Month: December 2023

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo has canceled an upcoming video game event and postponed several others because of…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The three candidates running in Taiwan’s presidential election will hold a…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure to explain why Britain has paid Rwanda 240 million…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Syrian refugee has been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of crimes against…

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has lost a preliminary round in his libel case against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid for a story that said he…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The CEO of chipmaker Nvidia views Malaysia as a potential hub for artificial intelligence “manufacturing.” Jensen…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s defense minister has vowed massive retaliatory missile strikes on…

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing Germany’s train drivers began a 24-hour strike Thursday night, causing widespread rail cancellations and…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces stormed into a refugee camp in the occupied West…

PARIS (AP) — A French juvenile court is handing down a verdict for six teenagers accused of involvement in the killing of teacher Samuel Paty. He…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Notre Dame Cathedral, marking the one-year…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Las Vegas to showcase $8.2 billion in funding for 10 major…

By SIBI ARASU The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and ELENA BECATOROS The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel’s…

BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi officials say a rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. embassy in Baghdad has…

By ZIMO ZHONG AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday ahead of a U.S. government jobs report, after Wall…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — From trade to human rights, the leaders of China and the European Union differed on a wide range…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish.…

By ISABEL DEBRE, SAMY MAGDY and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The roads are so ravaged that the dead and wounded arrive by…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says a Chinese military surveillance balloon has been spotted in the Taiwan Strait, along…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in…

By RIO YAMAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a gunman who killed three faculty members at the University of Nevada, Las…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates don’t like…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Voters in Houston will elect the oldest big-city mayor in the U.S. this weekend when they choose…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Young people have been at the forefront of environmental and climate change movements in…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicki Minaj’s highly anticipated fifth studio album, “Pink Friday 2,” is here. Out…

By KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Can the U.S. economy achieve a much-hyped “soft landing”? Friday’s jobs report…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S.…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A court hearing in suburban Detroit is likely to be tense and emotional as a judge hears from…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations climate conference is opening its final…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi Royal Air Force F-15SA fighter jet has crashed, killing its two crew members on board. The state-run…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Adele paid homage to the many women — including her mother,…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Four investment banks have announced during a meeting of leaders of trade bloc Mercosur they…

By The Associated Press It’s called “Article 99.” And it hasn’t been used for decades. Until this week. An Israeli offensive is intensifying…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — While Hong Kong’s government is working to spotlight its upcoming local elections, some…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel…

APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman whose 11-year-old is accused of shooting two teenagers at a football practice in October is now charged with a…

By JILL COLVIN and BILL BARROW Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump faces growing scrutiny over his increasingly authoritarian…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transgender teenagers who are challenging a Utah law banning trans girls from playing…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge has ruled that a contested state law that stipulates candidates…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The International Federation of Journalists says 2023 has been an unprecedented year for the number of media workers killed on the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency closed meeting Friday at the…