Month: September 2022

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese and Syrian migrants are adrift in the Mediterranean on a fishing boat that has taken on water near the coasts of Malta and Italy. Families and activist groups in contact with them told The Associated Press on Monday that the roughly 60 migrants have

MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Serbia’s prime minister has visited Serb-dominated northern Kosovo following a recent flareup in tensions between the former war foes that sparked fears of instability in the Balkans amid the war in Ukraine. Kosovo authorities and NATO-led peacekeepers on Monday stepped up security as dozens of Kosovo Serbs greeted Ana Brnabic upon

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency has rushed in more desperately needed aid to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation’s prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters of Lake Manchar pose a new threat. Two UNHCR planes touched down on Monday in the southern port city of Karachi

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka says it will not accept any international investigation imposed by the U.N. Human Rights Council into alleged rights abuses during the country’s long civil war. Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Sabry says the government is willing to engage with the international community in seeking

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has protested to Russia over multinational military exercises being conducted on Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, and says it is seriously concerned about shooting drills by Russian and Chinese warships off Japan’s northern coast. Beijing has been increasing its military cooperation with Moscow and has been

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government’s plan to give some asylum-seekers a one-way ticket to Rwanda faces a legal challenge in the High Court on Monday. Immigrant-rights groups argue that the policy is both illegal and immoral. The hearing comes after human rights groups and labor unions filed a barrage

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The possibility of a great red wave still looms. But as the 2022 midterm elections enter their final two-month sprint, leading Republicans concede that their party’s advantage may be slipping even as Democrats confront their president’s weak standing, deep voter pessimism and the weight

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it’s sticking to its long-held plan of shutting down the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants this year. But it says it’s keeping the option of reactivating two of them in case of an energy shortage in the coming months. The announcement Monday

By MARTHA BELLISLE and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Monday afternoon for nine people, including a child, who were missing after a floatplane crashed in the waters of Puget Sound northwest of Seattle. The body of a 10th person, an unidentified female, was recovered

BEIJING (AP) — China has locked down 65 million citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays. Most of the 21 million people in the southwestern city of Chengdu are confined to their apartments or residential complexes while in the eastern port city of Tianjin classes have ben moved

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s health ministry says the death toll from a measles outbreak has risen to almost 700 children. Some are calling for the enactment of legislation to make vaccination mandatory in a country where anti-modern medicine religious sects hold sway on large swathes of the population of

CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese official says the death toll from flash flooding since the start of the rainy season in May has reached 112. The spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense said on Monday that at least 115 people have been injured across the country. He says the downpours also inundated around

By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The lawyer of a British man who was arrested in Dubai for allegedly masterminding a $1.7 billion tax scheme in Denmark has asked judges not to extradite him. Denmark wants hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah extradited from the United Arab Emirates, but Shah’s lawyer,

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe’s largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine’s electricity grid Monday, its last transmission line disconnected because of a fire caused by shelling, the facility’s operator and the U.N. atomic watchdog said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was informed Monday by Ukrainian authorities that

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Eight people are on trial in a special terrorism court in Paris. They are accused of helping a man who drove a truck into a crowded beachfront in the southern French resort of Nice and killed 86 people. The attacker was shot dead by

By CARA ANNA and OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration as thousands are dying in a historic drought made

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say the number of people who died in an accident while climbing Eurasia’s tallest active volcano has risen to eight. A helicopter with a rescue team is on the way to the site of the accident. Russian media initially reported on Saturday that five climbers died while trying to ascend

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Statistical Institute says the country’s annual inflation passed 80% in August, further hitting consumers facing high energy, food and housing costs. Consumer prices rose by 80.21% from a year earlier, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous month, the agency said Monday. Independent experts say inflation is much higher than

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An activist said Monday he has again flown huge balloons carrying COVID-19 relief items and an anti-North Korea placard across the tense inter-Korean border, despite the North’s recent warning of a deadly attack over his activities. Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector-turned-activist, said the 20

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian police say seven people have been killed after a train collided with a vehicle on a railroad crossing in southern Hungary. Police said the crash occurred at a dirt road crossing around 6:45 a.m. Monday near the village of Kunfeherto. The driver of the vehicle and all of its six

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of flights were grounded and more than 200 people evacuated in South Korea on Monday as Typhoon Hinnamnor approached the southern region with heavy rains and winds of up to 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, putting the nation on alert for its worst

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing Washington of breaking into computers at a university that U.S. officials say does military research, adding to complaints by both governments of rampant online spying against each other. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center said Northwestern Polytechnical University reported break-ins in June. The

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Parliament speaker says jailed ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has sought a pardon from the nation’s king. Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun says a petition was submitted Sept. 2, less than two weeks after Najib began a 12-year jail term after losing his final appeal in August in a graft case

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Supreme Court has unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upheld Deputy President William Ruto’s win. Ruto is expected to be sworn in on Sept. 13. Opposition candidate Raila Odinga had alleged irregularities in the otherwise peaceful Aug. 9 election

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian officials say Israeli forces shot and killed a 19-year-old militant in the occupied West Bank in clashes that broke out during an Israeli arrest raid. The military said he threw a firebomb at troops from close range and responded with live fire. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group said the man

NEW YORK (AP) — The steel bands and brightly colored costumes of Caribbean carnival have once again made their presence felt on the streets of New York City. The West Indian American Day Parade took place Monday after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Throngs of people lined the streets of Brooklyn, where one of the world’s largest

By SYLVIA HUI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss has been elected as the Conservative Party’s new leader, the party announced Monday, and she will take office Tuesday as Britain’s new prime minister to steer the country through an acute cost-of-living crisis. The 47-year-old Truss, who is currently foreign secretary, beat

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff raised a fist, then wagged her right index finger, responding to, and riling up even more, a loud-louder-loudest Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that was standing and screaming. Gauff’s U.S. Open opponent, Zhang Shuai, covered both ears with her hands to shield them from

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai toll gate operator Salik says it will make an initial public offering on the city-state’s stock market, becoming the latest state-linked company to list. Salik plans to offer 1.5 billion shares, or 20% of the company’s worth, in a listing on the Dubai

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets sank Monday as Europe faced a new squeeze on Russian gas supplies. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Tokyo, Hong Kong and South Korea fell while Shanghai gained. Oil prices rose more than $2 per barrel while the euro edged lower. Markets were roiled

BEIJING (AP) — At least 46 people have been reported killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. It triggered landslides and shook buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. The quake struck a mountainous area in Luding county shortly

By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chloe Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion — for all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so she’d never imagined having to defend someone accused of performing one.

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — After much anticipation, Olivia Wilde’s “ Don’t Worry Darling ” finally had its world premiere Monday night at the Venice International Film Festival. Before the film, hundreds of screaming Harry Styles fans swarmed the edges of the red carpet trying to get a glimpse of

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lee You-mi of “Squid Game” along with Colman Domingo, Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane were best guest actor winners at Sunday’s creative arts Emmy Awards. The honors were announced at the two-part weekend ceremony, which on Saturday had yielded multiple trophies for the special “Adele: