Month: February 2024

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the second straight time in an effort to help the struggling…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to Boston this summer will get a treat: A stage show that reunites singer-actor…

BOSTON (AP) — A spokesperson at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston says two JetBlue planes made contact at the airport with one wingtip…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless claims fell last week despite more layoff announcements from high-profile…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police are investigating several top allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s government says that it will extend the closure of the country’s border with…

By MATT BROWN and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear some conservatives on cable news or on social media tell it, Taylor…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pressure is mounting on Hungary’s head of state to resign after it was revealed she…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers have dug out more bodies from a landslide-hit southern Philippine village, bringing the death toll to 11 as the…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press On Feb. 10, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Dragon with community…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 15,000 protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose plans by Greece’s conservative government to allow…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces are claiming they shot down a Russian attack helicopter in eastern Ukraine…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has introduced a free artificial intelligence app that will implant the…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colombian singer-songwriter Karol G has earned the title of Billboard’s 2024 Woman of the…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is launching a bus tour before South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says it will replace its military personnel in Maldives with civilian technical staff who…

BERLIN (AP) — A German Navy frigate has set sail toward the Red Sea, where Berlin plans to have it take part in an EU mission to defend cargo ships…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers are calling for an independent investigation into allegations of…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed experts that focuses on children’s human rights is calling on Russia to…

PITTSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say 10 cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed over a dozen people…

By ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet People who make money on the side usually declare self-employment income. They’re running businesses, even if…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Warships from the U.S., Australia and Japan have held joint drills in the South China…

By AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s new central bank chief says the work to tame inflation — namely through…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pushed for further U.S. and European aid for Ukraine as he set off…

By SIBI ARASU and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has urged more than a thousand Indian…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no cameras in the courtroom when the Supreme Court hears arguments over whether…

Millions of Americans will find something to be excited about when it comes to Super Bowl Sunday. That’s before even factoring in the influence of…

By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The Ukrainian and Russian presidents have congratulated Azerbaijan’s President…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who authorities say abandoned nearly 200 bodies in a building…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported its profit sank in October-December to about half of what it earned in the…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a longtime aide and close adviser to be a White House…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group has returned to profitability after four straight…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have risen in China after Beijing ousted its top stock market regulator and announced…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen sports leagues and players associations have promised the White House…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials for President Joe Biden’s reelection effort will meet with House Democrats…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s main election authority has refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When they make history at the Paris Games, Olympic medalists will take a bit of France and its…

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo is mourning Ingo the Flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is thought to be 75 years of age. He had lived…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday with public…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda has reported its profit rose 3.5% in the October-December quarter from a year earlier on the…

LONDON (AP) — Iceland’s Meteorological Office says a volcano is erupting in the southwestern part of the country, sending semi-molten rock…

By DÁNICA COTO and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Henry urged calm in a public address…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the S&P 500 neared the 5,000 level…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Highly radioactive water leaked from a treatment machine at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant,…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest climate satellite has blasted off to survey the world’s…