Month: May 2023

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Jared Leto was looking for a place to hang his hat. Er, actually his head. Leto was walking around the cocktail…

LONDON (AP) — British energy giant BP has posted strong quarterly profit numbers even as energy prices that soared after Russia’s war in Ukraine…

By JIM GOMEZ, AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO (AP) — When two Philippine coast guard vessels set out to…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to a dozen…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s painful inflation inched higher last month, extending the squeeze on…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Exhausted Sudanese and foreigners are joining growing crowds at Sudan’s main seaport. They are…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader has unveiled plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya have clashed with anti-government protesters in the capital, Nairobi. The…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian law enforcement authorities have charged an Albanian man with supporting terror attacks in Western Europe on social…

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels on Tuesday only to…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has called for stability along the country’s border with Myanmar and a crackdown on…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has called for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The main challenger trying to unseat Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in this…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rabbi Nicky Liss won’t be watching King Charles III’s coronation. He’ll be doing something he…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has surprised markets by increasing its benchmark interest…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares declined Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street as shares of beleaguered banks tumbled again…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he is arranging a trip to South Korea for talks with…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are suing a local government for not approving an apartment complex…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Tennis star Nick Kyrgios helped police catch a man who allegedly stole his Tesla at gunpoint from a home in…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Some Like It Hot,” a Broadway musical adaptation of the cross-dressing movie comedy…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No president wants to give up the power and prestige that comes with the office after only one…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first Hollywood strike in 15 years began Tuesday as the economic pressures of the streaming era…

By ISABEL DEBRE and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says that Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired a…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Akira Schmid rebounded from his only bad game and made 31 saves in Game 7 to lead the New…

SYDNEY (AP) — Qantas says Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson will become its next chief executive. Hudson has been with the Australian airline…

NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast subscribers will still get the NFL Network. The cable company says there’s a new carriage agreement after the old one…

TORONTO (AP) — Gordon Lightfoot, the folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service said Monday it blocked a Muslim mayor from Prospect Park, New Jersey,…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma on Monday became the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors as…