Month: June 2023

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who was reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship off of Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The agency said the man fell from the Carnival Magic about 185 miles (300 kilometers) east of Jacksonville early Monday. The man’s companion reported him missing, and the ship’s

BERLIN (AP) — The world is set to add a record amount of renewable electricity capacity this year as governments and consumers seek to offset high energy prices and take advantage of a boom in solar power. The International Energy Agency said Thursday that high fossil fuel prices and concerns about energy security had boosted

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The Indian government will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing its renewables sector, according to an updated national electricity plan released Wednesday evening. The temporary pause in the growth of the dirty fuel was hailed

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The Versailles flower gardens were once a symbol of the French king’s expeditionary might and helped water-deprived courtiers perfume their skin. Now, they have been reimagined to give today’s public a glimpse — and a sniff — into the gilded palace’s olfactory past. Holding secrets to

BERLIN (AP) — Investigators say a train derailment a year ago in the German Alps that left five people dead was caused primarily by damaged concrete ties on the track. The double-deck regional train derailed on June 3, 2022, shortly after leaving the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen for Munich. A 13-year-old boy and four

MADRID (AP) — The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), a nonprofit that undertakes research to find treatments for millions of marginalized patients worldwide, has won Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. The Spanish foundation said the award was given to the organization for its collaborative efforts across international health care systems and

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — The group that runs the French Open tennis tournament has hired an artificial intelligence company to monitor players’ social media accounts in a bid to try to protect athletes from cyberbullying. Several players say they receive death threats via apps after they lose matches. Some say

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s election board has certified the results of the May 28 presidential runoff election. It confirmed that Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been a dominant force in Turkish politics for the past two decades, won a third term as president. He took 52.18% of the votes, while his challenger, main opposition

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s state-owned copper mining giant Codelco has shut down its Ventanas copper smelter after decades of polluting Quintero Bay with toxic gases and turning it, along with 15 other companies, into an environmental “sacrifice zone.” During a formal ceremony held in Puchuncaví, images of flames from

BERLIN Sympathizers of a young woman given a lengthy prison sentence for participating in attacks on neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists have held protests and scuffled with police in some German cities. On Wednesday, the Dresden state court convicted Lina E. of membership in a criminal organization and serious bodily harm, sentencing her to five

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the U.S. economy, a number of industries are facing the same formidable challenge: Replenishing a workforce that is being diminished by a surge of retirements that began during the pandemic and has continued since. Since 2019, the proportion of retirees in the U.S. population has

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge did not make an immediate decision on the fate of a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. A court hearing was held in Houston on Thursday. Attorneys

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has criticized the United States’ plans to sign a trade treaty with Taiwan, calling on Washington to stop official contact with the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. The agreement due to be signed Thursday comes amid increased Chinese efforts to intimidate Taiwan by flying

BERLIN (AP) — A leading Argentine meteorologist has been elected as the first female head of the United Nations weather agency. The World Meteorological Organization said Celeste Saulo received the necessary two-thirds backing from member states Thursday. Saulo has served as the director of Argentina’s National Meteorological Service since 2014. An experienced academic and researcher,

NEW DELHI (AP) — Nepal’s prime minister has held talks with his Indian counterpart as India and its rival China bid for influence in the tiny Himalayan nation as part of a greater regional power struggle. Pushpa Kamal Dahal met Narendra Modi in New Delhi during a four-day visit to India, his first trip abroad

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they will examine objects that were found in a search in Portugal last week for clues regarding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, but can’t yet say whether they are linked to the British girl who went missing in 2007. Investigators spent three days last week searching around a dam

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is getting a break on inflation. Price increases for the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 6.1% in May. That’s down from 7% in April. But that doesn’t feel like much relief for people going shopping for food and other necessities. That’s

By MATTHEW LEE and LORNE COOK Associated Press OSLO, Norway (AP) — NATO is ramping up pressure on member nation Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden’s membership. The military organization is also looking at boosting Ukraine’s non-member status in the alliance and preparing a framework for security commitments that it can offer once the

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says militants have attacked a security post near the border with Iran, triggering a shootout that killed two soldiers. The attack on Thursday took place in the area of Singwan in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Baluchistan province. According to a military statement, troops launched a search and Iranian authorities were

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is resisting an order to hand over a sheaf of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s personal messages to the country’s COVID-19 pandemic inquiry. It said Thursday that it will instead challenge the order in court, setting up an extraordinary legal battle with an inquiry

By JACK JEFFERY and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced it will levy sanctions against people “who are perpetuating the violence” in Sudan as warring sides fail to abide by a cease-fire agreement. The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on specific people in Sudan, including officials from the warring

By JUSTIN SPIKE and RAF CASERT Associated Press BULBOACA, Moldova (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s unrelenting quest for more political support and security backing from NATO got a warm welcome during a sprawling summit where nearly every European leader had assembled to condemn Russia and Belarus. Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to neighboring Moldova

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday ahead of an update on the U.S. jobs market after Federal Reserve officials reignited hopes another interest rate hike might be postponed and lawmakers gave final approval to a deal to avert a government debt default. Shanghai, Tokyo,

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police have filed five murder charges against the man they say lit a deadly fire at a Wellington hostel two weeks ago. Police had earlier filed arson charges against the man, accusing him of setting fire to a couch and to the hostel

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says he has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time in less than two weeks, in a rare case of a rebound. Lee, 71, was diagnosed with COVID-19 for the first time on May 22, following work trips to Africa and Asia. He tested negative

By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A judge in a civil case says a decorated Australian veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan. The judge dismissed claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by media that published articles about the allegations in