Month: October 2023

MADRID (AP) — Emergency services on the Spanish Canary Islands say more than 500 migrants have reached there in four large wooden boats this week. One of the boats was carrying 280 migrants. The state news agency EFE says it was the largest number in a single boat since migrants began to use the Canary

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it will maintain a production cut of 1 million barrels of oil a day through the end of the year. Wednesday’s announcement could further prop up oil prices, which are hovering around $90 a barrel. Production cuts first announced by Saudi Arabia and Russia in July have

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Lawyers for Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan are opposing his closed-door trial in a case in which he is accused of revealing state secrets after his 2022 ouster, saying it’s aimed at convicting the popular opposition leader quickly. The case is related to Khan’s speech

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it has agreed with Saudi Arabia to reschedule an Asian Champions League match after the Saudi team walked out at the last minute. Monday’s walkout was reportedly motivated by the presence of a statue of a slain Iranian general on the sideline. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is announcing another $9 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness. The relief will be provided through existing programs, and the details were provided by a White House official who requested anonymity ahead of Wednesday’s planned announcement. Biden has been under pressure to fulfill

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross, who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says it

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russia says its air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones in a nighttime attack on border regions. The Russian Defense Ministry reported the attack Wednesday. It appears to be Kyiv’s largest single cross-border drone assault reported by Moscow since it launched its invasion 20 months ago. The Defense Ministry didn’t

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Firefighters worked until dawn Wednesday to remove the wreckage of a bus that crashed in a borough of Venice, Italy, across the lagoon from its historic center, killing 21 people and injuring at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby camping site. The victims included

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish media say the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may have announced the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry prematurely. Public broadcaster SVT said the academy sent a press release by mistake early Wednesday that contained the names of the winners. The press release said the prize went to three

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to tell his Conservative Party he’s not afraid to make tough decisions for long-term change. But reaction to one decision is already causing a storm. Sunak is set to cancel a big chunk of an ambitious high-speed railway project designed

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in New Delhi have arrested the editor of a news website and one of its administrators after raiding the homes of journalists working for the site, which has been critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government. Police say the arrests were made late

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three homes were destroyed by a forest fire and a man was injured by a falling tree in the Bega Valley region of southeastern Australia, prompting a government leader to warn that a “horror” wildfire season is approaching. Officials say three homes were destroyed Tuesday night

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Chinese-owned video platform TikTok says it will halt its online retail operation in Indonesia to comply with the country’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms. The decision comes as a big blow for TikTok’s fastest-growing market. The company statement said it will stop facilitating e-commerce transactions in TikTok

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets were sharply lower on Wednesday after Wall Street tumbled as it focused on the downside of a surprisingly strong job market: the likelihood that interest rates will stay high. U.S. futures and oil prices edged lower. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index sank 2.3% to 30,526.88

NEW DELHI (AP) — Twenty-three Indian army soldiers are missing after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the northeastern state of Sikkim. The flooding occurred along the Teesta River in Lachen valley, a statement from India’s army said Wednesday, adding that search efforts were underway. The army said that water released from a nearby dam

By JERRY HARMER and JUTARAT SKULPICHETRAT Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police say a teenage boy who allegedly shot two people dead and wounded five others inside a major shopping mall in Thailand’s capital used a mock handgun that had been modified to fire real bullets. Video broadcast on television showed a long-haired teenage boy

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted two leaders of the island’s tiny Taiwan People’s Communist Party on accusations they colluded with China in an effort to influence next year’s elections for president and members of the legislative assembly. The official Central News Agency said party Chairman Lin

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A lockdown has been imposed and security heightened in a city in southwest Nepal to prevent clashes between Hindus and Muslims. Trouble began over the weekend over a status posted on social media by a Hindu boy in the regional hub of Nepalgunj, in southwest Nepal. Muslims held a protest in

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Flights were canceled and schools were closed in parts of Taiwan on Wednesday as the island braced for strong winds and downpours brought by Typhoon Koinu. At least 93 flights were canceled at airports across Taiwan on Wednesday, according to the island’s Civil Aviation Administration. The Maritime and Port Bureau said

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Federal authorities have started removing hazardous materials from the Maui wildfires and laying the groundwork to dispose of burnt cars, buildings and other debris. The hazardous materials including oil, solvent and batteries is being shipped to the West Coast while U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with local officials

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard says three Filipino fishermen have died in the disputed South China Sea after their boat was accidentally hit by a passing commercial vessel. The fishermen’s boat was moored in a fishing area in the high seas off the northwestern Philippines when it was hit before dawn on

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — Kaitlyn Adkins is studying law to help families in her community impacted by the opioid epidemic at the heart of West Virginia coal country. But to do that, she needs someone to help look after her three toddlers. The first-generation college graduate said she wouldn’t be

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Woodberson Seïde held his stepsister’s hand as they walked through Haiti ‘s capital on their way to an afterschool music program. They avoided cars, motorcycles, and territory controlled by the gangs whose predation prompted this week’s U.N. Security Council vote for the deployment

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of the world, China’s Xinjiang region is notorious, a place where ethnic Uyghurs face forced labor and arbitrary detention. But a group of visiting foreign journalists was left with a decidedly different impression. On a tour in late September sponsored by Beijing, the 22 journalists

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The body of the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein will lie in state at San Francisco’s City Hall for mourners wishing to say goodbye. It is the building where Feinstein served as a board supervisor and the city’s first female mayor before departing for a groundbreaking

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is opening a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church. Progressives are hoping it will lead to more women in leadership roles. Conservatives are warning that church doctrine on everything from homosexuality to the hierarchy’s authority is at risk.Rarely in recent times

By RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The man facing a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas 27 years ago is due to make his first appearance before a Nevada judge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis is expected to have a lawyer with him in

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy had support from 208 members of his conference to remain as House speaker. But it took only eight dissenters in his party to boot him from the job. Most of the eight have never been members of the McCarthy fan club. They chafed at

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time ever, a House speaker had been voted out of leadership. Lawmakers were stunned Tuesday when the office of the speaker was declared vacant. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, has survived decades of upheaval in Congress. But he left a House roiling when

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A male nanny who worked for families across Southern California was convicted of sexually assaulting 16 young boys in his care and showing another boy child pornography. Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski was arrested in May 2019 after a couple told Laguna Beach police he touched their son inappropriately. More alleged victims

SYDNEY (AP) — A lawyer for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators has told a Sydney court that an extradition hearing scheduled for next month should be postponed due to delays in government agencies handing over crucial material. Boston-born Dan Duggan was arrested by Australian police a year ago near

BALTIMORE (AP) — Multiple people were shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, police said. The Baltimore Police Department said officers were on the scene Tuesday amid an “active shooter situation” on the campus. “We’re asking everyone to shelter in place and avoid the area,” police said on X, the platform formerly known

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Residents from fire-stricken Lahaina on Tuesday delivered a petition asking Hawaii Gov. Josh Green to delay plans to reopen a portion of West Maui to tourism starting this weekend, saying the grieving community is not ready to welcome back visitors. The petition signed by more than 14,000

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has slammed the United States over a Pentagon report that labeled it a “persistent” threat because of weapons of mass destruction, saying it will strongly counter what it called U.S. plans for aggression. Last week, the Pentagon released the unclassified version of its

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government has issued a long awaited public apology for the extrajudicial killings of 19 civilians who were slain by the military and registered as rebel fighters during one of the most violent periods of the nation’s civil war. The apology comes as Colombia’s government attempts to make amends with communities

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Now that Kevin McCarthy is out of his job as House speaker, one of his top lieutenants is presiding over the chamber while the chamber figures out who will be the next leader. North Carolina GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry took the gavel after Tuesday’s historic

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Defense attorneys for two Denver-area police officers charged in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain are trying to cast doubt on whether a neck hold by police contributed to his death. Prosecutors say the officers’ excessive force transformed the late-night stop of the Black

By JOHN HANNA and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — It took only a week for the central Kansas police chief who led an August raid on the local newspaper to go from looking like he had enough support at city hall to keep his job to resigning. Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody’s

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s House of Commons has elected a Black Canadian as its new speaker, a first. Liberal lawmaker Greg Fergus is the new speaker after a secret ballot by lawmakers. The election was triggered by the resignation of Anthony Rota, who stepped down last week after he invited and honored a man

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says his office has charged a Las Cruces police officer with voluntary manslaughter in last year’s fatal shooting of a Black man during a confrontation at a gas station. Police Officer Brad Lunsford shot Presley Eze on Aug. 2, 2022, at a gas station

SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle will pay $1.86 million to the family of a man who died of a heart attack after a caution note attached to his address delayed medics’ response. William Yurek, 48, died in his town house in 2021 after his son called 911 and arriving Seattle Fire Department medics