Month: February 2023

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — One of Cambodia’s last free media outlets has ceased operations after Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered its closure for allegedly slandering his son in a story. The story said Hun Sen’s son, Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, had signed a donation on his father’s behalf for

By MEHMET GUZEL, SUZAN FRASER and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press ADIYAMAN, Turkey (AP) — The desperate search for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria entered its final hours as rescuers using sniffer dogs and thermal cameras surveyed pulverized apartment blocks for any sign of life a week after the disaster. Teams in southern Turkey’s

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fourteen years after a financial crisis nearly brought Dubai to its knees, several major abandoned real estate projects are finally showing signs of life as part of a new economic boom in the city-state. As with previous upturns in Dubai, war is a driving

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai again is planning for the takeoff of flying taxis in this futuristic city-state on the Arabian Peninsula. On Monday, it offered its firmest details yet for a pledged launch by 2026. Since 2017, the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates has offered

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A pro-reform newspaper says Iran has relased an award-winning filmmaker more than six months after arresting him for criticizing the government. Mohammad Rasoulof is one of several prominent artists, athletes and other celebrities detained in recent months for criticizing authorities. His 2020 film, “There is No Evil,” won the

By MEG KINNARD and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Few have navigated the turbulent politics of the Trump era like Nikki Haley. In early 2016, the then-South Carolina governor said she was “embarrassed” by candidate Donald Trump and decried his reluctance to condemn white supremacists. Nine months later, she agreed to join

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets sank Monday ahead of a U.S. inflation update that traders worry might lead to more interest rate hikes. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Shanghai advanced. Oil prices declined. Traders hope Tuesday’s inflation data will show upward pressure on U.S. prices is easing,

By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U2 is returning to the concert stage later this year for the first time since 2019 but without one of the original quartet, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr. is on the injured list. The band offered a hint about its reemergence on the biggest stage

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday. The singer’s representative confirmed the pregnancy shortly after she ended her 13-minute set at Super Bowl 57. She hovered high at times as she performed a number of

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer New Mexico State’s men’s basketball season came to an abrupt halt Sunday after the release of a police report that detailed three players ganging up on a teammate and attacking him in a case that includes allegations of false imprisonment, harassment and criminal sexual contact. “It’s time for this

By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Richard E. Grant is looking forward to hosting next Sunday’s EE BAFTA Film Awards. A huge cheerleader of acting talent and movie makers, he says his enthusiasm for award season is “absolutely genuine” and qualifies him for the role. However, because Grant is an actor, instead of

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer David Jude Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of the Long Island hip-hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54. His representative Tony Ferguson confirmed the reports Sunday. No other information was immediately available. In recent years, Jolicoeur, had said

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A new report says climate commitments by companies aren’t always as green as they seem. The report published Monday concludes that major brands are exaggerating how ambitious their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions are, essentially misleading consumers, investors and governments. Europe-based environmental think tanks NewClimate Institute

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Damar Hamlin has made it to the Super Bowl. The Buffalo Bills safety made his third appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week, this time on the field at State Farm Stadium prior to Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. It’s

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Howard Bragman, a beloved Hollywood publicist who specialized in crisis relations and whose clients have included Monica Lewinsky, Cameron Diaz, Ricki Lake, Sharon Osbourne and Chaz Bono, has died after a short battle with leukemia. He was 66. He died Saturday night in Los Angeles, his family said Sunday.

KATY, Texas (AP) — Officials on Sunday afternoon lifted a shelter-in-place advisory that had been issued in suburban Houston because of a leak of ammonia gas from a refrigeration line at a warehouse. Officials said at a news conference that while air monitoring will continue, there wasn’t currently a health risk. No injuries were reported.

By AHMED AL-HAJ The Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A court run by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels on Sunday upheld a five-year sentence against a female actor and one of her companions who were convicted of committing an indecent act and having drugs in her possession. The arrest of Intisar al-Hammadi and the three other

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are making their final push to build a new FBI headquarters in their state, while Maryland officials try to persuade the federal government to put it in their state. The Washington Post reports that the jockeying is happening as the General Services Administration gets closer to a decision. Virginia

CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor suggests a gang dispute led to a December shooting near a Chicago high school that left two students dead and two other teens wounded. Thomas Darman, an assistant state’s attorney, said during the suspect’s bail hearing Saturday that the 16-year-old suspect charged in the Dec. 16 shooting outside Benito Juarez

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana’s capital city have arrested two people for a mass shooting that left 12 others wounded at a nightclub in January. Two 19-year-olds, Nikeal Franklin and Jy’Shaun Jackson, were arrested Friday, the Baton Rouge Police Department said. Franklin was charged with 12 counts of attempted first-degree murder while

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press ATAREB, Syria (AP) — As rescue operations have largely ceased, residents of areas in northwest Syria struck by a devastating earthquake are grappling with their new and worsening reality. Many residents spent Sunday digging through the debris of their destroyed homes, picking up the remnants of their shattered lives

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Top Caribbean leaders are expected to debate Haiti’s spiraling chaos and its impact on the region during a meeting this week. Some are complaing some complain about a constant stream of migrants arriving on their shores as they flee poverty and worsening violence in Haiti. The