Month: October 2023

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has announced it will reintroduce random checks along its border with neighboring Slovakia to stem a flow of migrants. The Interior Ministry says the measure will become effective on Wednesday and should be in place for at least 10 days. Interior Minister Vit Rakusan says the step was closely

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet Married couples can benefit from a range of tax breaks in the form of credits and deductions. With the right strategies in place, couples can use these tax breaks to build wealth. One strategy that couples can employ is using tax credits or money they saved because of deductions to

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president has welcomed the U.N. Security Council’s resolution to send a Kenya-led multinational armed force to Haiti to help combat violent gangs and pledged that it will “not fail the people of Haiti.” President William Ruto’s remarks on Tuesday came a day after the vote

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Two earthquakes have struck northwest Nepal, sending tremors through the region. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage in the region. The country’s earthquake monitoring center said the epicenter for both quakes was Bajhang district in northwest Nepal and close to the Indian border. The initial measures show

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The World Bank says South Asia is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, making it the fastest-growing region in the world even as the pace remains below pre-pandemic levels. The latest South Asia Development Update from the World Bank released on Tuesday projects growth in

By DAVID RISING Associated Press SHAOXING, China (AP) — China has gone out of its way to welcome the Taiwanese athletes at the Asian Games. It’s part of its two-pronged strategy with the goal of taking over the self-ruled island that involves both wooing its people and threatening it militarily. Unlike the Beijing Winter Olympics

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Residents say an explosion and fire at at an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region has killed at least 15 people. They say the blast happened Monday in  River state’s Emohua district. Residents said Tuesday that the death toll was likely to grow

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta says at least 29 Nigerien soldiers have been killed by jihadis near the country’s border with Mali, the latest of growing attacks that the country’s new junta is struggling to end. Niger’s Defense Minister, Lt. Gen. Salifou Mody, said in a statement late Monday

BANGKOK (AP) — Media in Thailand are reporting that shoppers fled a major shopping in the center of the Thai capital Bangkok Tuesday afternoon after what sounded like gunshots were heard inside. Witnesses said crowds of people left the Siam Paragon Mall, and multiple videos uploaded to social media showed people running out of the

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The Armenian parliament has voted to join International Criminal Court, which earlier this year indicted Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes connected to the deportation of children from Ukraine. The move is likely to further strain Armenia’s deteriorating relation with its ally Russia, which last month called Yerevan’s push to

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A Congolese military court has sentenced a colonel to death after soldiers fired upon a crowd of protesters earlier this year. More than 50 people died in the town of Goma in August when a sect known as Wazalendo organized a demonstration against the U.N. peacekeeping

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police raided the offices of a news website that’s under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from China, as well as the homes of several of its journalists, the latest in a series of investigations into the finances of independent media in India. The raids were

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police detained at least 67 people across Turkey on Tuesday in a sweep targeting people with alleged links to Kurdish militants, days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital. The interior minister said police carried out raids in 16 Turkish provinces, detaining 55 people suspected of being part of

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nobels season is resuming on Tuesday with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm awarding the prize in physics. The physics prize comes a day after Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Last

By MOHAMED SHARUHAN Associated Press MALE, Maldives (AP) — The president-elect of the Maldives says he’s sticking to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he will initiate the process. On Monday night, Mohamed Muiz told supporters gathered at a celebration of his election victory that he won’t

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets declined Tuesday following a mixed session on Wall Street, where buying was pressured by rising bond yields. U.S. futures fell and oil prices also were lower. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped more than 3% as investors unloaded property shares. However, China Evergrande was up

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has issued a weather alert as Typhoon Koinu is approaching and may make landfall later this week, bringing gales and downpours to the southeastern parts of the island. The weather bureau put out a land warning on Tuesday after issuing a sea alert late Monday. Koinu was moving northwest with

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists are trying to understand how some ancient buildings have lasted for centuries in hopes of making modern buildings more durable. Materials like Roman concrete and Maya plaster have held up structures for thousands of years. Meanwhile, the concrete that makes up our modern world

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media has said that the Israeli military carried out airstrikes in a strategic eastern province, wounding two soldiers and causing material damage. There has been no comment from Israel on the reported strikes. Syria’s state news agency quoted a military official Tuesday as saying the airstrikes late Monday targeted military

By ASHRAF KHALIL and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in early December with no public signs that the 50-year old exchange agreement struck by former President Richard Nixon will continue. With diplomatic tensions between Beijing and a number of western governments,

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Restrictions on carrying guns in public that are tied to an emergency public health order are going under the legal microscope in U.S. District Court in New Mexico. At a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, a federal judge will weigh whether to block Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s

NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of the Columbia Journalism Review says he’s leaving that job to work at an organization that encourages news outlets to devote more attention to covering climate change. Since 2016, Kyle Pope has been editor and publisher of the leading academic magazine and website for professional journalists. He said journalism

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Shares of debt-laden property developer China Evergrande Group have soared after they resumed trading in Hong Kong following a suspension last week. By midday Tuesday, Evergrande’s shares were up nearly 16% after jumping more than 60% early in the session. The company’s stock was suspended

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried once promoted his FTX digital coin exchange as a safe way for regular people to get into cryptocurrency. Now he faces the start of a criminal trial over allegations that he cheated thousands of customers. Jury selection begins Tuesday in a case in which

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press When Ron DeSantis said during last week’s Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, some anti-abortion activists called it the news they had been waiting months to hear. But DeSantis’ campaign downplayed the comment and millions of voters probably missed

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man is scheduled to die by lethal injection after killing two women in 1996 during a nine-day rampage in north Florida. Michael Zack III is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday. He was sentenced to death for murdering Ravonne Smith, a bar employee

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in the trial of three police officers in Tacoma, Washington, accused in the death of Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who was punched, shocked with a Taser, put in a chokehold and held face down on the sidewalk

By TALIA RICHMAN of The Dallas Morning News DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha was little when his family immigrated from Myanmar and, for much

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden is due back in a Delaware courtroom. He’s expected to plead not guilty Tuesday to federal firearms charges that emerged after his earlier deal collapsed. The president’s son is facing charges that he lied about his drug use in October 2018

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Fresh details have emerged about the 13 federal executions that were carried out in the final six months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The fuller picture reveals that officials cut corners and relied on a pliant Supreme Court to get all of the executions done before

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After a fiery first day, lawyers in Donald Trump’s New York business fraud trial will move on to the more plodding task of going through years’ worth of his financial documents. An accountant who prepared Trump’s financial statements for years is expected

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to return to the White House. They are central to it. The dynamic was on full display Monday as the former president and GOP front-runner returned to New York for the opening day of a

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked Monday night by three armed attackers, his office said. Cuellar’s chief of staff Jacob Hochberg released a statement saying: “As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle. Luckily, he was not harmed and is

POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are searching a remote section of California’s Point Reyes National Seashore for a swimmer missing since a possible shark attack during the weekend. The swimmer was reported missing Sunday morning northwest of San Francisco Bay. A Coast Guard spokesperson says the disappearance was reported as a shark

By DANIEL SHAILER The Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Students have marched through downtown Mexico City to mark 55 years since the military massacred hundreds of students in Tlatelolco plaza. Survivor Enrique Treviño Taudres called the march on Monday evening “a commemoration of that day, but also a call to the current students” in

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press A Florida sheriff released body camera video Monday that he says shows his officers were justified when they repeatedly punched, elbowed and kneed a drug suspect who appeared to resist arrest even after being zapped with a stun gun and pinned to the ground. The suspect’s attorney, meanwhile, is calling