Month: April 2023

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Country superstar and newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dolly…

PARIS Protesters have loudly banged pots and pans near a castle where French President Emmanuel Macron was to make a speech. Saucepan protests have…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump is again threatening to skip a presidential debate. The Republican…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell last week as the labor market continues to show strength…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Norway has sentenced a former contractor of Russian military company the Wagner Group to 14 days in jail for…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up about…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a man arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in western Germany in which four people were wounded is…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A museum to Polish pianist and composer Frederic Chopin reopens in Warsaw this week after months of renovations. The museum,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s plan to send an envoy to Ukraine allows his government to deflect…

By PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands is celebrating the 56th birthday of King Willem-Alexander with street markets,…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister said he asked Pope Francis during a private Vatican audience…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran wants Lebanon’s rivals to reach an agreement to elect a…

LONDON (AP) — Traveling to the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London just got much harder for fans of the two Manchester clubs. The British…

By ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet Starting a business is, famously, very difficult. If you long for entrepreneurship, consider buying an existing…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ya Ya the giant panda landed Thursday afternoon in Shanghai after departing from the Memphis…

By MOSHE EDRI and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday shrugged off Disney’s lawsuit…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights organizations are urging Thailand to improve conditions in its immigration…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed…

By SUZAN FRASER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a nuclear power plant…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s national weather service said temperatures would “reach values typical of summer” across most of the country, with…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Armed fighters have rampaged through a main city in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, battling…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California approved Thursday a first-in-the-nation, ambitious rule…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, MATTHEW LEE and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Warring factions trying to seize control of the east African…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares advanced in Asia on Friday after Wall Street rallied to its best day since January. Gains in Asian…