Month: February 2023

By JOHN ANTCZAK and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Parts of the Southern Plains counted the injured and surveyed the damage Monday after tornadoes and other powerful winds swept through, killing at least one person in Oklahoma, while some Michigan residents faced a fifth consecutive day without power following last week’s ice

MOSCOW (AP) — Gleb Pavlovsky, a Soviet-era dissident who served as a Kremlin political consultant helping burnish President Vladimir Putin’s image, has died. He was 71. Pavlovsky was widely seen as one of the architects of Russia’s political system and a top adviser to the Kremlin during the early period of Putin’s rule. Pavlovsky’s death

By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A planned concert by Slovenia’s popular band Laibach in Ukraine next month has been cancelled after the group angered Ukrainians, with remarks interpreted to suggest that Kyiv was involved in a proxy war on behalf of its Western patrons. The iconic band known for using military-style

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024, becoming the first high-profile candidate to jump into the battleground state race. In a video announcing her campaign, Slotkin says that the nation seems “to be

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Tensions are mounting in Nigeria’s capital as election officials continue releasing official results from Saturday’s presidential vote. On Monday, the political parties for the two main opposition candidates walked out of the collation center in anger. They claimed there were disparities between results announced by the

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week over President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. It’s a plan that impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. Republican-appointed judges have kept the Democratic president’s plan from going into effect. It’s unclear

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Hungary at the end of April. That is according to an announcement by the Vatican on Monday. The April 28-30 trip is expected to focus on migration to Europe and Russia’s war in Ukraine. It’s a proper state visit after

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Financial envy is common — we see what others have and wish we had it, too — but it can also be destructive. Financial therapists say that the most effective way to deal with those feelings is to explore what is really behind them. Perhaps you want to increase your

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of human rights” in the world today, the head of the United Nations said Monday, as the war pushed into its second year with no end in sight and tens of thousands dead. The Russian invasion

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations says that one of its helicopters came under heavy fire in eastern Congo, bringing the mission to suspend flights in the conflict-riddled region. The U.N. World Food Program said that a helicopter returning from Walikale to Goma in North Kivu province, came under

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state news agency SANA says two land mines left behind by the Islamic State group in two different locations in central Syria killed 10 workers and wounded 12 others who were in the countryside, collecting truffles. The reports say Monday’s explosions took place near the town of Salamiyeh. The wounded

By MAJDI MOHAMMED and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press HAWARA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli medics say a Palestinian gunman has shot and killed an Israeli motorist with American citizenship on a West Bank highway as part of a multicar shooting spree. It’s the latest bloodshed in a wave of violence, a day after two

BEIJING (AP) — China says it closely monitored the flight of a U.S. surveillance plane through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, accusing the U.S. of having “deliberately disrupted and undermined the regional situation.” The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command said Chinese forces organized to keep an eye on the passage of the P-8A Poseidon

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans’ campaign operation is taking steps to avoid a repeat of their party’s disastrous showing in last year’s midterms. The National Republican Senatorial Committee says it intends to wade into party primaries in key states, providing resources to its preferred candidates in a bid to produce

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Speed around a French village in the video game Gran Turismo and you might spot a Corvette behind you trying to catch your slipstream. The technique of using the draft of an opponent’s racecar to speed up and overtake them is one favored by skilled players of PlayStation’s realistic

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations has raised $1.2 billion in humanitarian aid pledges for Yemen at a conference aimed at helping millions of people in the war-stricken country. The amount is far below a target of $4.3 billion set by the U.N. to stave off one of the world’s

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkey causing some damaged buildings to collapse and killing at least one person.  Monday’s quake came three weeks after a catastrophic temblor devastated the region. A father and daughter reported trapped beneath the rubble of one building, were rescued. More than 100 people

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union sealed a deal on Monday to resolve their thorny post-Brexit trade dispute over Northern Ireland, hailing the agreement as the start of a “new chapter” in their often fractious relationship. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is stressing the importance of legal challenges against “climate-wrecking corporations” like fossil-fuel producers. Guterres ratcheted up his call for the fight against climate change. The U.N. chief’s appeal opened the latest session of the Human Rights Council. It was part of an address

By ALFREDO PEÑA Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo. That ignited a clash between the soldiers and angry local residents who came to the scene to protest. According to a state crime scene report, the soldiers

By MARIA CHENG and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U.N. agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct as “an absurdity.”

By ALBERT AJI and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus and promised to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country. Sameh Shoukry is Egypt’s most senior official to visit Syria since 2011. His visit on Monday comes a day after Cairo’s

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to reduce the number of French troops in Africa as part of a “new security partnership.” He also said Monday he wants to roll out more ambitious economic policies, in a bid to boost France’s waning influence in the continent.

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened a major political conference dedicated to agriculture, state media reported Monday, amid outside assessments that suggest the country is facing a serious shortfall of food. North Korea’s official media said Monday that the committee will

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated Press STECCATO DI CUTRO, Italy (AP) — The death toll has risen to at least 63 in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast after rescue crews recovered several more bodies. Children were among the dead after a wooden boat broke up in stormy seas on the reefs

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a night to celebrate for the stars of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” as it becomes the biggest movie in the awards multiverse. It took a long while for all the cast members to gather in the press room at the Screen Actors

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Last-minute technical trouble forced SpaceX to call off an attempt to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. The countdown was halted Monday with just two minutes remaining until liftoff from Florida. SpaceX delayed the launch until at least Thursday. The

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press GUASTALLA, Italy (AP) — From the day of her birth in Pakistan, Iram Aslam was betrothed to a cousin 17 days older. But to the young woman, who emigrated as a teenager to this Italian farm town on the Po River plain, the cousin felt like a brother. So on

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat says the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have given tacit approval to EU proposals to end months of political crises and help improve ties. Tensions have simmered between Serbia and its former territory since Kosovo unilaterally broke away in 2008. EU foreign

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The comic strip “Dilbert” disappeared with lightning speed following racist remarks by creator Scott Adams, but it shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone who has followed them both. Adams, who is white, was an outspoken presence on social media long before describing Black people

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A contingent of Chinese companies led by technology giant Huawei is turning the world’s biggest wireless trade fair into an opportunity to show their muscle in the face of Huawei’s blacklisting by Western nations concerned about cybersecurity and escalating tensions with the U.S. over TikTok,