Month: February 2023

By KANIS LEUNG and EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world’s first genetically edited babies, pulling it hours after he announced his research plans in

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has denied Dani Alves’ appeal to be freed on bail while the investigation of a sexual assault accusation against the Brazilian soccer player continues. The court ruled that Alves is a flight risk and must remain in prison during the investigation. Alves was

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged NATO allies Greece and Turkey to calm rhetoric as both countries head to national elections. Blinken made the comments Tuesday in Athens in an effort to bolster unity in the trans-Atlantic alliance as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants the nation’s freight railroads to immediately act to improve safety while regulators try to strengthen safety rules in the wake of a fiery derailment in Ohio that forced evacuations when toxic chemicals were released and burned. Buttigieg announced the reforms Tuesday

By JOSEPH KRAUSS and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Traffic has more than doubled last year at Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international flights, but has yet to fully recover after the coronavirus pandemic. The number of passengers is surging but the state-of-the-art airport in the oil-rich United Arab

Staff The Associated Press One year ago, Russia launched Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Russian tanks began rolling into Ukraine, sending civilians fleeing for basement bunkers and their country’s borders. Governments around the world imposed stringent sanctions on Russia in an attempt – so far unsuccessful – to pressure President Vladimir Putin to abandon the

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The head of Australia’s domestic spy agency says the nation faces an unprecedented threat of espionage and foreign interference with more Australians being targeted by agents than ever before. Mike Burgess, who heads the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, says multiple nations are using espionage and foreign

By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, announcing the move Tuesday in a bitter speech in which he made clear he would not change his strategy in the war in Ukraine. Putin emphasized, however, that Russia isn’t withdrawing from

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s recent resumption of missile tests underscores its resolve to win international recognition as a legitimate nuclear state and receive outside concessions. North Korea clams its nuclear weapons are combat ready, but some foreign governments and experts remain skeptical about how

ISTANBUL (AP) — The death toll in Turkey and Syria rose to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people, authorities and media said Tuesday. Turkey’s disaster management authority said six people were killed and 294 others were injured with 18 in critical condition

By LYNN BERRY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Western leaders feared for the life of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a year ago and the U.S. offered him an escape route as Russian forces bore down on Ukraine’s capital. But Zelenskyy declined and declared his intent to stay and defend Ukraine’s independence. Zelenskyy has inspired Ukrainians

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Human rights advocates are urging South Korea to test hundreds of North Korean escapees who lived near the country’s nuclear facility for radiation exposure. Such testing conducted in 2017 and 2018 found nine people with abnormalities that could indicate high exposure, though no link to

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In the final hours before the Russian onslaught, a last grasp at peace. Russian troops would soon pour across Ukraine’s borders and Russian missiles would fill Ukrainian skies, taking Ukrainian lives in the biggest air, sea and ground assault in Europe since World War II. But

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN anchor Don Lemon will return to work Wednesday and will receive “formal training” in the aftermath of his on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, network CEO Chris Licht said in an email to employees Monday night. The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, did not specify the training.

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The International Energy Agency on Tuesday accused fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions and undermining global climate goals to limit warming. Economic uncertainty, high energy prices and concerns over security of supply, which would have led to emissions cuts in 2022, were ineffective as methane emissions

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Wednesday after stocks tumbled on Wall Street as worries persist about higher interest rates and their tightening squeeze on the global economy. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 1.4% in morning trading to 27,100.51. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3% to 7,312.50. South Korea’s Kospi

BERLIN (AP) — A dozen minors filed a lawsuit with Austria’s top court Tuesday seeking to force the government to ensure their constitutional rights are protected by taking tougher action against climate change. A lawyer for the group said the case submitted to the Constitutional Court is modeled on a similar lawsuit in Germany that

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters on Tuesday elected Democrat Jennifer McClellan, a veteran state legislator from Richmond, to fill an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will make history as the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress. “We will make this commonwealth

By KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sunny skies and warm weather are fueling the fervor on New Orleans streets as the city celebrates Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday — the annual, ebullient climax of the city’s Carnival season. Families lined St. Charles Avenue and adjoining streets for parades that began at

BEIJING (AP) — The foreign minister of China, which has provided strong political backing for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says his country wants to play a role in ending the conflict. On Tuesday at a security conference in Beijing, Qin Gang said China was concerned that the almost yearlong war could escalate further and spin

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter in a terrorist attack. At the same time,

By AAMER MADHANI, ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned of “hard and bitter days ahead” as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears the one-year mark, but vowed that no matter what, the United States and allies “will not waver” in supporting the Ukrainians. A day

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of U.S. lawmakers has met with Taiwan’s president, who promised to deepen military cooperation between the two sides despite objections from China, which claims the island as its own territory. The group is one of many U.S. delegations President Tsai Ing-wen has welcomed in recent years even as Beijing

By ED DAVEY The lush West African rainforests of Liberia are being cut down and illegally exported with the likely collusion of powerful government officials, according to a diplomatic document obtained by The Associated Press that described an apparent “parallel system” for trade in timber. The document is a compilation of reports prepared by independent

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 17 migrants are dead after the bus they were traveling in crashed in central Mexico. All of the dead were migrants, including people from Venezuela, Colombia and Central America. Puebla state officials said Monday that the accident occurred the previous day on a highway leading from the southern state

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s prime minister says the country needs to rebuild with more resilient infrastructure to cope with more frequent and intense weather events. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins spoke to Parliament on Tuesday after Cyclone Gabrielle hit last week. The storm caused widespread damage on New Zealand’s North Island and claimed

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies are urging the U.N. Security Council to condemn North Korea’s unlawful ballistic missile launches. But China and Russia blamed the U.S. for escalating tensions by increasing military exercises targeting Pyongyang. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council at an

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British luxury brand Burberry has unveiled its first catwalk show under new creative director Daniel Lee at London Fashion Week on Monday. The heritage brand is best known for its elegant, functional trench coats, first invented during World War I. But Lee, who joined Burberry in September,

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is taking new measures against a prominent Jesuit artist after 15 more people came forward with fresh accusations of spiritual, sexual and psychological abuse. The Jesuits tell The Associated Press that the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik can no longer pursue his artistic

NEW YORK (AP) — Four Associated Press journalists have been honored with the George Polk Award for War Reporting for their searing coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Ukrainian officials have credited with saving many lives. AP videojournalist Mstyslav Chernov, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, video producer Vasilisa Stepanenko and reporter Lori Hinnant were awarded for

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Among Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she “otherwise loved very much” — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid. The Seattle City Council member, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India, was 6 when she questioned her