Month: February 2023

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan is speeding up its shift to electric vehicles, especially in Europe, where emissions regulations are most stringent. Nissan said in a statement it will make practically all its offerings electric or series-hybrids in Europe by fiscal 2026, at 98%, up from the previous target of

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A stock market filing says missing Chinese investment banker Bao Fan is co-operating in an investigation in China. China Renaissance Holdings Ltd., which Bao founded, gave no further details. The company says it has been unable to reach Bao but its operations continue as normal. The

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The ex-husband and former in-laws of a slain Hong Kong model were put in custody without bail Monday on a joint murder charge, after police found parts of her body in a refrigerator. Ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were

By KALLE BENALLIE, ICT WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later

By JOHN DANISZEWSKI and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by U.S.-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid wants the world to know his country now is at peace, democratic and intent on rebuilding economic life while maintaining a government that serves the whole country

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman for the Taliban government says their security forces killed two militants from the Islamic State group and detained a third in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The officials said Monday that the raid in a residential neighborhood targeted IS militants who

By TERRY DEVINE Associated Press Members of the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee on Feb. 27, 1973, starting a 71-day occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The standoff with the federal government grew out of turmoil within the Oglala Sioux Tribe as well as a protest

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares climbed in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street benchmarks clawed back some losses from their worst week since early December. Stocks have come under selling pressure as analysts have raised forecasts for how high the Federal Reserve will take interest rates and how long it

By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press JOSHIMATH, India (AP) — Inside a shrine overlooking snow-capped mountains, Hindu priests heaped spoonfuls of puffed rice and ghee into a crackling fire. They closed their eyes and chanted, hoping their prayers would somehow turn back time and save their holy — and sinking — town. For

By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press JOSHIMATH, India (AP) — Inside a shrine overlooking snow-capped mountains, Hindu priests heaped spoonfuls of puffed rice and ghee into a crackling fire. They closed their eyes and chanted in Sanskrit, hoping their prayers would somehow turn back time and save their holy — and sinking —

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ron DeSantis has emerged as a political star early in the 2024 presidential election season even as he ignores many conventions of modern politics. The Florida governor often avoids gatherings of fellow Republican governors and party leaders. He is the only top-tier presidential prospect

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Macao, the world’s biggest gambling hub, is easing its requirements for people to wear masks that had lasted most of the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting Monday, people no longer have to wear masks when outdoors. They’ll still be required in hospitals and on public transit, but casinos

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The celebration surrounding Damian Lillard’s record-breaking performance was short-lived. Lillard set franchise and career marks with 71 points — tied for the most in the NBA this season — and 13 3-pointers in the Portland Trail Blazers’ 131 -114 victory over the Houston Rockets

BEIJING (AP) — At least five workers were killed in a roof collapse at a mine in southwestern China, as hope appeared to be fading for 47 miners trapped under rubble after a mining disaster last week in northern China. Deadly mine disasters occur regularly in China, although a safety crackdown has reduced their toll.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard says it has joined a search for a Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel carrying six people, which was last spotted more than a week ago off Palau in the western Pacific. The Philippine coast guard, citing Taiwanese counterparts, said Monday that U.S. Coast Guard aircraft have helped carry out

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian-based archaeologist is expected to return to Australia soon after he and two Papua New Guinean research colleagues spent a week held hostage by an armed group demanding a ransom in Papua New Guinea’s remote Highlands Region. On Monday, police and soldiers were hunting the group of around 20 gunmen

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. South Korean experts estimate that North Korea is short around

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Quin Snyder has been hired as the Atlanta Hawks coach. The Hawks reached an agreement with Snyder on a five-year deal only five days after firing McMillan on Tuesday. General manager Landry Fields stressed that Atlanta’s eighth-place standing in the Eastern Conference was not acceptable for

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — YouTube star Jake Paul took the first defeat of his professional boxing career Sunday night, losing a split decision to Tommy Fury. Paul (6-1) knocked down Fury with a short left hand early in the final round of their cruiserweight bout, but the younger half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves did an abrupt about-face Sunday on an issue for which Democrats have been sharply criticizing him this election year, saying for the first time that he wants the state to allow a full year of Medicaid coverage to women after

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer A new documentary that is expected to head to a streaming service later this year recounts the birth of Italian ready-to-wear, giving Giorgio Armani due credit for putting Milan on the fashion world map. The film was premiered Sunday after the close of Milan Fashion Week to a very-fashion

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B spoke to girls in a police mentorship program Friday as part of what she says has been an eye-opening and emotional week performing court-mandated community service for her role in a pair of brawls at New York City strip clubs in

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line will resume Monday to two approved sites in Ohio, according to federal environmental authorities. The announcement came a day after the Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The government of Panama has temporarily bus services that transfer migrants from the dangerous Darien Gap area to the north of the country, after two serious mishaps aboard the vehicles. Panama’s immigration agency said Sunday that no more trips would take place until transport authorities reviewed the bus lines and ensured

By The Associated Press A family member says Madonna’s eldest sibling, Anthony Ciccone, has died. The announcement was made Saturday on Instagram by musician Joe Henry, who is married to Madonna’s sister. Henry says Ciccone “exited this earthly plane” Friday night. No details about how or where he died were included. Madonna liked the Instagram

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a new House select committee on China defended Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday, saying it was abhorrent and unacceptable for a GOP lawmaker to question her loyalty to the United States based on her Chinese heritage. “One of my colleagues, unfortunately, attacked Judy Chu, the first Chinese American

STAGECOACH, Nev. (AP) — A medical transport flight that crashed in a mountainous area in northern Nevada, killing five all five people aboard the plane including a patient, apparently broke apart before hitting the ground, authorities said Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board has sent in a seven-member team of investigators to the site of