessman Geoff Cumming has promised $172 million over 20 years to fight the next pandemic in Australia’s…

MADRID (AP) — Officials say a 20-month old baby girl has died after being hit by a massive hailstone during a fierce storm in the northeastern…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — European Union countries have agreed on the need to make it harder for Russian citizens to enter the…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two-time former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.…

By JADE LE DELEY and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Tourism came back with a vengeance to France this summer, sending revenues over…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is predicting that the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Supreme Court has started hearing arguments in challenges to the presidential election. Losing opposition candidate…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court has sentenced a woman 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Summer…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The wife of jailed Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has sought to remove the judge set to deliver a verdict in…

BEKASI, Indonesia (AP) — A truck transporting iron on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital has crashed at a bus stop in front of a school and…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is investing 730 billion yen ($5.6 billion) in Japan and the U.S. to boost production of…