Month: March 2023

MOSCOW (AP) — Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria, which has close ties to Moscow and hosts Russian troops, claims it has thwarted an assassination attempt on its president allegedly organized by Ukraine’s national security service. Transnistria’s state security ministry said Thursday that an unspecified number of people had been arrested in connection with an attempted

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league has filed another complaint to authorities following racial insults aimed at Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior. It was the seventh official complaint made by the league for insults against the Brazilian player. Vinícius is Black. The latest complaint came after someone called him

LONDON (AP) — The pay package for Shell’s CEO jumped by half last year to nearly $12 million. Oil and gas companies have made record profits from skyrocketing energy costs that have driven a cost-of-living crisis. In figures released Thursday, Shell paid Ben van Beurden a total of 9.7 million pounds, or $11.5 million, in

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday fired a short-range ballistic missile toward waters off its western coast, South Korea’s military said. The launch came as the United States and South Korea prepare to hold their biggest combined military training exercises in years next week to counter the

By JOHN HANNA and TOM DAVIES Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals by backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses. In both Kansas and Indiana bankers associations

By RENATA BRITO and JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press SURIA, Spain (AP) — Three Spanish geologists have died in a tunnel collapse deep inside a potash mine in northeastern Spain. The accident occurred inside the Cabanasses de Súria mine around 8:00 a.m., at a depth of 900 meters (nearly 3,000 feet), the mine operator said Thursday.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says inflation in the country has hit a new high this year, with the steepest price rises for basic foods. Official figures Thursday show the country’s struggle with an economic crisis and currency depreciation has hit the country’s poor —  roughly a third of the population. The government says annual inflation

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say they are investigating officers after violence at a women’s march in the capital, Islamabad. Hundreds of people gathered in a central area of the city to mark International Women’s Day. The announcement Thursday came a day after demonstrators faced resistance from police who baton-charged them and stopped them from

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior legal adviser says UEFA rules on homegrown players are partially incompatible with the European Union’s free movement laws but they might be legitimate to develop and recruit youngsters. Advocate General Maciej Szpunar says UEFA-backed homegrown player quotas are “likely to create indirect discrimination” against

By TRISNADI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has jailed a soccer club organizer and its chief of security on charges of negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people when police fired tear gas in a stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits. The disaster in

By EILEEN NG Associated PRess PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been arrested and will be brought to court to face corruption charges. Muhyiddin, who led Malaysia from March 2020 until August 2021, will be the country’s second leader to be indicted after leaving office. Ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak began

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — He’d paid about $80 for his ticket. He wore a Japan cap above a blue Los Angeles Angels jersey. And as he enthused about the sensation that is Shohei Ohtani, baseball fan Hotaru Shiromizo was talking about far more than sports. Shiromizu, 23, was part of

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong national security police have arrested a veteran labor activist who is also the wife of an organizer of annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Two people close to Elizabeth Tang say she was arrested outside Stanley Prison but it was still

By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Young people in France are protesting against the government’s push to raise the retirement age. Students plan to block access to some universities and high schools on Thursday, and a youth-led protest is planned in Paris. It is part of nationwide strikes and demonstrations against the

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say a Taliban-appointed provincial governor and two others have been killed by a bomb. Mohammad Asif Waziri, the Taliban police spokesman for the northern Balkh province, said Thursday that Daud Muzmal and two others were killed inside the governor’s office in Mazar-e Sharif, the provinicial capital. No one has claimed responsibility

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and Japan say their leaders will meet next week in Japan. Their announcement comes days after South Korea announced a major step toward resolving strained bilateral ties stemming from Tokyo’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s parliament members are lining up to elect a new president, the third since the Himalayan nation abolished a centuries-old monarchy and became a republic. The election of the president Thursday has fueled feuds among the main political parties and triggered political uncertainty. A total of

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has been airlifted to the country’s main international airport for an official overseas trip after throngs of protesters prevented him from driving there as they demonstrated against his contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary. Protesters had made blocking Netanyahu’s route to the

By EDNA TARIGAN and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East Borneo, where the Indonesian government has begun construction of its new capital city. Officials promise a “sustainable forest city” that puts the environment at the heart of development and aims to