Month: March 2023

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two Memphis police officers and a suspect have been wounded in a shooting. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the shooting happened during a foot chase after officers responded to a report of a person with a gun at a convenience store shortly before 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The bureau says the

By ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has used it long-range arsenal to bombard anew several areas of Ukraine. The attacks killed at least two civilians and damaged homes. The bombardment Friday came as Ukrainians commemorated the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that

By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency have slowed to the lowest level in a year. Energy prices dropped in March, but food costs were still on the rise, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to keep raising interest rates. Data released Friday

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Russia have signed an extradition agreement which they say will help combat transnational crime and be a turning point in their relations. The treaty — Indonesia’s first extradition agreement with a European country — was signed by Indonesian Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England (AP) — A British manufacturer of fine bone china is busy making “God Save The King” commemorative plates and mugs for King Charles II’s May 6 coronation. Craftspeople at the Duchess China factory in the central England city of Stoke-on-Trent painted delicate gold edges on more teacups and saucers this week to make

By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — President Joe Biden during his visit to a Mississippi town ravaged by a deadly tornado vowed that the federal government is “not leaving” until the area is back on its feet. Last week’s twister destroyed 300 homes and businesses in Rolling Fork,

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Huawei on Friday reported a nearly 70% fall in profit last year amid sanctions and pandemic challenges, but saw its enterprise sales rise as the Chinese technology giant sought to pivot into digital industries and reduce its vulnerability to U.S. sanctions. Huawei said Friday that its

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Several members of the 16-man crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker are being held hostage by pirates who boarded the ship in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea last week, the Danish shipper that owns the vessel said Friday. Pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of Port

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III commemorated the more than 30,000 people killed in the Allied bombing of Hamburg almost 80 years ago as he visited the northern German city Friday on the last leg of his first foreign trip since becoming monarch. The attack in July 1943 carried out

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court has refused to review its 2022 decision to uphold former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s graft conviction and 12-year jail sentence, saying he was “the author of his own misfortune.” The Federal Court rejected his final appeal in August in a case linked to the looting of state investment

BEIJING (AP) — A government survey shows China’s factory activity grew at a slower pace in March but was stronger than expected following the end of anti-virus restrictions. The monthly purchasing managers’ index issued by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing and the national statistics agency declined to 51.9 from February’s 52.6 on a

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was denied parole Friday after it was decided that he had not served the “minimum detention period” required to be released from prison following his murder conviction for the 2013 killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The parole

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied Friday to close out a winning March and first quarter of the year, feats that looked questionable just a couple weeks ago when Wall Street was tumbling in turmoil. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% to cap a 3.5% gain for the month. It

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Voters in small Montenegro go to the polls this weekend to choose their next president in a runoff between pro-Western incumbent Milo Djukanovic and Jakov Milatovic, a newcomer supported by the shaky governing coalition with links to neighboring Serbia. Observers say that Milatovic, as a new

BANGKOK (AP) — The World Bank says developing economies in Asia have mostly regained ground lost during the pandemic but are seeing their recoveries stall as productivity lags. A report released Friday forecasts that growth in emerging economies including China will pick up pace this year after the country relaxed pandemic restrictions on travel and

By TIAN MACLEOD JI and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand have paid fines for overstaying their visas but remain in police custody uncertain about their legal status amid fears they would be deported against their will to

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly weather including tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers in Arkansas, collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois and made a fatal sweep into rural Indiana. The

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says he will visit China this weekend for talks with his counterpart Qin Gang, becoming Japan’s first top diplomat to do so in more than three years amid growing frictions between the two countries including a recent flap over the detention of

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, CARA ANNA and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — The global rivalry between the United States and China has been a recurring backdrop during Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Africa. Beijing’s influence is particularly apparent during the second and third stops in Tanzania and Zambia, where Harris arrived on

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A codefendant in the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on a movie set in New Mexico was convicted Friday of unsafe handling of a firearm and sentenced to six months of probation. Safety coordinator and assistant director

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime, the culmination of a political rise defined by unprecedented scandal. The vote of a Manhattan grand jury to indict the Republican former president on charges related

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Taiwan’s diplomatic partners dwindle and turn instead to rival China, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is aiming to shore up ties with the self-governing island’s remaining allies during a trip this week to Central America. Tsai touched down in Guatemala on Friday afternoon, walking from the

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The historic indictment of former President Donald Trump thrust the 2024 presidential election into uncharted territory, raising the remarkable prospect that the leading contender for the Republican nomination will seek the White House while also facing trial for criminal charges in New York. In an acknowledgment

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thirty-five bodies have been found inside a well at a Hindu temple in central India after dozens of people fell into the muddy water when the well’s cover collapsed, officials said Friday. Video of Thursday’s collapse at the temple complex in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Conservative media figures were quick to defend former President Donald Trump after news came out that he had been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. ‘A disgrace,’ said Fox News Channel’s Jesse Watters. ‘Repulsive,’ said Fox’s Sean Hannity. ‘Insane,’ said Newsmax’s Eric Bolling. Many commentators

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A powerful San Diego County supervisor says he will resign amid accusations that he sexually assaulted a government employee. Nathan Fletcher’s announcement completes a swift and shocking fall for a decorated Marine combat veteran whose star seemed to rise in sync with his Democratic Party’s hold

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The goal of silencing the guns in Africa this decade is being challenged by climate change, terrorism, coups and the continent’s history, the head of the African Union initiative told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday. Attaining the goal is at risk even after the

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s indictment was quietly brought to the clerk’s office at a Manhattan criminal courthouse just before closing time Thursday. A woman and two men in suits walked in past reporters who’ve been staking out the office for weeks, turned a corner and disappeared through

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say two men were killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting outside a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee. Police said two people were arrested Thursday after the shooting that authorities said began with an altercation inside Privé restaurant and nightclub. Preliminary information provided by police showed one man