Month: May 2023

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief says that the U.S. green light to allow Ukrainian pilots get training to fly F-16s has created an inexorable momentum that will inevitably bring the fighter jets to the Ukrainian battlefield. Josep Borrell added that training for Ukrainian pilots had already

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man rented a U-Haul truck Monday evening and then crashed it into a security barrier across from the White House just a few hours later, authorities said Tuesday. The box truck’s driver smashed into the barrier near the north side of Lafayette Square on Monday

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rolf Harris, the veteran entertainer whose decades-long career as a family favorite on British and Australian television was shattered when he was convicted of sexual assaults on young girls, has died. He was 93. Harris was adored by generations of children for his jovial on-screen persona, and

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it’s probably the most efficient route. That’s because she’s been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system’s pervasive security cameras with facial recognition.

By PETER SMITH and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore — but the congregation he attended was staying. Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the UMC — but his congregation was leaving it. Each has found new church homes,

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says the British economy will avoid falling into recession this year. In upgraded growth forecasts released Tuesday, the Washington-based IMF said domestic demand had proven more resilient than anticipated in the face of a surge in energy costs. The IMF now thinks the

BOSTON (AP) — A father and son from Massachusetts have both been sent to prison for running an elaborate lottery fraud scheme designed to enrich themselves and help prize winners avoid paying taxes on their windfall, prosecutors said. Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, both of Watertown, cashed in 14,000 winning lottery tickets over

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say that dozens of militants attacked an oil and gas plant in the country’s remote northwest, near the border with Afghanistan, killing four security troops and two private guards. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the large-scale attack on Tuesday that targeted the oil and gas extraction facility run

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish prosecutors say they will ask for a 23-year-old man to be detained in a secure mental health facility if he is convicted of murder and attempted murder over a mall shooting in which three people died. A gunman opened fire inside the huge Field’s shopping center near Copenhagen on July

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ peace envoy for Ukraine has blasted war as a “pandemic” and said all Christians are called to be peacemakers. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi made his first public comments since being named envoy on Tuesday. He called for the creation of a culture of peace to respond

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is heading toward a new general election, two days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right New Democracy party won a landslide victory in a national vote but failed in clinch a majority in parliament. A power-sharing deal was put mathematically out of reach, after the

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Swiss watchmaker Swatch says Malaysian authorities have raided its stores and confiscated 164 watches from its Pride Collection. It says Ministry of Home Affairs officials raided its outlets in various malls across the country and seized the watches because they “bore LGBT connotations.” The watches come in a choice of

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Tuesday against Prince Harry in his efforts to pay for police protection when he visits Britain. A High Court judge rejected the Duke of Sussex’s assertion that the British government exceeded its authority when it denied him the right to hire police to

LONDON (AP) — Wish you could reword that snarky text message you just sent? WhatsApp is allowing users to do just that, for up to 15 minutes after they send a message. The popular chat app announced in a blog post Monday that users can correct misspellings, add more details or otherwise change what they

By FILIPE BENTO Associated Press ARADE DAM, Portugal (AP) — Police on Tuesday renewed the search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who disappeared in 2007, with officers digging and scraping the surface of land near a dam close to where she went missing in southern Portugal. About 20 officers with rakes and hoe-like tools

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Humanitarian agencies are calling for the full funding of the U.N.’s $7 billion appeal for the Horn of Africa during a pledging conference this week. They say there is a growing crisis and a need for urgent lifesaving intervention. The U.N. says the Horn of Africa

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for children and teens — and is calling on tech companies, parents and caregivers to take “immediate action to protect kids now.” With young people’s social media use “near universal” but

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army has demolished the home of an attacker who killed a man and wounded two others on one of Tel Aviv’s busiest streets in March. Police killed the suspected shooter, identified as 23-year-old Palestinian Moataz Khawaja. Hamas claimed him a member of its armed wing. On Tuesday, the army destroyed

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office says that criminal police have detained three more suspected far-right extremists who are linked to an alleged plot by the Reichsbuerger, or Reich Citizens, movement to topple the country’s government. Prosecutors said Tuesday the three suspects were detained Monday evening in the southwestern

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Seven people accused of racially abusing Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior have been arrested in Spain, police said Tuesday. Three were detained in Valencia for alleged abuse against Vinícius in a Spanish league match on Sunday. Four were arrested in Madrid for allegedly hanging an effigy

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has received a long-sought invitation to visit the United Arab Emirates. Emirati leaders have extended the invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu and figurehead President Isaac Herzog on Monday to attend the U.N climate conference in Dubai in November. Netanyahu has not said whether he will

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops and security forces quashed an alleged cross-border raid from Ukraine in what appeared to be one of the most serious cross-border attacks since the war began. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed to have killed more than 70 attackers in a battle that lasted around 24

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken his legal battle to a court in the capital, Islamabad. The court on Tuesday granted him protection from arrest until early next month in several cases where he faces terrorism charges for inciting violence. Khan, now Pakistan’s top opposition

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — South Korean experts are looking at the facilities related to slightly radioactive wastewater at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. Japan plans to release the treated water into the sea after final reviews by Japanese regulators and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Local fishing communities have protested the

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish people and economy are being pummeled by sky-high inflation, and many are still recovering from a devastating earthquake made worse by a slow government response. Yet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — a populist with increasingly authoritarian instincts — enters Sunday’s runoff election as the

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Festus Nyoni picked out a few items in a supermarket in Zimbabwe’s capital, looked at the prices and knew she was in the wrong place. She abandoned her shopping cart and headed for a nearby street jammed with traders offering bargains in U.S. dollars. From the

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is condemning an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal requests to the city’s organ donation system, saying police will investigate suspicious cases. The government has been looking into setting up an organ transplant mutual assistance program with mainland China.

By GANTRY MEILANA Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — The National Elections Commission says East Timor’s opposition party has won Sunday’s parliamentary election. The result means independence fighter Xanana Gusmao is likely to return as prime minister in Asia’s youngest democracy. The figures released Tuesday show Gusmao’s National Congress of the Reconstruction of East

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff’s deputy while suffering a mental health crisis will get $19 million from state and local agencies and changes to how officers are trained under a settlement. The shooting of Christian Glass after his

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world’s highest peak. Kami Rita, considered