Month: April 2023

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Sheriff Mark Lamb has filed federal paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. Pinal County’s top lawman Monday became the first Republican to jump into a high-profile race for the seat held by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Lamb is a staunch supporter of ex-President

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has signed new agreements to ensure its continued access to Russian energy. The move is a sign of continuing diplomatic and trade ties with Moscow that have confounded some European leaders amid the war in Ukraine. Speaking at a news briefing in Moscow, Hungarian Foreign

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s top defense body has approved buying an unspecified number of American-made F-35 fighter jets, as the NATO-member state pushes to modernize its air force. The office of President Klaus Iohannis, who chaired a Supreme Council of National Defense meeting in the capital Bucharest on Tuesday, said members of the council

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s justice minister on Tuesday launched plans to relax the country’s strict restrictions on family names — for example, allowing couples to take double-barreled surnames and pass them on to their children. The current system “is about as up-to-date as a coal stove and as flexible as concrete,” Justice Minister Marco Buschmann

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Dana Nemcova, one of the leading Czech dissidents and human rights activists from the communist era, has died. She was 89. She died on Tuesday morning, according to the Olga Havel Foundation, a charitable organization with which she was associated for many years. No details about the

By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Investing in the stock market isn’t the only thing that may bring a financial return: Studies have found that seeking help from a therapist may lead to financial benefits. If you’re struggling with anxiety, it may feel too intimidating to learn about stocks, bonds and mutual funds. If you’re dealing

MOSCOW (AP) — A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, spewing clouds of dust 20 kilometers (12 miles) into the sky and covering broad areas with ash. The ash cloud from the eruption of Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, extended over 500 kilometers (more than 300 miles) northwest and

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it’s reviewing its presence in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred Afghan women from working for the world organization — a veiled suggestion that the U.N. could move to suspend its mission and operations in the embattled country. Tuesday’s announcement comes after the Taliban last week took a step

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive international support” for Somalia as he visited the East African country that is facing the worst drought in decades. He said Somalia is facing humanitarian difficulties even as it combats a serious terrorism threat. The U.N secretary-general was

PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor says investigators are treating the deaths of at least six people who were killed when a building collapsed in the city of Marseille as a possible “involuntary homicide” case. Prosecutor Dominique Laurens said Tuesday that an investigation was opened on that basis after the first body was found in

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a domestically built rocket next month as part of its space development program. The Science Ministry said Tuesday the launch of the Nuri rocket is set for May 24. Last year, the

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups and opposition politicians in Thailand are criticizing the government for forcibly repatriating three men who were reportedly members of an anti-government resistance movement in military-ruled Myanmar. The Bangkok-based People’s Empowerment Foundation says the action violated universal human rights principles and Thailand’s own policy because

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s parliament has opened a special session to scrutinize the state-imposed takeover of Swiss bank Credit Suisse by rival UBS. Lawmakers on Tuesday also are considering strengthening the legal arsenal to better gird against financial blowups. The legislative debate could run up to three days, with lawmakers

LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors have walked off the job across England in a four-day strike billed as the most disruptive in the history of the U.K.’s public health service. The walkout by junior doctors is due to last until 7 a.m. on Saturday. Junior doctors make up almost half of all

By MIKE CORDER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron laid out his vision of a bold, assertive European future on Tuesday, but not before simmering anger at his domestic pension reforms boiled over once more as he began his speech in the Netherlands. Some members of the

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman’s second-largest bank is pursuing a potential merger with its smaller rival, potentially creating a lender with just under $20 billion in assets. That’s according to regulatory filings made on Tuesday. The filings on the Muscat Stock Exchange show Bank Dhofar’s interest in its smaller rival, Ahli Bank. Bank

BERLIN (AP) — Firefighters say they have freed an “uncooperative” squirrel that was stuck in a manhole cover in western Germany. The Dortmund fire department said it was alerted to a distressed red squirrel by a pedestrian Monday afternoon. A crew of firefighters who arrived at the scene carefully removed the manhole cover and tried

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has condemned China’s military drills in the Taiwan Strait, saying Tuesday that China did not demonstrate the “responsible” behavior of a major Asian nation. China’s three-day, large-scale drills that ended Monday were retaliation for Tsai’s meeting with United States House Speaker Kevin

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say security forces raided a suspected hideout of the Pakistani Taliban in the southwestern city of Quetta, triggering a shootout that killed four police officers and a militant commander. Officials say police launched the raid early on Tuesday after being tipped off that the

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has flown to the United States for meetings aimed at strengthening the economic and defense cooperation of the two nations. Mateusz Morawiecki is due to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday at the White House. His three-day visit will also include meetings with the representatives of

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jurors in the triple murder trial of a woman accused in the deaths of her two children and a romantic rival were shown gruesome photographs of the slain children Tuesday afternoon, as the grandfather of one of the kids sobbed in the back of the courtroom.