Month: June 2023

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has filed a $35 million damage suit against North Korea for blowing up a joint liaison office just north of their border in 2020, which highlighted a revival of tensions between the rivals following the collapse of larger nuclear talks between the U.S.

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s government says that at least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger buses collided with a truck carrying livestock. The accident occurred Tuesday morning between Fana and Konobougou cities in the country’s south. The cause is believed to be speeding by tired

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has said Russia is the greatest security threat “for the foreseeable future” and advocated a balanced approach to China as it unveiled its first comprehensive national security strategy. It is part of an effort to address what Berlin views as growing

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Police in England are working to piece together details of a knife and van attack that killed two 19-year-old students and another man in the city of Nottingham. Nottingham University students Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar were stabbed to death in a street before dawn on Tuesday.

By IYA FORBES Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese navy training ship with hundreds of cadets has made a port call in the Philippines, its final stop on a goodwill tour of four countries as Beijing looks to mend fences in the region. Cadets in dress whites stood at attention on deck of

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Officials say rival ethnic groups fired at each other in fresh violence in India’s remote northeast that left at least nine people dead and some injured. A Manipur state government minister says security forces rushed to Khamenlok village in Kangpokpi district after clashes broke out Tuesday night between the Kuki and

LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that the British economy bounced back in April amid strong sales at bars and pubs as well as a rebound in car purchases. The Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday that the economy grew by 0.2% during the month. The increase was in line with expectations but failed

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers in Europe signed off Wednesday on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence, clearing a key hurdle as authorities across the globe race to rein in AI. The European Parliament vote is one of the last steps before the rules become law,

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — An overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank off the coast of Greece, leaving at least 79 people dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year. Authorities said coast guard, navy and merchant vessels

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang have shared concerns on a phone call ahead of a possible visit by the U.S. official to China meant to shore up relations. Blinken’s official Twitter account said the two “discussed ongoing efforts to

By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Power outages are leaving Vietnamese homes and businesses without power for hours at a time, as a prolonged drought and high temperatures strain the fast-growing economy’s capacity to keep up. A long-anticipated plan meant to fix the energy crunch and help achieve ambitious climate change

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (AP) — Six months after she got the call informing her that her U.N. assistance would be cut, Najwa al-Jassem is struggling to feed her four children and pay rent for their tent in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. She once received food

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting Wednesday, as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve’s latest economy-moving decision will be on interest rates. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in morning trading after riding a winning streak to its best level since April 2022. The Dow

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Paul Nelson is used to doing battle with an invasive fruit fly called the spotted wing drosophila, a pest that one year ruined more than half the berries on the Minnesota farm he and his team run. In recent years, they’ve cut their losses closer to 5%, but it’s been

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Old North Church played a pivotal role in the nation’s fight for independence and has continued to be an active house of worship for 300 years. Today, one of Boston’s most popular tourist attractions is also, for the first time, a theater hosting an original play. “Revolution’s

By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DAVID BILLER Associated Press ALTO RIO GUAMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil (AP) — The Indigenous adolescents danced in a circle under the thatched-roof hut from nearly dawn to dusk while parents looked on from the perimeter. Some of the adults smoked tobacco mixed with the wood from a local tree in Brazil’s

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed two bills related to transgender rights and vetoed another, partially bucking trends from other Republican governors who have pushed anti-transgender rhetoric and policies throughout the country. His signature requiring health insurance companies including Medicaid to cover all

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOYOTA, Japan (AP) — Toyota executives have fielded challenges and reaped praise from investors at an annual general meeting where shareholders ultimately rejected demands the automaker do better on fighting climate change. The investor proposal was initiated by AkademikerPension, a $20 billion Danish investment fund. It accused Toyota Motor

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A plan to prevent Milwaukee from going bankrupt is expected to win bipartisan approval in the Wisconsin Legislature. The measure has been struck between Republican lawmakers, leaders in the heavily Democratic city and Gov. Tony Evers. The plan is part of a larger deal reached with

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Benito the giraffe arrived in Mexico’s arid northern border city of Ciudad Juarez just last month, and already the climate appears to be a problem — and he’s only had to deal with the scorching heat of summer. The snow and freezing temperatures of winter are

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Venturing back into the nation’s culture wars, the Republican-controlled House is taking up legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators. A bill approved Tuesday would prohibit use of federal funds to regulate gas stoves as a hazardous product, while a separate

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation may be cooling — just not yet fast enough for the Federal Reserve. Chair Jerome Powell offered a nuanced view Wednesday of how the Fed intends to address its core challenge at a time when inflation is both way below its peak but still well

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against German immigrant Tobias Moran over the death of his German backpacker girlfriend Simone Strobel in 2005. Prosecutors said charges of murder and perverting the course of justice were withdrawn Wednesday in Lismore Local Court in New South Wales

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press The U.N. says 110 million people in the world today have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or human rights violations. The war in Sudan has displaced nearly 2 million people since it started April 12. Conflicts in Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Myanmar

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say airstrikes attributed to Israel over Syria’s capital have critically wounded one soldier. Syria’s state news agency, SANA, citing military officials, said the strikes early Wednesday over southwest Damascus also caused “material damage” without giving further details. It reported that Syrian air defenses shot down some of the missiles.

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden Knights games have always been as flashy as any show on the Las Vegas Strip, the sword-fighting mascot taking the ice before what seems like a legion of players marching out through the mirrored entrance into the roar of the crowd. If this team

MEXICO CITY (AP) — In his first visit to Latin America, Iran’s hardline president met Tuesday with his Nicaraguan counterpart and railed against a theme both leaders have in common: U.S. sanctions. President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Nicaragua is his second stop, after Venezuela. He is also scheduled to visit Cuba, Iran’s other ally in

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust,” prosecutors are alleging, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the revolver

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An entrepreneur who promoted group “orgasmic meditation” as a road to women’s well-being has pleaded not guilty to a charge of manipulating traumatized people into debt, undesired sex and underpaid work. Nicole Daedone turned herself in Tuesday, a week after the federal forced labor conspiracy case

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An 18-year-old army trainee shot three fellow soldiers at a firing range on a Japanese army base Wednesday, killing two of them, officials said. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at the scene in Gifu prefecture in central Japan, police said. The suspect fired

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft’s planned $69 billion purchase of video game company Activision Blizzard was blocked by a federal judge Tuesday, giving more time for an antitrust review of the deal. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco ruled in support of a temporary restraining order sought by the Federal Trade Commission

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police have issued warrants for a former “Dances With Wolves” actor who is facing nine charges including sexual exploitation, sexual assault and removing a child from Canada under the age of 16. Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service said Tuesday in a statement that the investigation has spanned several years with one

By DAVID BAUDER and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on federal charges in Miami was historic. Yet it was virtually invisible to all who wanted to follow it. Federal rules have long prohibited cameras in the courtroom, and judges turned down last-minute media requests to loosen some

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hosted a massive concert on the South Lawn of the White House to commemorate Juneteenth, the country’s newest federal holiday which the president said will “breathe a new life in the very essence of America.” Vice President Kamala Harris said Juneteenth is an occasion to “honor Black excellence, culture

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press The first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million. The last day of Abby Zwerner’s contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement.

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has ordered Michigan Republican Party Chairperson Kristina Karamo and others to pay more than $58,000 in legal fees incurred by the Detroit clerk’s office to fight their lawsuit challenging absentee voting in the city. In an order signed Monday, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny said the Oct. 26

BERLIN (AP) — A court has ordered a German diocese to pay $323,000 in compensation to a former altar boy who was repeatedly abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s. A victims’ association said that Tuesday’s ruling was the first of its kind in Germany. The state court in Cologne ruled in a case

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An immigrant from Iraq has pleaded guilty in federal court in Portland, Oregon, to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State group by producing and distributing propaganda and recruiting materials online. Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, who is 33, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years

By EDITH M. LEDERER, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is urging skepticism about claims that technological breakthroughs mean humans soon will be able to adequately capture the climate-wrecking fumes from burning fossil fuels. Kerry spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday in an interview

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has narrowly confirmed Jared Bernstein to be the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. A longtime aide to President Joe Biden and an economist focused on workers, Bernstein was confirmed by a vote of 50-49. Republican lawmakers were critical of his claims early in the administration

By STEFANIE DAZIO and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged a Los Angeles city councilman with embezzlement and perjury Tuesday in the latest criminal case to upend the scandal-plagued governing board of the nation’s second-largest city. Curren Price, Jr. faces five counts of grand theft by embezzlement, three counts of

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a New Jersey doctor who sexually abused patients say their client has faced threats and extortion from other inmates at a federal jail in Brooklyn where he awaits sentencing next month on federal charges. 64-year-old Robert Hadden could be sentenced to decades behind bars,

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since taking on the role of White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre has become known for frequently dodging questions by citing the Hatch Act. The law bars civil servants from politicking during their day jobs, and Jean-Pierre uses it to deflect reporters’ questions involving campaigns. But apparently

By SUE MAJOR HOLMES and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday. He was 89.