Month: October 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldine Brooks’ “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” have won awards from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. Each year, the Dayton foundation honors a book of fiction and

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former baseball MVP Steve Garvey is joining the race to succeed the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The Republican Garvey gives his party a splash of star quality on the ballot in a heavily Democratic state where the GOP hasn’t won a U.S. Senate

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Russian teams will not be allowed to play in Under-17 European Championship qualifying games this month. European soccer governing body UEFA decided on Tuesday it could not insert Russia into its men’s and women’s youth competitions. Two weeks ago UEFA surprisingly eased its policy that

By TOM KRISHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Electric vehicles and their potential impact on job security have become central to negotiations in the U.S. autoworkers strike. General Motors, Ford and Jeep maker Stellantis plan to add 10 U.S. EV battery cell plants, mostly joint ventures with South Korean companies. The

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There should be no effort to impeach a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice based on what is known now, a former justice advised the Republican legislative leader who asked him to review the issue. That is what former Justice David Prosser advised Assembly Speaker Robin Vos

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health minister have been arrested in raids in a number of regions. Prosecutors have said the group intended to create “conditions similar to civil war” by using explosives to cause nationwide blackouts,

MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat says that Moscow will move to revoke the ratification of a global nuclear test ban to put itself on par with the United States but will only resume nuclear tests if Washington does it first. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters Tuesday that Moscow will rescind the

By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has traveled to neighboring Romania for talks with his counterpart on regional security and strengthening bilateral ties against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of his country. Zelenskyy met with President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday in the capital, Bucharest. The

By JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. His medium-term financial goals take a little more thought, but he settles on a car — he doesn’t have one

By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet Living in a high-cost city can strain your finances, but three tips can help you thrive. Consider shopping at wholesale stores for groceries, even if you don’t have a car. Take advantage of discounts that cultural institutions such as museums and theaters often offer to residents through a city ID

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s national police chief says an escalation in gang violence this year — with almost daily shootings and bombings that have claimed dozens of lives, including teenagers and innocent bystanders — is “extremely serious.” Sweden has grappled with gang violence for years but the latest surge has been exceptional, Anders Thornberg said

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has decided the future of soccer’s European Championship for the next decade. The United Kingdom and Ireland will host in 2028 and an unusual Italy-Turkey co-hosting plan was picked for 2032. The double hosting award was inevitable after former bid rivals Italy and Turkey

MOSCOW (AP) — A Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges has lost his appeal against his arrest, meaning he will stay in jail until Nov. 30. Evan Gershkovich was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip to Russia in late March. The 31-year-old U.S. citizen and his

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Humanitarian groups are scrambling to assist civilians caught in the war between Israel and Hamas and determine what aid operations are still safe to continue — efforts that are being complicated by an intensified blockade of Gaza and ongoing fighting. Two days after Hamas militants

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard claims to have chased a Philippine navy ship from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea as tensions between the two countries over rich fishing areas escalate. A coast guard spokesperson said the Philippine ship had sailed into waters next to the Scarborough

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese property developer Country Garden has warned it cannot meet deadlines to repay its debts. The company’s difficulty in paying a 470 million Hong Kong dollar ($60 million) loan is the latest sign of distress in the industry after Beijing clamped down on mounting debts

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is touting its 10-year-old Belt and Road Initiative as an alternative model for economic growth as it seeks to win friends and strengthen its leadership of the developing world. A government report released Tuesday praises the program, which has provided financing to build ports, power plants

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two top commanders of the Polish armed forces have tendered their resignations. Polish media have reported on growing tensions between the two commanders _ the chief of the General Staff, Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, and operational commander Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski _ and Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. Blaszczak has publicly criticised Piotrowski over

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A 2-year-old girl has become the second person in Cambodia to die of bird flu this week, and the third this year. The country’s Health Ministry announced that laboratory tests confirmed that the girl, who lived in the southeastern province of Prey Veng, died Monday

By MARK N. MENGONFIA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian President George Weah is seeking a second term in office, facing a rematch against his main challenger from the 2017 election. Weah, a former soccer star, is hoping that his track record of paving roads and bringing electricity to new parts

By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into United Nations shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of 2.3 million people after their Hamas militant rulers launched an unprecedented weekend attack on Israel. Israel says it takes pains to

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy is losing momentum in the face of higher interest rates, the ongoing war in Ukraine and widening geopolitical rifts, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday. The IMF said it expects global economic growth to slow to 2.9% in 2024 from an expected 3%

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is delivering that amounts to a public job interview for the post of prime minister. He’ll set out to answer the question in many voters’ minds: Why Labour? Starmer is addressing the opposition party’s annual conference on Tuesday. It’s likely

By OMID HAQJO and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan rescuers and villagers are still digging through rubble in western Herat province, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left more than 2,000 dead. On a barren field in the district of Zinda Jan, a bulldozer was

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa has been found guilty of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. Toshiyuki Yoshihara was given a two-year prison sentence Tuesday, which was suspended for four years. That means he avoids prison time as long as he doesn’t break

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have climbed after Wall Street advanced on potentially encouraging news about interest rates, which have been dragging markets lower since the summer. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices also fell back slightly after surging Monday following Israel’s declaration of war on Hamas following its

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A senior Filipino diplomat known for his past expletive-laced tirade against China joined a coast guard trip to the disputed South China Sea last week and saw Beijing’s ships block and nearly collide with Philippine vessels, including one he was on. Teodoro Locsin Jr. was on

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military is accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin that killed more than 30 people, including 13 children. A local Kachin human rights group said the attack on the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in the

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The 43 Malaysians rescued from a trafficking syndicate operating a telecommunication fraud in Peru were young people who had arrived in Lima a week earlier. They ranged in age from 18 to 36. Police were still investigating how they were recruited and ended up in Peru. Hundreds of Malaysians have

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the U.N.’s premiere human rights body in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands and Canada are taking Syria’s government to the United Nations’ highest court, accusing Damascus of massive human rights violations against its own people. The two countries say that since 2011, “Syrians have been tortured, murdered, sexually assaulted, forcibly disappeared and subjected to chemical

By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA and MICHAL DYJUK Associated Press CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — Dominika Gala grew up going to Mass with her grandmother and attending Catholic school in Warsaw. After her grandmother’s death in 2010, she began to drift away from the church. A decade later, when the Catholic leadership backed a near-total abortion ban in

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centers of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister vowed retaliation against the Islamic militant group that would “reverberate for generations.” The 4-day-old war has already claimed at least 1,600 lives,

TORONTO (AP) — Auto workers have launched strikes at three General Motors facilities in Canada. Their union, Unifor, represents about 4,300 workers at the plants. They had warned they would walk off the job if they failed to reach agreement with GM by midnight local time Monday. The action came after Unifor workers ratified a

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has said peace with China is the “only option,” while strongly asserting the self-governing island’s defenses. Tsai said in a National Day address that the international community views stability in the Taiwan Strait as an “indispensable component of global security and prosperity.” China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new defense minister says he would push to suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea on reducing tensions between the rivals, insisting that it hampers the South’s surveillance activities along their heavily armed border when the North’s nuclear threats are increasing. South

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says the city will seek to strengthen its economic and trade ties with Thailand after a meeting with the country’s prime minister. Chief Executive John Lee said at a weekly press briefing on Tuesday that he and Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin agreed

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s second attempt at student loan cancellation is moving forward as a group of negotiators meets to debate what a new proposal might look like. In a process known as negotiated rulemaking, 14 people chosen by the Biden administration will meet Tuesday for the

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake is preparing to launch a U.S. Senate campaign with a splashy rally outside Phoenix, having never conceded that she lost last year’s race for Arizona governor. Lake is trying out new messages and courting the support of national Republicans she’s insulted in the past.

By JULIA FRANKEL and ADAM GELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The families of some 130 Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are anxiously waiting to find out if their loved ones are safe. Hamas has warned it will kill one of the hostages every time Israel’s military bombs civilian targets in Gaza without warning. Yosi Shnaider

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg helped spare the former president’s real estate empire from its last existential threat, staving off insolvency after casino bankruptcies and an airline failure in the 1990s. Now, after a recent jail stint for tax fraud, Weisselberg is

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Lawyers will make closing arguments in the trial of the first two officers to be prosecuted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The closing arguments will happen Tuesday. McClain, a Black man, was stopped in a Denver suburb while walking home from a store wearing a

By AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than three weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat beside President Joe Biden and marveled that a “historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia” seemed within reach. Now, the outbreak of war between Israel and the Palestinians is threatening to delay or

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonprofit Turning Point rocketed to prominence by latching on to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and has raised roughly a quarter-billion dollars since. Much of that money has been spent cultivating conservative influencers and hosting glitzy events. The organization also enriched CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk and

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonprofit Turning Point rocketed to prominence by latching on to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and has raised roughly a quarter-billion dollars since. Much of that money has been spent cultivating conservative influencers and hosting glitzy events. The organization also enriched CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk and

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated press NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland has her hands (and feet!) in many different projects simultaneously, but all are motivated by her passion to use her platform to promote diversity in all the spaces she inhabits. The first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum ahead of an expected decision by the Biden administration to formally declare that his overthrow was a coup d’etat. The State Department said Blinken called Bazoum on Monday to stress that a restoration of