Month: May 2023

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Pacific Island leaders have criticized rich countries for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for profiting from loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects. Leaders and representatives from Pacific Island nations demanded at a U.N.

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit economy is expected to resume growing in 2024 after contracting 3% this year. Krishna Srinivasan, the IMF’s director for Asia and Pacific, says expected economic growth of 1.5% next year hinges critically on the economic reform program

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian Afrobeat star has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer in the commercial hub of Lagos. Lagos police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin said Kuti was arrested and detained at the police headquarters in the city after turning himself in. Viral videos had shown the

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming options include rapper Jack Harlow’s acting debut, the return of Kesha and new projects for an heart-warming HGTV show. Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. NEW MOVIES TO

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice Media on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the most recent digital media company to falter after a meteoric rise. A consortium of lenders — Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital — is buying Vice for about $225 million, in addition to taking on a significant

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators that was reached after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private caused the electric vehicle maker’s share price to jump and led to a temporary halt in trading, an appeals

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the most votes in a weekend presidential election but he can’t claim victory because he failed to get the majority support required for an outright win. Preliminary results showed the longtime leader received 49.5% of the vote in Sunday’s election.

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Preliminary results of Albania’s municipal elections show that a mayoral candidate from the Greek minority has won the post while he is in detention for alleged vote-buying. Friday’s arrest of Dhionisios Alfred Beleri, a candidate for mayor of the Albanian city of Himare, which has a

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A jet-powered training aircraft has crashed in central Finland, the Finnish Air Force said, adding that the pilots ejected safely. The British-made single-engine Hawk aircraft crashed Monday south of Keuruu, which sits some 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Helsinki. The air force said on Twitter that the pilots are undergoing

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — The country currently in charge of the European Union’s presidency says a boycott of next year’s Paris Olympics is not on the table. But Swedish sports minister Jakob Forssmed urged the International Olympic Committee to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Games because of

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Biden administration appeal to limit lawsuits filed by members of Congress against the federal government, in a case that stems from disputes over what was the Trump International Hotel in Washington. The justices said Monday they’ll review an appeals

Bt SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s National Election Committee has refused to register the opposition Candlelight Party, the sole credible challenger to the governing Cambodian People’s Party, for July elections, saying it had failed to provide necessary documents. The ruling leaves the party only a very slim chance of taking

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. The justices said Monday they would review a lower-court ruling that found a coastal district running from Charleston to Hilton Head was intentionally redrawn to reduce the number of Black

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America The Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor has become a battle between progressives and moderates, with no clear front-runner in sight. Because the nation’s sixth-largest city is heavily Democratic, Tuesday’s election will likely determine who the next leader will be. The winner will face lone Republican contender David Oh

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scientists are puzzled by a series of minor tremors that were recorded on the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm on Saturday. Officials said Monday that they were caused by ”acoustic pressure waves from an unknown source.” At first, scientists thought the tremors had been caused by earthquakes, then from controlled explosions

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — In early June, Montrealers will line sidewalks, toot horns and pound drums as swarms of cyclists wend their way through the iconic spaces of that bicycle-mad city. It’s not a race. Rather, the crowds will cheer on neighbors and strangers, some 20,000 of them in each of

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military chief says he is freezing all bank accounts of a rival paramilitary force. It’s the latest step in the fight for control of the resource-rich nation. The army commander says the freeze targets all accounts of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudanese banks as well as accounts of companies belonging

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Cypriot energy minister says Cyprus and Israel are working on a deal to build a pipeline that will take natural gas from both countries to the eastern Mediterranean island nation, where it will be liquefied for export by ship to Europe and potentially elsewhere. Minister

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Amy Pope of the United States has elbowed aside her European boss to land the top job at the International Organization for Migration. Pope defeated IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino of Portugal in becoming the first woman elected to lead the U.N. migration agency. Vitorino was the

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian state television says a girl who was gravely wounded in a shooting in a school in Belgrade earlier this month has died, bringing the death toll to 10. RTS on Monday quoted Serbia’s health ministry as confirming the death. The girl had been in critical

BRATISLAVA Police says a crash between a bus and truck on a major highway in western Slovakia has injured 37 people. They say the accident closed the D2 highway that links the Slovak capital, Bratislava, with the neighboring Czech Republic. Details about the nature of the injuries have not been reeased but rescuers say some

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Less than two months into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk declared that whoever took over as the company’s CEO “ must like pain a lot.” Then he promised he’d step down as soon as he found a replacement “foolish enough” to want the job. That person,

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — With new and used cars still painfully expensive, Ryan Holdsworth says he plans to keep his 9-year-old Chevy Cruze for at least four more years. Limiting his car payments and his overall debt is a bigger priority for him than having a new vehicle.

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Despite our plans, life sometimes throws a curveball. Maybe you have to move quickly and can’t take everything, or you’re helping to clear out a family member’s home on a short timeline. Focus first on four things that need special handling: paperwork, photos, prescriptions and perishables. With those out of

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has met with Japanese business leaders and called for expanded technology cooperation between the countries, which he described as a key element in broader efforts to improve relations. Yoon has met twice with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have filed charges against four alleged members of a far-right group that aimed to kill left-wing extremists, following an investigation targeting several organizations. The four men were charged with crimes. including serious bodily harm, resisting and attacking police officers, disturbing the peace and violating Germany’s weapons law. Prosecutors

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria is calling on Arab countries to invest in the war-torn nation, now again a member of the Arab League. The appeal from Syria’s economy and trade minister came during an economic conference in Saudi Arabia on Monday, just days ahead of an

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Long before David Peralta was a veteran outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was an 18-year-old kid from Venezuela who didn’t speak much English playing minor league baseball in Johnson City, Tennessee. To call it culture shock would be quite the understatement. “Even little things,

BERLIN (AP) — Two people have been charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna. Austrian news agency APA reported Monday that the two suspects, who were not identified, also blasted the “Heil Hitler” Nazi salute via the train’s intercom several