Month: January 2024

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military has announced that it will review the shooting of a Palestinian man who was killed in the Gaza Strip while walking in a group of people waving a white flag. It says footage of the episode raised concerns of possible wrongdoing by soldiers. A video

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press KAMIANYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — A years-long diplomatic conflict between Ukraine and Hungary took a step toward resolution during a meeting between their foreign ministers, but no breakthrough was reached on Hungary’s blocking of a crucial European Union financial aid package for Kyiv. The meeting near the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation. That’s according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to comment and insisted on anonymity Monday. The official

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official says the majority of the 50 passengers aboard a wooden boat that capsized on a lake in eastern Congo are presumed to be dead. The official says the boat crossing Lake Kivu was also carrying 20 bags of cement and likely sunk due

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has returned to work at the Pentagon after nearly a month’s absence because of prostate cancer and has been meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Austin said Monday he is glad to be back and is “still recovering.” Austin was last

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say they’re reviewing a video posted on social media as part of their investigation into a shooting at a store that left an officer wounded and ended with the shooter being fatally shot by another officer. The video was made by a witness who started recording after officers began struggling

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Constitutional Court says a deal can go ahead with Italy under which thousands of migrants rescued at sea by Italian authorities would be sent to Albania while their asylum applications are processed. Now the agreement signed in November between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The leaders of Russia and Belarus have discussed ways to further expand their alliance that has seen the deployment of some of Russia’s nuclear weapons on the territory of its neighbor. Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia and Belarus have developed a “strategic partnership” as part of their 25-year

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — N. Scott Momaday has died at age 89 after becoming a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist. HarperCollins says he died Wednesday at his home in New Mexico. His debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is credited as the start of contemporary Native American

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A little-discussed U.S. military desert outpost in far reaches of northeastern Jordan has become the focus of international attention after a drone attack killed three American troops and injured at least 34 others there. The base, known as Tower 22, sits near the demilitarized zone on border

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — In the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, a disabled painter lies bed-ridden in an apartment, its window his only view into the changing world he can no longer comprehend. Mykola Soloviov is 88 years old and suffered a stroke 7 years ago. His landscapes of eastern

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge will hold a hearing in the case of a woman seeking to be released from a mental institution that she was committed to after she pleaded guilty to repeatedly stabbing a sixth-grade classmate in order to please the horror character Slender Man. This marks the second time that

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is further sweetening the perks for its U.S. store managers as the nation’s largest retailer and private employer seeks to retain and attract top workers in a still competitive job market. Walmart, which is based in Bentonville, Arkansas and has almost 4,700 U.S. namesake

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Prince Harry is seeking 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) in legal fees after proving the publisher of the Daily Mirror tabloid invaded his privacy by hacking his phone. Attorney David Sherborne said Monday that he was overwhelmingly successful at trial representing the Duke of

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas say they are cracking down on crime after the U.S. Embassy issued a security alert warning that the archipelago has reported at least 18 slayings so far this year. The number of killings rose to 19 over the weekend with police holding a news conference

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The prime minister of the country of Georgia resigned on Monday and said he had accepted an offer to become chairman of the Georgian Dream ruling party ahead of national elections in the fall. The announcement came just a month after controversial billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who founded Georgian Dream, returned as

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president has called for a broad “alliance against extremism” in the wake of a report about far-right discussions of deporting millions of immigrants that prompted protests by hundreds of thousands of people. Germany has seen more than two weeks of protests against the Alternative for Germany party and others on the

Sandra Milo, an icon of Italian cinema who played a key role in Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning “8½” has died. A statement from her family carried by state-run RAI television says that Milo died Monday in her sleep at home in Rome. She was 90. Milo had her break in Roberto Rossellini’s 1959 film “Il generale

U.S. auto safety regulators will not seek a recall after a seven-year investigation into complaints that more than 1 million Dodge and Ram vehicles can roll away after being shifted into park. The problem was similar to one that was blamed in the death of Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin, although his Jeep Grand Cherokee

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating’s team

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has protested to the United States over the treatment of Chinese arriving to study in America. Ambassador Xie Feng said in Washington on Sunday that dozens of Chinese have been denied entry in recent months when returning to school from overseas travel or visiting family in China. The Chinese

By JUTARAT SKULPICHETRAT Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights advocates and fans say a visiting dissident rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine and whose members were arrested last week in Thailand might face deportation to Russia. Five of the seven musicians playing with the progressive rock band, Bi-2, traveled

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court will rule on Friday whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case brought by Ukraine against Russia. Kyiv accuses Moscow of violating international law by using a false accusation of genocide as the pretext for its 2022 invasion. It launched

LONDON (AP) — Amazon has called off its proposed acquisition of iRobot, with the ecommerce giant blaming “undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles.” The companies said in joint statement Monday that they “entered into a mutual agreement to terminate their announced acquisition agreement.” The deal was facing antitrust scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic. Both

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police officer with knowledge of the investigation says Brazil’s federal police have carried out a search warrant for Carlos Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and a Rio de Janeiro city councilman. Police said in a statement that they conducted nine searches

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to U.S. prisoners wind up in the supply chains of a dizzying array of products from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. They are on the shelves of

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has congratulated Italy after tennis player Jannik Sinner became the country’s first man to win a Grand Slam singles title in nearly a half century. Sinner won the Australian Open title on Sunday and Francis made the acknowledgement during an audience with the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona. The

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Chief Koji Sato has apologized to customers, suppliers and dealers for flawed testing at a group company, which follows similar problems in recent years. The latest woes surfacing Monday at Japan’s top automaker involves testing required for Japanese government approval at Toyota Industries, which makes

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON Associated Press ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pedro Almodóvar has finally gotten around to that memoir admirers have wanted him to write. Sort of. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has a book out this fall, “The Last Dream,” that publisher HarperVia is calling a “debut collection of short stories.” Almodóvar, who has made a

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland faces a runoff presidential election in February between a former prime minister expected to have the advantage and a former foreign minister who negotiated the country’s recent entry into NATO. Ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won Sunday’s first round as polls widely predicted, with 27.2% of votes.

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — As Hungary continues to oppose a 50-billion-euro ($54 billion) support package for Ukraine, other EU leaders are losing patience. After Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked the aid in December, the other 26 EU heads of state and governments are looking at other ways to unblock the

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the princess of Wales, has returned home to Windsor after being hospitalized for abdominal surgery. Her office at Kensington Palace says the princess underwent planned abdominal surgery on Jan. 16 for an undisclosed condition. The palace didn’t provide further details but said her condition wasn’t cancerous. The 42-year-old princess, formerly Kate

By The Associated Press Elon Musk’s social media platform X has blocked searches for Taylor Swift as pornographic deepfake images of the singer have circulated online. Attempts to search for her name on the site resulted in an error message and a prompt for users to retry their search, which added, “Don’t fret — it’s

By TIA GOLDENBERG, NAJIB JOBAIN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli document obtained Monday spelled out allegations against a dozen U.N. employees the country says participated in Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault — claiming seven stormed into Israeli territory, including two who participated in kidnappings. The allegations against staffers with

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian media and an opposition war monitor say an apparent Israeli airstrike on a Damascus suburb where Iran-backed fighters have a presence killed two people. An official from an Iranian-backed group said the strike on Monday also caused some material damage. There was

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic has had a transformative effect on the office space landscape. Many businesses are shifting away from traditional spaces toward hybrid work and more flexible, collaborative spaces. About 23% of U.S. office space is available, compared with 16% before the pandemic, according to global real