Month: August 2023

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency officials say over 2,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas of the Primorye region in the country’s Far East. The heavy downpours that flooded villages in the region were slated to bring double the monthly rainfall to some areas over the weekend, according to Russian state media. Over 4,300

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Analysts say Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces a daunting task in uniting an increasingly polarized nation and strengthening his nascent unity government. The follows a checkered result in Saturday’s state elections that saw strong gains by the Malay-Islamist opposition. Anwar’s multi-coalition unity government and

By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — China’s foreign minister visited Cambodia to reaffirm his country’s commitment to the southeast Asian country after its incumbent prime minister handed off the job to his son following a one-sided election last month. Wang Yi’s visit over the weekend is the first by a foreign

BEIJING (AP) — News reports say a gas explosion at a restaurant in eastern China has killed two people. A video posted on the website of the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper showed the explosion at a grilled fish restaurant in the city of Gaomi was powerful enough to knock a passing car sideways on the

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia. This summer’s guidance to halt the medication for up to a week may not go far enough, either. Some anesthesiologists

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — One week after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the country’s ousted president or face military intervention, the junta has not acquiesced. No military action has been taken and the coup leaders appear to have gained the upper hand over the regional

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister said Sunday, as his conservative party seeks to hold onto power

By LOUISE DELMOTTE Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, a former newspaper publisher and one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, spends around 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in a maximum-security facility while he awaits a trial that could send him to prison for life. In exclusive photos taken by

By AUDREY McAVOY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The cost to live in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui keeps rising thanks to a chronic housing shortage and an influx of second-home buyers and wealthy transplants snatching up properties. Now, after a fast-moving wildfire incinerated much of the compact coastal

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a vast number of book writers, artificial intelligence is a threat to their livelihood and the very idea of creativity. More than 10,000 of them endorsed an open letter from the Authors Guild this summer, urging AI companies not to use copyrighted work without

By DAVID A. LIEB and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — If Wisconsin state Rep. Jimmy Anderson wants to visit residents in some of the northern neighborhoods he represents, he first must leave his own district — twice. From his Fitchburg home in suburban Madison, Anderson must exit his 47th Assembly District, pass

By AARON MORRISON, AISHA I. JEFFERSON and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — As bystanders trained their smartphone cameras on the riverfront dock while several white boaters pummeled a Black riverboat co-captain, they couldn’t have known the footage would elicit a national conversation about racial solidarity. Yet, a week after multiple videos showing

By CLAIRE RUSH, AUDREY MCAVOY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Parishioners mourned the dead and prayed for the missing in Hawaii churches as communities began looking ahead to a long recovery from last week’s wildfire on Maui. The blaze demolished a historic town and killed more than 90 people. Hawaii officials

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Argentine peso plunged Monday after a shaggy-haired 52-year—old anti-establishment candidate who admires former President Donald Trump came first in primary elections that will help determine the country’s next president. Javier Milei rocked Argentina’s political establishment Sunday by receiving the biggest share of primary votes

By ANITA SNOW and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner’s yard and was taken to a hospital, where he died. Carla Gates said she’s sure heat was a factor in her 66-year-old husband’s

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Douglas Guzmán’s TikTok feed was dotted with workout routines and videos showcasing his favorite parts of his country. That changed about a year ago, as rights groups, civil society and even some officials criticized El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele for violating human rights in

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media and Damascus residents say the sound of repeated explosions could be heard in the area around the capital before dawn on Sunday. There was no immediate statement from government officials on the source or target of the attack, but similar incidents in the past have usually been attributed to

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Jones, the lyricist, director and writer of “The Fantasticks,” the longest-running musical in history, has died. He was 95. Jones, who teamed up with composer Harvey Schmidt on “The Fantasticks” and Broadway shows “110 in the Shade” and “I Do! I Do!,” was inducted

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s government has moved the leader of one of the country’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison. The transfer Saturday came three days after the assassination of a presidential candidate who had denounced threats from the feared criminal. President Guillermo Lasso says the relocation of Los Choneros leader Adolfo Macías

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gone was the helicopter, but Donald Trump is renewing his reputation for defying norms and creating a mega-celebrity’s spectacle at the Iowa State Fair. In fewer than two hours Saturday on the steaming fairgrounds in Des Moines, Trump attracted thousands of sweating,

HALLE, Germany (AP) — American soccer player Julian Green has been the victim of racist abuse in a German Cup game. Green, who is Black, was playing for Greuther Fuerth against host Hallescher FC in the first round of the competition. On the Fuerth club website, Green said a spectator racially abused him during the

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville schools will remain closed early next week to allow for more time to fix bus routes whose redesign left some children at home on the first school day this year and others getting home hours late. The Jefferson County Public Schools announced on Saturday that there will be no classes

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is the first state in the U.S. to ensure child social media influencers are compensated for their work, according to Sen. David Koehler, of Peoria, who sponsored a bill that was signed into law and will go into effect on July 1, 2024. “The

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman elected to statewide office in New Jersey history, was remembered in a memorial service Saturday as a trailblazer who fought to help those in need. The Rev. Al Sharpton and a host of New Jersey officials addressed mourners in the packed Cathedral Basilica

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan higher education official says universities are ready to welcome back female students but the Taliban supreme leader has to give the order for their return first. The Taliban barred women from campuses last December, triggering global outrage. The official said Saturday the Taliban leader

PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Four people were dead and a fifth was unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others Saturday morning, authorities said. Allegheny County officials said three people were taken to hospitals after the blast shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A new pack of gray wolves has shown up in California’s Sierra Nevada, several hundred miles away from any other known population of the endangered species, wildlife officials announced Friday. It’s a discovery to make researchers howl with delight, given that the native species was hunted to extinction in

By AVET DEMOURIAN YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia is calling on the U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the worsening humanitarian situation in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is mostly populated by Armenians. Azerbaijan has blockaded the region since December, severely restricting food, medicine and other supplies from reaching the population of about

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S.

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — NFL great Tom Brady got to know some of the locals ahead of his first home match as minority owner of English soccer team Birmingham City. Brady made an appearance at The Roost, a pub near St. Andrew’s stadium, before Birmingham’s game against Leeds in the second-tier Championship on Saturday. A

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s justice minister has visited a Turin prison where two women died within hours of each other. Justice Minister Carlo Nordio says his visit Saturday wasn’t an inspection or investigation into the prison, but rather a demonstration of solidarity with the facility following the deaths Friday. According to

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — An infant and a 20-year-old man were found dead Saturday morning after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Tunisia, near the southeastern port of Gabès, coast guards reported. According to a statement from the National Guard, the boat, which was carrying 20 Tunisian

By TAIJING WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s vice president has left on a trip to Paraguay to reinforce relations with his government’s last diplomatic partner in South America at a time when China is stepping up efforts to isolate the self-ruled island democracy. William Lai’s trip includes stops in San Francisco and