Month: January 2024

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 195 prisoners of war each. The Russian Defense Ministry…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors have demanded life sentences for three suspects in the killing of Dutch…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders at a summit on Thursday will focus on the one member state blocking a…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie…

LONDON (AP) — H&M’s top executive has unexpectedly stepped down and the company’s stock plunged as the fashion giant reported a drop in…

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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Israel’s men’s soccer team is returning to Hungary for its “home” game in the…

HELSINKI (AP) — Labour unions in Finland went on strike Wednesday, starting a three-days labor action that will affect up to 300,000 workers and…

By JUTARAT SKULPICHETRAT Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the progressive Move Forward party must…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time ever, the race for the Democratic presidential nomination officially kicks off…

ROME (AP) — Italy has ramped up its protests over the treatment of an Italian antifascist being held in a Hungarian jail. The protests have become…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central Atlantic coast battened down on Wednesday as authorities warned that the country could see its most…

BERLIN (AP) — A Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz death camp has told Germany’s parliament that she is appalled by the rising strength of the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says he plans an EU naval mission in the Red Sea to be launched by Feb.…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Myanmar was a rising star in Southeast Asia before its military seized power three…

MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has approved a bill that would allow the confiscation of money, valuables and other…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and its surrounding in northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region are preparing for tighter water restrictions amid…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s aging king, Harald V, is on sick leave until Feb. 2 because of a respiratory infection. The Norwegian palace…

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The doors close Wednesday on nominations for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with peace…

By DIDI TANG and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray is preparing to tell House lawmakers that Chinese…

PARIS (AP) — French Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday that some 300,000 spectators will be able to attend the opening ceremony for…

By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee member has appeared in a court and…

HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Farmers have blocked ever more traffic arteries across Belgium as they seek to disrupt trade at major ports with a fourth day…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court is ruling in a case in which Ukraine accuses…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer in the Red Sea shot down an anti-ship cruise missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the latest…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean opposition leader who was stabbed in an attack earlier this month and…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday as markets awaited a decision on interest rates by the Federal…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official and a civil society group say militants killed at least 12 villagers…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese warships sail in waters around Taiwan and warplanes fly toward the island…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press U.K. lawmakers have expressed frustration that funds from the sale of the Chelsea soccer club have not yet gone to…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 years in prison for corruption,…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the first day of Missouri’s new legislative session, Senate President Pro Tem…

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has convicted a prominent political activist of defaming the country’s monarchy and sentenced her to a two-year…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — A survey of factory managers in China shows manufacturing contracted in January for a fourth…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The spotlight returns to Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania this week, when handlers…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BEREHOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Under the watchful eye of their teacher, a group of students in western Ukraine used a…

By JAMES POLLARD and BEN FINLEY Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 66th annual Grammy Awards are on Sunday, airing live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com…

By JILL COLVIN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is meeting with members of the Teamsters Union in…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) — Before launching his ill-fated campaign for the White House, Florida Gov. Ron…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will likely move closer Wednesday to cutting its key interest rate…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Assassination plots, arrest warrants, numerous detentions all sorts of verbal…

KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has reported inflation slowed in the last quarter to its lowest rate in three years, raising…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The billionaire sultan who rules Malaysia’s Johor state has been sworn in as the…